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costa striolata nervisque prominentibus et rubescentibus, venis tenuissimis pauUo 

 prominulis crebre transvcrsim rcticulatis, petiolo latiusculo, supra piano, limbo 

 4!0plo breviore : racemo terminali, folio fere aequilongo ; racbi subflexuosa, nodosa ; 

 floribus sessilibus ; ovario infero, subgloboso, granulose rugoso, opaco, 4-locnlari, 

 ovulis plurimis, e placentis basalibiis erectis, vertice piano, pruinoso, stylo brevis- 

 simo umbonato : pyxidio cylindrico, imo rotnndato paiiUo ampliore, sub apicem zona 

 calycari irregulariter lineari cincto ; vitta interzonali annulatim prominente, convexa, 

 quam diametri quartam partem alta ; zona superiore Integra, orbiculari, inferiorem 

 sequante ; pericarpio crasso, coriaceo-lignoso, cortice crasse suberoso, rimoso, sub- 

 laevi, opace cinnamomeo, glandulis flavidis maculato, intus septorum ,4 vestigiis 

 signato; seminibus lineari-oblongis, compressis, apice truncatis, imo 2-auriculatis, - 

 toruloso-rugulosis, rufescenti-opacis, erectis, cum embryone generis. In Brasilia, 

 regione Amazonica : v. pi. s, in hb. Hook., etfruct. in Mm. Kew. {Burchell, 9314). 



In habit this plant greatly resembles the tbree first-mentioned species, agreeing in the 

 peculiar vernation of the leaves ; tbese are 6-7 in. long, 2-2|- in. broad, on a petiole 3 

 lines long, and have a semimetallic bronzy hue, with about 24 pairs of approximate 

 ves, running straight towards tbe margin, close within which they are simply con- 

 joined. The rachis of the raceme is about 5 in. long, with prominent nodes, about 3 



lines apart. The pyxidium (Plate LXY. fi^. 6) is 5| in. long without the operculum 



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^2^ m. in diam. above the base, narrowing gradually to the calycary zone, whei 

 2 in. in diam.; the interzonal band is 2 J in. in diam. in its middle, is J in. high, and If 

 in. m diam. at the upper zone; the pericarp is 2 J lines in thickness, showing inside the 

 cicatrices of 4 dissepiments. It resembles that of A.'tondosa in shape, especially in its 

 prominent tumid interzonary band, but it is broader towards the base, and more trun- 

 cated, and is covered with a much thicker, more widely cracking, yellowish red bark, 

 ^th many raised yellow granules. The seeds, like those of the preceding species, but 

 tliicker and of a dark-red colour/ are 13 lines lonir, 4 lines broad, and 3 lines thick. 



• Allantoma macrocarpa, nob. : Couratari macrocarpa, Mart. ; Berg in Mart. El. 



r- i- c. p. 509. tab. 79. fig. 1. : planta ignota : pyxidio cylindrico, imo rotundato 



paullo ampliore, sursum gradatim angustiore, paullo sub apicem zona calycari 



mean cincto ; vitta interzonali erecta, diametri 5tam partem alta, apice breviter 



X rorsum inflexa; zona superiore Integra, circulari; operculo sequilato, depresse 



P vinato, vertice convexo et obtuse umbonato, vel concavato et radiatim striato, 



umbone brevi in centro ; columella adnata, longe descendente, solida, 4-5-gona, 



ThTo^^ P^^^^^ adnatis ; pericarpio hinc 4-5-loculari, denique 1-loculari, crassiusculo, 



^^ gnoso, fusco-brunneo, extus cortice suberoso, valde rimoso, intus cylindraceo 



In B^ ^.^'y^ J^stigiis 4-5 cum impressionibus seminum 4 in quoque loculo signato. 



^^ rasiHa, in prov. Para, legit Mart : v.fr. s. in Mus. Kew. (sine indicat.). 



^^late LXlT^ ^^^^' ^^^ ^^^^^ ^° obtain specimens of its leaves or flowers. The pyxidium 

 ^^"ards to a b " ^^' ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^' ^^^^' ^^ ^^' ^ ^^^meter near the base, diminishing up- 



readth of 1| in. at tbe calycary zone, which is 4f in. above the base ; the 



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