﻿800 MR. J. MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACE^. 



Isevibus, ncnis plurimis divergentibus circa marginem adscendentibus, subtiis cos- 

 taque prtesertim prominentibus, valde reticulatis : racemis axillaribus, racM brevis- 

 sima ad nodum plui-ibracteolatum reducta, sgepe 1-flora ; pedunculo quam flos bre- 

 viorc, supra medium bracteolis 2 parvis munito ; calycis limbo in lobos 4 fisso, lobis 

 ffiqualibus, rotundatis, subconcavis, marginibus inflexis et undulatim crenatis, crassis, 

 coriaceis, yiridibus, intus albescentibus ; petalis 4, dimidio majoribus, sequalibus, 

 crasse carnosulis, rotundato-ovatis, concavis, margine undulatis, expansis, candidis, 

 ad ungucm rubro-striatis ; androphoro brevi, imo cupulari, ad marginem et intus 

 appendieibus numerosissimis breviusculis clavatis staminigeris munito; antberis 

 oblongis, 2-loccllatis, rimis lateraliter dehiscentibus ; ovario infero, turbinate, ecos- 

 tato, di-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo pluribus, funiculo supensis, vertice intra 

 discum piano, stigmata sessili 4-lobo umbonato: pyxidio globose, 4-sulcato, zona 

 calycari c Tcstigiis loborum coronate ; vitta interzonali angustissima ; zona supe- 

 riore integra ; operculo conform!, piano, stigmate umbonato ; pericarpio coriaceo, 

 Tufcsccnte, sicco, 4"-loonlari ; seminibus in quoque loculo 6-7, oblongis, pressione 

 RubnTii,'ulali9, funiculo majusculo carnoso contortuplicato suspcnsis; embryone 

 dicotylcdonco. In Guiana (Cayenne, Auhlet) ; non vidi. 



A sp(>cies hitherto universally referred to Gustavia, but unquestionably belonging to 

 Cries, there b(Mng scarcely any difference in the size, number, and disposition of the 

 parts from the Qowcr of Gii((8 Peruviana and others. It is a smaU tree, about 20 feet 

 high, having a trunk 3-4 inches in diam., with a softish white flexible wood, having a 

 fetid odour. The larger leaves are more than a foot long, 4 in. broad, quite sessile, the 

 uppor ones alternate, about 1 in. apart, 7 in. long and 2 in. broad; the pedicels are 

 9 lines long, surmounted by an ovary 4 lines long ; the sepals are 4 J lines long and 

 broad; the petals C Lines long and broad; the androphorum 7 lines in diam,, and 

 2-3 lines high ; the globular pyxidium, shown in Plate XXXVI., is nearly 3 inches in 

 diam. (depicted half this size in Aublet's drawing) ; the seeds 16 lines long, each sus- 

 pended by a funicle of nearly its size : the embryo is said to be amygdaloid. 



3. Grias Fendleki, Seem. Bot. Her. p. 126 : glabra, foliis sessilibus, spathulato-oblongis, 



imo scnsim cuneatis et in petiolo brevi sen costa dccurrentibus, apice acu- 

 minatis, integen-imis, costa nerrisquc utrinque prominulis : racemis e trunco nas- 

 centibus; rarhi brevi; floribus subsessilibus aut breviter pedicellatis ; calyce in 

 alahastro globoso, demum in srpala 2 sequalia rotundata con cava irregulariter 

 fisso, his opacis, pallide flavidis, granulatis; petalis 4 vel 5, obovato-oblongis, 

 crassis, margine undulatis, utrinque granulatis; androphoro cupulato, appendicuhs 

 numerosissiniis, crebre pluriscriatis, in serie exteriore longioribus circa 24 sequah- 

 bus, suhcfmtortim introfloxis et conniventibus ; ovario infero, oblongo-turbinato, 

 4-gono, 4-loculari, ovulis plurimis axi central i affixis, vertice intra discum subconico, 

 radiatini striato; stigmate umboniformi, cruciatim 4-lobo. In Panamd : v. v. in M- 

 Mool'.y Chagres {Fcv filer ^ 1S5). 



This species is found in the forests of Panama, where it is a tree witli sessile leave" 

 18-24 in. long, 6-8 in. broad, having about 38 pairs of nerves, and much resembling 



