﻿MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACE^. . 299 



longumj pyri mole, subrufiim, et S-sulcatum, paullo sub apicem zona calycari e sepalis persistentibus 

 linea nexis coronatum; vitta interzonalis brevis; zona superior orbicularis; operculum conforme 

 depressum; pericarpium 4'\ocu[Q.re cnm loculis 6-7-spcrmis, vel abortu l-loculare et monospermum 

 Smina oblonga, funiculo magno carnoso suspensa : embryo amygdaloideus. edulis. textura homo- 



modo BerthoUetits 



Arbores 



parte nude, apice brevissime ramifero ; folia magna, in apice ramorum creberrime approximata, cuneato- 

 oblonga, subsessilia vel hrevUer peiiolata, glahen^rima ; floras simpliciter pedicellati, plurimi, congesti, 

 vel in pedunculo brevissimo subpaniculati, terminales, aut e trunco enati. 



Grias caulielora, Linn. Sp. PL 732 ; Willd. Sp. PL ii. 1159 ; Swartz, Obs. p. 215 ; 

 DC. Prodr. iii. 296 ; Lunan, Jam. i. 19; Smith in Rees's CycL voL xvii. : Anchovy- 

 pear, Sloane, Jam. ii. 122, tab. 216-217 : Calophyllum, sp., P. Brown, Jam. p. 245 : 

 procera, trunco erecto, sursum gradatim graciliore, subnudo, apice breviter ramifero 

 et foliifero ; foliis in apice ramorum creberrime approximatis, cernuis, oblongo- vel 

 lanceolato-oblongis, imo sensim anguste cuneatis, apice obtuse attenuatis, et in 

 acumen breve subacutum subito constrictis, integerrimis, vel in margine revoluto 

 saepe crenato-undulatis, rigidule chartaceis, supra viridibus, nervis plurimis, parallele 

 divergent ibus, juxta marginem nexis, venisque omnino immersis, subtus pallidi- 

 onbus, valde opacis, ocbraceo-brunneis, costa carinata nervisque prominentibus, 

 venis nuUis visibilibus ; petiole brevissimo, late marginato : floribus 5-6, odoratis, in 

 gemma pedunculiformi trunco enata crebre congestis; pedicellis in alabastris 

 subaequilongis, imo bracteola parva munitis ; calycis laciniis oblongo-ovatis, obtusis, 

 subconaceis ; petalis 3plo longioribus, obtuse oblono^is, concavis, crassiusculis, albis 



J^^v^xx^^lAO, yj KJ \1 VJLi3Ki \JVJ3.KJ1Lq 



n rophoro petalis 3plo breviore, appendiculis 5-serialibus, sensim brevioribus, 

 cunctis staminiferis : caetera ut in diagnosi generica. In Antillis : v. s. in hb. Mus. 

 ■Bnt, Jamaica (Swartz). 



aim Vt^^' ^^.^^^ ^ ^^' ^^ ^^^^■> J*ises to heights of from 20 to 50 feet, tapering upwards 

 falkn 1 ^ ^^^^^' ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^' ^^^ ^^^^^ length, marked with the cicatrices of the 

 foliif ^^ ^^' ^^^ clothed near its summit with several very short branches, closely 

 ashoT^\** f ^ ^^^^^S^^^d leaves are pendent, from 8 to 36 in. long, 2J-6 m. broad, on 

 tered 00^ ' ^^°^g which the limb is decurrent to the base; the pedicels of the clus- 

 saw i],r7^ f ^^ ^^^^* ^ ^"^^^ ^^^o' *^e flower expanded is about IJ in. in diam. Purdie 



tlie plant g 



g near Port Antonio in 1843 (Hook. Lond. Jo. Pot. iii. 533), with 



crowded f 'f • —^^^ ^yjxv x^uiuuso lU. JLO^D ^XIOOJI. JJUUU. OU. jjuv. m. uottj, VT 



described b L ^^'^^^ ^"^ *^^ ^^^"^^ °^- *^^ ^^^^' ^^^ ^^^* ^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^* ^^^^^ 

 upwards wh ^^•^^- ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^P^ ^^ ^^ alligator's egg, a little more attenuated 

 ^*s mesocar ^^V^ ^^ crowned by the persistent sepals, and of a brown russet colour ; 

 ^^ich is s-sul^ ^^ ^ ^^^^^ *^^^^' soft-fleshy, and edible, enclosing a single oblong nut, 



ca ed ; but of its internal structure nothing is known. 



'■ °!!t! ^^-^^^"AJ^A, nob. : Gusta. 



ijpetala, Keusch, DC. Prodr. iii. 290 : Firigara 



foliis inf • y' ^' ^^' *^^* ^^^ (synon. exc.) : ramosa, ramuhs griseis, 



oblongis ^-^^^^ ^^ .^^^^^^'^^^^^^tim confertis, superioribus alternis, amplis, sessilibus 



' ^° sensim spathulatis, apice gradatim acuminatis, serratis, supra viridibus 



