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4^ in. long, 2J in. in diam. ; the calycary zone, of similar diameter, is 3f in. above the 

 base ; the interzonal band is 4 lines high ; the pericarp is 3 lines thick. 



9. Allantoma dictyocaupa, nob. : Couratari dictyocarpa, Mart., Berg in Mart. El. Br. 

 /. G, p. 510, tab. 79. fig. 3 : planta ignota : pyxidio subovali, subcylindrico, imo 

 rotundato-obtuso, medio subventricoso, panllo sub apicem zona calycari lineari 

 cincto ; vitta interzonal! diametri 8vam partem alta, erecta ; zona superiore inferior! 

 gequilata, integra; operculo orbicular!, pulvinatim paullo latiore, depresso, supra 

 piano, medio obtuse umbonato; pericarpio crassiusculo, extus laevigato, cortice 

 resiliente, mesocarpio fibris lignosis reticulatis signato, primum 4-loculari. In 

 Brasilia, proY. Para {non vidi). 



This species is placed in Allantoma on account of 4-celled fruit ; the pyxidium (Plate 

 LXIV. fig. 10) is 2f in. long, IJ in. in diam. in the middle, contracted to 1 J in. at the 

 calycary zone, which is 2 J in. above the base ; interzonary band 3 lines high; upper zone 

 \\ in. in diam. ; operculum somewhat overhanging, 1 J in. in diam., 3 lines thick, with 

 an umbonate point of equal height. 



10. Allantoma lineata, nob. : Couratari llneata, Berg in Mart. PI. Br. /. c. p. 508, 

 tab. 7 et 77 : arbor, ramulis teretibus, sulcatis, lenticellatis ; foliis ovatis, vel ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis, imo obtusis, apice longissime et acutissime acuminatis, vix serru- 

 latis, nervis plurimis, recte parallelis, suberecto-patulis, adscendentibus, impresso- 

 immersis, costa parum prominente, utraque facie badiis concoloribus, costa nervis 

 costatis venisque transversim reticulatis prominentibus ; petiolo valido, canaliculato, 

 Hmbo 8-12plo breviore : racemo fructifero e cicatricibus 12-floro : pyxidio sessili, 

 cyhudrico, basi rotundato, obsolete 5-sulcato, paullo sub apicem zona calycari lineari 

 hand manifesta cincto ; vitta interzonaK brevissima, erecta, diametri 20mam partem 

 ^ a ; operculo ignoto ; pericarpio ochraceo-opaco, intus cylindraceo, septorum ves- 

 igus 5, et impressionibus seminum 4 in quoque loculo signato. In Brasilia, ad 

 lusulam CoUares in delta Amazonica juxta Pard {Foppig, 3636) : non vidi. 



^ Jhe axHs of its branches are J-j in. apart ; the leaves are 4-8 J in. long, f-2i in. broad, 

 aje lole 6-8 lines long, with about 14 pairs of nerves, arcuately conjoined near the 

 ygui ; the pyxidium (Plate LX V. fig. 4) in its f uU size, without the operculum, is 



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diam. above, a trifle narrower at the base ; these are the dim 



g^ven by Berg in the text, with which his figui 



does not quite 



• ^^LAKTOMA CORBXJLA, nob. : planta ignota : pyxidio oblongo, convexe ventricoso 

 ^^0 rotundato, sursum gradatim angustiore, paullo sub apicem zona calycari linear 

 zona ^"^^^^l*^^^ ^^^^^^ ' ^itta interzonaK erecto-conica, diametri 5-6tam partem alta 

 ^ ajupenore circular!, integra, inferiore pauUo minore ; operculo ignoto ; peri 

 tu(dlir^^^^^^^^^' coriaceo-lignoso, cortice fusco-brunneo spisse suberoso longi 

 draceo ^^ f.^^^^^versim in frusta quadrantia rimoso tecto, intus demum cyHn 



0, vestigiis septorum 5 intra faucem coniunctim arcuatis signato. In BrasiUa 



""' ^^^^^^^- ^-. ^W^sine indicat). 



