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4. CAniNiANA RUBRA, nob. : Couratai^i rubra, Gardn. MSS. : ramulis terctibus, sub- 



validis, subbrunneis, opacis, rugoso-striatis, verruculosis ; foliis ovatis, imo trun- 

 cato-rotundatis, a medio sursum gradatim pauUo angustioribus, apice obtusis et in 

 acumen breve obtusum recurvulum subito constrictis, marginibus cartilagineis 

 paullo reyolutis serrulato-crenatis, rigide chartaeeis, supra subpallidis, opacis, nervis 

 plurimis patenti-divergentibus parallelis tenuibus subimmersis, venis transversis 

 reticulatis, subtiis luride brunnescentibus, valde opacis, costa nervis venisque pro- 

 minulisj pctiolo . valido, supra sulcato et marginato, rugoso-striato, limbo lOplo 

 breviore : paniculis terminalibus, multiramosis, rachi ramisque pallide brunneis, 

 opace pruinosis, striato-angulosis ; floribus parvis, approximatis, brevissime pedi- 

 cellatis ; sepalis 6, acute oblongis, imo breviter connatis, lateritiis, extus carinatis, 

 granulato-pruinosis, margine ciliatis ; petalis 6, subsequalibus, obovatis, extus prui- 

 nosis, fimbriato-ciliolatis ; androphoro urceolato, subbilabiato, labio antico brevis- 

 simo, postico longiore, concavo, galeatim inflexo, ad margiues et intus undique 

 appondiculis staminiferis numerosis crebre munitis ; ovario infero, 3-loculari, vertice 

 deprcsse pulvinato, radiatim striato; ovulis plurimis e basi erectis : stvlo brevi 

 conico ; stigmate minuto : pyxidio turbinato-cylindrico, subhexagono, angulis sub- 

 costoBformibus apice arcuatim nexis, imo obtuso, longe supra medium zona calycari 

 crasse amiukta subpromincnte cincto ; vitta interzonali introrsum convexa, diametri 

 tcrtiam partem alta ; opcrculo ignoto ; pericarpio crassissimo, dure lignoso, fusco- 

 brunneo, opaco, cortice subcroso, cancellatim rimoso, vix scrobiculato, intus 

 scptorom 3, et impressiouibus seminum signato : seminibus in quoque loculo^ 6 

 Iriseriatis, imbricatis. In Brasilia, prov. Goyas : v. pi s. in hb. Mus. Brit, et Kew., 

 fruct. in Mtts. Kew., ad Natividade {Gardner, 3473). 



A large tree, with an inflorescence greatly resembling that of O. Uahupensis, but with 

 rcp' dilTorcnt leaves and different fruit; the latter is called CacUmbo de Macaco 

 [Monkefs pipe). The axils of the branchlets are j-1 in. apart ; the leaves are 4^-5 



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long, 2i-3i in. broad, on a petiole 5-6 lines long, and have about 16 to 18 pairs of 



"Tvcs arcuatcly conjoined noar the margin; the terminal panicle is 6 in. long, with 



teral bmnchcs li-2J in. long ; pedicels i line apart and i line Ion- ; the flowers are of 



ick-red 



colour, mth a yellow androphorum ; the calyx expanded is 2 lines 



Its segments * line long and broad ; petals 3 lines long, 2 lines broad, narrowing to- 

 wards the base ; the androphorum IJ line long and broad ; the pyxidium (Plate LXIII. 

 hg. 10) somewhat like that of 0. domestica, but broader and stouter ; it is 3 in. long 

 (sometimes 4 in.), 1\ in. broad ; the calycary zone, 21 in. above the base, is nearly If in. 

 in diam. and 3 linos thick ; the interzonary band is 6 lines liigh ; the upper zone 9 lines 

 m diani. ; the pericarp is 5 lines in thickness. 



5. Cariniana uaelpexsis, nol,. : CourataH XJmpemh, Berg in Mart. PI. Bras. l.c-V 508, 



tab. 78: Amphoncavpus Uaupen>i>, Spruce MS.: ramulis cortice crassiusculo 

 nmoso tectis cmereo-opacis, tortuose striatis, pruinosis ; foliis magnis, oblon-is, 

 .mo seusim obtusis. et in petiolum tre^iter acutatis. apieem versus rotundatis et^ !n 

 acumen longiusoulum angustissimum mucronatum subito attenuatis. subinte<;ris, 



