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reticulatis, costa vix prominula ; pctiolo limbo 9plo breviore : racemis axillaribus et 

 terminalibus, folio brevioribus ; racbi valida, angulata ; pedicellis brevibus, crassis • 

 sepalis brevibus subrotundis, glabris; ovario 3-lociilari: pyxidio majusculo, sub- 

 cylindrico, aut obsolete trigono, lineis plurimis longitudinalibus obsoletissime costato 

 fusco-bmnneo, opaco, lenticellis flavidis maculato, pauUo sub apicem zona calycari 

 cincto ; vitta interzonal! erecta, diametri 6tam partem alta, marine tenui extrorsum 



paullulo reflexa; zona superiore suborbiculari ; operculo isti conformi, depresse 

 pulvinato, radiatim sulcato, centro umbilicato et umbonato, subtus columella solida 

 triquetra aucto ; cseteris precedentium. In Brasilia, prov. Para : plantam non vidi ; 

 v.fr. s. in Mus. Brit, et Kew. et in Mm. Soc, Linn. 



This species is evidently a Cour atari, because of its 3-locular ovary, and appears to be 

 near 0. glabra-, the leaves are 4^-6 1 in. long, IJ-SI in. broad, on a petiole 6-8 lines 

 long; the rachis of tbe inflorescence is 2-4 in. long ; the pedicels IJ line long ; the flower 

 in bud is 6-8 lines in diameter. The fmit of this species (Plate LXII. fig. 1), common 

 in collections, is most frequently mistaken for that of C. Guianensis ; it is larger and 

 broader, with a more depressed and broader operculum ; it is 5-5^ in. long, l|-2 in. 

 broad; the calycary zone is li-lf in. in diam., and 6-8 lines below tbe mouth; the 



upper zone is 1| m. broad ; the operculum of the same diameter is 4 lines high ; the 

 seeds are 2^ in. loncj, 5 lines broad. 



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6. CouRATAui COEIACEA, Mart., Berg in Mart. PL Bras. I c. p. 510, tab. 75. fig. 2 : planta 



ignota : pyxidio obconice cylindrico, manifeste subtrigono, pauUo sub apicem zona 

 calycari linear! cincto ; vitta interzonali angusta, erecta, vel extrorsum subconvexa, 

 quam diameter 6plo breviore ; zona superiore subtrigona, orbicular!, margine acuto ; 

 operculo ignoto; pericarpio subtenui, coriaceo, extus Isevigato, intus septorum 3 

 vestigiis signato ; pedunculo pollicari. In Brasilia, prov. Para (non vidi). 



e pyxidium, of thinnish substance, is 2f in. long, with a calycary zone 2J in. above 

 ^ ase, and 1 in. in diam. ; upper zone 1^ broad, acute, with the interzonary band erect 

 and sHghtly convex, 2 lines high. 



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• CouRATARi Paraensis, Mart., Berg in Mart. PI. Br. I. c. p. 510, tab. 79. fig. 4 : planta 

 Ignota: pyxidio cylindrice oblongo, imo urceolato, medio subinflato, pauUo sub 

 apicem zona calycari linear! cincto; vitta interzonali angustiuscula, erecta ; zona 

 superiore mferiorem sequante, orbicular!, integra ; operculo ignoto ; pericarpio cori- 

 ^ceo- ignoso, subtenui, scabridiuscule verruculoso, intus septorum 3 vestigiis signato. 



^ An Brasilia, prov. Pard (non vidi). 



zone \F^^'^''''^ ^S^i"e<i is If in. long, 1 J in. !n diam. across the middle ; the calycary 

 intoL' ^' f^^^® *^® ^^^^» is 1 !n. in diam., the upper zone of the same width, with an 

 '^^erzonary band i in. high. 



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ram^TT "^^.^^^i* ^Berg in Mart. PI. Br. /. c. p. 509 ; Hook. Kew Joum. ii. 75 : 



s teretibus, striatis, fuscescentibus ; foliis sparsis, late ovatis, imo obtusis et 



