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Lranchlets are J-SJ in. apart ; the leaves are 3i-5| in. long, li-2i in. broad, on a petiole 

 2-3 lines long, and they have about 9 pairs of very liae nerves, with others shorter and 

 intermediate, all anastomosing; rachis 3 J in. long, with projecting nodes 4-5 lines 

 apart ; flower expandedl | in. broad ; petals 8 Hnes long, 4 J lines broad ; the pyxidium 

 (Plate LXII. fig. 113) is 3^-4 in. long, 1 J in. broad ; calycary zone 4 lines below the 

 summit ; the upper zone is 1 J in. in diam. ; the operculum, of the same breadth, is 

 6 Hnes high, attached to the columella, which is 1 in. in diam., triquetrous, and the 

 length of the ceU, but contracts considerably in drying ; the seeds are 2| in. long, 8 lin. 

 broad, membranaceous on the margin, with an embryoniferous escutcheon 1 in. long, 

 in. broad, the radicle terete and of that length, pointing to the basal hilum, and with 

 corrugated cotyledons reflected downwards. 



2. CoTJRATARi GLABRA, Gamb. M. Br. Mer. ii. 379 : Zect/thoj>sis glabra, Berg in Mart. 



M. Br. l. c. p. 505, tab. 76 : glabra, ramulis teretiusculis ; foliis sparsis, oblongo- 

 lanceolatis, utrinque gradatim angustatis, obsolete serrato-dentatis, subtus glabris, 

 costa prominente, nervis vix prominulis, reticulatis ; petiole semitereti, canaliculato, 

 glabro, limbo 12-16plo breviore : racemis axillaribus et terminalibus, folio brevi- 

 oribus ; rachi angulosa, glabra, 5-7-flora ; pediceUis crassis, brevibus ; sepalis late 

 ovatis, acutiuscuKs; petalis subinsequalibus, obovato-rotundis, concavis, flavidis, 

 glabris ; androphoro luteo ; ovario turbinate, semiinfero, 3-loculari, ovulis in quoque 

 loculo 8, e placentis basilaribus erectis et uniserialibus, vertice elevate, complanato, 

 glaberrimo ; stylo brevi, obtuso : pyxidio subcylindrico, vix trigonoideo, zona caly- 

 can UTegulariter lineari paullo sub apicem cincto ; vitta interzonal! angusta, paullulo 

 eonvexa; operculo depresse pulvinato, radiatim sulcato, concave, centre late et 

 breviter umbonato, cum columella longe descendente subtriquetra agglutinate; 

 pericarpio brunneo, opaco, subtenuiter coriaceo, primum 3-loculari ; seminibus in 

 quoque loculo 4, imbricatim e basi adscendentibus, compressissimis ; scuto embryo- 

 . nifero ovato central! et ala lata membranacea cincto. In Brasilia, in sylvis primsevis 

 prope Bio de Janeiro {no7i vidi). 



A tree 20-30 feet high, which did not come under my observation, although growing 



in the woods at the foot of the Corcovado within a mile of the locality of the subsequent 

 'Pecies. It is distinguished from that by many salient characters, especially by its com- 

 plete baldness. The leaves are 2-4 in. long, 8-12 lines broad, on a petiole 2-3 lin. long ; 

 the pedicels are 2 lines long ; the sepals 2 lin. long ; the petals 7 lin. long, 6 lin. broad ; the 

 pyxidium (Plate LXII. fig. 5) 4 in. long ; the calycary zone 2J in. in diam. and 3^ in. 

 above the base ; the interzonal band 4 in. high ; the upper zone and operculum 2 in. broad, 

 »ic latter 3 Hnes high, its columella being more than 3 in. long ; the seeds, somewhat ob- 

 2 ' ''''^ narrower towards the base, are If in. long, IJ in. broad, with a central flat- 

 J!; escutcheon 1 in. long, | in. broad, marked by a linear raphe descending to the 

 •Jasuar hilum. 



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• CouRATARi EUFESCENS, Camb. Fl. Bras. Mer. ii. 380, tab. 159 : Leci/thopsis, sp 

 ^ciirank in Act. Acad. Monac. vii. 241 (1820) : Lecythopsis rufescens, Berg 

 '^- ^^- ^ras. I. c. p. 504, tab. 75. fi-. 1 : Lecythis pyramidata, Veil. PL Plum. 



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