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MIERS ON THE LECYTHIDACEiE 



Fig. 12* The operculum of the samej removed. 

 Fig. 13. One of its seeds. 



Fig. 14. 



Fig. 15. 



Ibiribdy from a specinjen in the Kew Museum. 



ame. less matured, where the operculum is somewhat 



wn Dartlv in lonsritudin 



Fig. 16. One of its seeds. 



Fig, 17. The pyxidium of Chytroma Idatimon, copied from Aublet's drawing, shown partly 



section. 



Fig. 18. 



mbraced by 



Fig. 19. The pyxidium of the same with its operculum removed, seen from above, showing its 4 cellii: 



all nat. size. 



w 



Fig. 20. The pyxidium of Eschweilera angustifoliaj copied from Berg's drawing. 



Fig. 21. The pyxidium oi Eschweilera compressa^ from several specimens in my own collection. 



Fig. 22. The same with the operculum removed, showing, from the vestiges of the evanescent dissepi^ 



ment, that it was originally 2-celled ; the cicatrices of the hilar attachment of the seeds are 



seen in the base. 

 Fig. 23. One of its erect seeds, shown on its dorsal face. 

 Fig. 24. The same, viewed from below, showing the position of the hilum at the bottom of the basal 



angle : all naf. size. 



Plate LX. 



Fig. 1. The pyxidium of Eschweilera rigida, from a specimen in the Kew Museum 



longitudinal section. 

 Fig. 2. One of its seeds, seen on its ventral face. 



Fig. 3. The 



Fig. 4. 



serrulata. from a soecimen in the Kew Museum 



longitudinal section. 



Fig. 5. One of its seeds. 



Fig. C. The pyxidium of Eschweilera Fendleri, from a specimen in the Kew Musenm, shown partly in 



longitudinal section. 



4^•« 7 



Fig. 



Guanaharica. from several SDCcimens in mv own 



some of them 



ars. leavmsr the sum 



Fig. 8. One of its seeds 



Fig. 9. 



section. 



Berg^s drawing 



Fig. 10. The pyxidium of Eschweilera corrugata, from a specimen in the Kew Museum, from Demerara, 



shown partly in longitudinal section. 

 Fig. ] 1. The same, copied from Poiteau's drawing. 



Fig. 12. The pyxidium of Eschweilera longipes, copied from Poiteau's drawing, shown partly in longitu- 

 dinal section. 



Fig. 13. The same with the operculum removed, to show it is originally 2-celled, the dissepiment be- 

 coming withered. 

 Fig. XL The pyxidium of Eschweilera Blanchetiana. drawn from Bern's desnriTition. 



lisvifolia, from a specimen in the Kew Museum 



um 



Pemambuco 



The pyxidium of Eschweilera LuschnatiL from BurchelVs sDecimen in the Kew Museum 



