﻿294 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACE^. 



fruit is called " Monhey-pot'' that when ripe it discharges the lid and seeds, the vacant 

 shell hanging upon the hranches. He found it " in woods in Culantingo, Maranhao 

 river " (is not this Curuatingo, a river flowing from the south side into the Amazonas 

 9 lea"-ues to the east of Santarem ?) : this pronounced hy blacks (who always transmute 

 r into /, shortening the syllable) would be Culantingo. 



4. Allantoma cylindrica, nob. : planta ignota : racemi fructiferi rachi subtenui, an- 



gulato-striata, subtereti, ochraceo-opaca, crebre nodulosa: pyxidio cylindrico, imo 



1 



otundato, longe supra medium zona calycari e sepalorum vestigiis linea nexis sub- 

 prominente cincto ; vitta interzonal! erecta, margine tenui, subreflexo, cujus dia- 

 metri 7mam partem alta ; operculo orbiculari, pulvinato, radiatim striato, vertice con- 

 cavato, cum umbonc brevi obtusulo in cavitate, subtus columella crassa 4-angulata 

 louge descendente aucto ; pericarpio brunneo-opaco, lenticellis flavidis crebre punc- 

 tato, crassiuscule coriaceo, intus leviter cylindraceo, vestigiis septorum 4 arcuatim 

 nexorum signato ; seminibus grate edulibus, in quoque locnlo 4, lineari-elongatis, 

 roinpressis, valde corrugulatis, apicc truncatis, imo breviter 2-auriculatis, 2-seria- 

 litcr ad columcUam hilo fere basali crcctim affixis. In Amazonas : v. fr. s. in Mu8. 

 Kew.y in insula propc Cametd, prov, Para {Farries). 



The pyxidium (Plate LXIV. fig. 4) is 5 in. long, regularly cylindrical, and If in. in 

 diam. ; the calycary zone, of the same diameter, is 4J in. above the base ; the interzonal 

 baud is J in. high ; the operculum is If in. in diam., 3 lines thick, the columella shrink- 

 ing much in drying; the pericarp is nearly 3 lines in thickness, is quite smooth, and 

 cylindrical inside, marked by 4 longitudmal lines, where the angles of the columella 

 have become detached, and which are arcuately conjoined near the summit, 6 lines below 

 the mouth ; the seeds arc IJ in. long, 3 lines broad, 1 line thick, with a structure ex- 

 plained in the generic character (p. 291). The fruit only of this species was found by Mr. 

 Parries, on one of the islands near the town of Cameta, which is situated on the south bank 

 of the Amazonas, near its confluence with the river Tocantins, about 45 miles south of the 

 City of Para. It differs from that of the preceding species in its smaller size, in being 

 regularly cylindrical in form, with a smoother surface, a thinner pericarp, which is 

 4- (not 6-)celled. It differs from A, BurcheUiana in its more cylindrical shape, a much 

 thinner and ccortiontnd pericarp, a vertical smooth interzonal band. Mr. Parries states, 

 on the ticket attached to it, " that its flat seeds are good eating, yielding a crop once a 

 year ; the fruit is called by the natives Castanheira da serra, and by the English skittle- 

 nut, because it is like a skittle." 



6. Ai.LANTOMA BunciiELHANA, nob. : ramulis teretibua ; follls oblongis, imo rotundatis, 



sursum gradatim angustioribus, apice in acumen longiusculum acutum attcnuatis, 

 subintcgris, vcl in margine cartilagineo subrevoluto obsolete crenulatis, firme 

 chartaccis, supra subnitiduHs, vel sub lente granulato-opacis, apud nervos tenues 

 paiiUo proniinulos sulcatis, nervis plurimis crebriter paralleUs, pateutim divaricatis, 

 fere rectis, eveniis, costa tenui, plana, subimmersa, subtus subnitentibus, badiis, 



