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marginibus cartilagineis valdc revolutis et undulatis, subcoriaceis, supra pallide aut 

 profundius viridibus, nitidiusculis, nervis plurimis parallelis recte diver^entibus 

 paullo prominulis, venis tcnuissimis creberrime transversis reticulatis, costa fusca 

 semiimmersa, subtus ocbraceo-pallidis, valde opacis, costa nervisque mfescentibus 

 valde promiaentibus ; petiolo valido, profimde canaliculato, marginato, subtus corm- 

 gulato, limbo 14pl6 breviore : paniculis axillaribus, ultimis e foliis delapsis thyrsam 

 folio breviorem simulantibus, laxe expansis, remotiuscule alternatim ramosis, ramis 

 itemm longiuscule ramulosis, ramulis rectis, angulato-striatis, subflexuosis, crebre 



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multifloris; floribus parvis, sessilibus, eburneis (siccis fuscis) ; calyce patelljeformi, 

 margine expanso, in lobos 5 brevissimos rotundatos diviso ; petalis 5, lineari-oblongis, 

 carnosulis, rarius expansis, ssepius apicibus imbricatis agglutinatis et in forma calyp- 

 trae caducis ; androphoro urceolato-tubulari, sub-2-labiato, labio antico breviore fere 

 ad basin in appendiculas 4 subulatas diviso, postico 2plo longiore, margine in appen- 

 dices 6 laciniato, appendiculis cunctis cum aliis brevioribus tubo 2-seriatim ortis 

 staminiferis ; ovario infero, 3-loculari, vertice piano; ovulis plurimis e basi erectis; 

 stylo calyce 2plo longiore, subulate, subincurvo ; pyxidio cylindraceo, imo rotun- 

 dato, paullo sub apicem zona calycari indistincte lineari cincto; vitta interzonali 

 prommente, annulari, convexo, diametri 8vam partem alta ; zona superiore inferio- 

 rem a?quante ; operculo ignoto ; pericarpio crassissimo, lignoso, cortice crassiusculo 

 suberoso longitudinaliter valde rimoso tecto, opace brunneo, lenticellis flavidis crebre 

 maculato, intus demum 1-loculari, vestigiis septorum 3 et impressionibus seminum 

 signato. In Brasilia : v.j^l. s. in lib. variis, cum/ruci. in lib, Hooh., prope S. Carlos, 

 Ptio Uahupes (fluv. Nigri tribut.) in ripis {Spruce, 2510). 



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A tree of vast size, with a trunk 100 feet bigb, five feet in diam., strengthened at its 

 base by projecting buttresses, and called Cliorao and Choro by the natives, signifying 

 magnificent : I have amended Spruce's specific name to its more correct spelling. The 



of its branchlets are 1 in. apart ; the leaves are 9J-11 in. long, 3|-5 in. broad 



ick petiole 8-9 lines long ; they have 22-27 pairs of nearly straight parallel 

 arc mgly united close within the margin, with very close transverse parallel veins ; the 

 panicle is 5-7 J in. long, 3-6 in. broad ; the branches 3-4 in. long, the branchlets 1 in. 



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the'b 1 ^^^^^' ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ flowers J-l line apart, 3 lines long, 2 lines in. diam. in 

 the ^1 ^^^ ^^^^^ expanded is 2 lines across ; the petals are 3 Unes long, 1 line broad ; 

 ie androphomm 2^ lines long. Besides the 10 external appendages, there are 20 others, 

 incL r ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^^^' inserted on the tube, one series basal, all staminiferous at the 

 2 ^^^ j^P®^' *^6 filament is very short and slender, bearing a smaU oval anther of 

 W f? ^^^^^ bursting longitudinaUy ; the pyxidium (Plate LXIII. fig. '9) is 3 



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dia^^^^'l^ ^^' ^P^^^^l^^' ^^^ 1 } in. in diam 



• » ^^^ upper zone 1| in. in diam. : the i 



the calycary zone is 3 lines high 



pericarp is 3 lines in thickness 



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EXiGTJA, nob. : ramulis teretibus, substrictis, rufo-brunneis, pruinosis, v 



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^Qculosis ; foliis lanceolatis vel elongato-oblongis, imo obtusis et subito versus 



"^^ brevissime constrictis, a medio sursum gradatim attenuatis, acutiuscule 



