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3. Cariniana Brasiliensis, Casar. Dec. iv. 36; Walp. Eep. v. 757 : Couratari legalis, 



Mart. Fl. Ratisl). xx. Beibl. ii. 88; Berg in Mart. Fl. Bras. I.e. p. 512, tab. 7. 

 fig. 151 et 163, tab. 82 : ramulis brunneis, interrupte striatis, obsolete verruculoso- 

 rugosis; foliis ellipticis vel elongato-ellipticis, imo acutis, marginibus basalibus 

 subito breviter revolutis et in petiolo decurrentibus, apice in acumen sublineare 

 obtusulum aut emarginatum repente constrictis, marginibus cartilagineis grossule et 

 obtusule serratis, chartaceis, supra nitentibus vel opacioribus, profunde viridibus, 

 nervis divergentibus tenuissimis venisque transversis reticulatis prominulis, costa 

 tenui, subtus pallidioribus, brunnescenti- vel- glauco-opacis, costa nervis venisque pro- 

 minulis ; petiolo tenui, canaliculate, limbo 8plo breviore : paniculis terminalibus, 

 folium subsequantibus, ramosis, ramis subbrevibus ; rachi tenui, angulata, com- 

 pressa, cum floribus subparvis subcongestis flavide pulverulenta ; pedicellis brevibus ; 

 sepaiis parvis, latis, subacutis, imo in tubulum breve connatis, pulverulentis ; 

 petalis lineari-oblongis, obtusis, extus flavide pulverulentis ; androphoro brevi ; ovario 

 infero, turbinato, tuberculato, pruinoso, 3-loculari, vertice piano, ovulis in quoque 

 loculo 4-6 e basi adscendentibus ; stylo longiusculo, conico, imo crassiusculo, subu- 

 lato, apice curvulo ; stigmate minimo, cavo : pyxidio parvo, cylindrico, imo obtuso, 

 paullo sub apicem zona calycari lineari cincto ; vitta interzonali introrsum valde cur- 

 vata, convexa, diametri tertiam partem alta ; zona superiore quam inferior dimidio 

 angustiore; operculo parvo, orbiculari, planatim truncato, faucem implente, cum 

 columella ejusdem diametri continuo, hac mox triquetra et longe descendente; 

 pencarpio lignoso, crassissimo, cortice crasso suberoso ruguloso rimoso tecto, intus 

 post columeUae casum 1-loculari, cylindrico, impressionibus seminum excavate; 

 semmibus in quoque loculo 4-5 imbricatim erectis, cbar. gen. conformibus. In 

 Brasilia, prov. Bio de Janeiro : v. v. mflore etfructu, in Monte Corcovado; v. s. in 

 hb. Sook. {Martim, 60, sine loco) ; {Biedel, 1238) ; (Sello). 

 This IS a tree of immense size, with very broad, lofty, spreading branches, its trunk 

 producmg a timber of much value, useful in works of construction and ship-building, 

 ^ich IS known by the name of Jequitibd rosa. The axils of its slender branchlets are 

 H in. apart ; the leaves are l|-2 in. long, 9-13 lines broad, on a petiole 3-4 lines long, 

 ^ with about 8 or 10 pairs of nerves arcuately conjoined near the margin, and with 

 <^ose y parallel transverse veins, much reticulated. In my specimens they are shining 





witri ^^ ^*^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ opaque and a trifle smaller ; the terminal panicle is 1 J in. lon^ 

 1 branches 4-8 Hnes long, each bearing 4-6 flowers on pedicels J line long ; the calyx 



_2 ne long ; the petals IJ line long, J Hne broad ; the ovary is | line long, its vertex 

 1011^8 q'l^' *^'^ ^^^"^ '^^^''^^ ^ ^"^^ ^^^S ' *^® pyxidium (Plate LXIII. fig. 1) is li-l| in. 

 the°- f ^^^^^' ^^^ calycary zone being 3 lines below the summit, 8 lines in diam. ; 



oper^l '^'^''^'^ ^^""^ ^ ^""^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^PP^i^ 2°^^ ^^'^ operculum 3 lines in diam. : the 

 pW "^ '' '1'''*^ ^^* ^* top, not exserted ; the columella, being in the form of a solid 

 arcL""! ^"^""^^ ^""""^ ^^-^^ l^^es long, triquetrous below, with 3 flat sides, the angles 

 Wad b 1 ''''T^''^^ ^ ^^s below the summit ; the linear seeds are 10 Hnes long, 3 Imes 

 lines Ion ""^^ '"^ ^""^"^ ""^ ^ ^^^^ membrane, with an apical embryoniferous escutcheon 3-4 



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