461 



XXXXTIII. Couroupita Aiibl. 



Alibi. Guiaii. II. p. 708. — Poit. Mdin. de Mus. Xlll. 

 p. 152. — DC. 1. c. p. 293.— Eiidl. Gen. p. 1*235. no 6334. 



— Pontopidaiia Scop. — Elsholtzia Rieh., nou Willd. — 

 Lecythidis spec. Willd. — Pekeae spec. Juss. 



Hypanthium (calyeis tnbus auet.) turbinatum, supra ger- 

 inen vix prodnrtiiin. Germeii semisiiperiim v. feie siiperiiiri, 

 6-loeiiIare; spoiophora parietalia, margiue bilamellala, ver- 

 sus axiu leflexa, nuiltiovulata iblque conuata, colnmellam cen- 

 tralem ovuliferam mentieutia. Calyx et corolla Lecythidis. 

 Urceolus stamiuiferus hinc brevis, truucatus, illinc ad ligulam 

 complicatam, elongatam prodnctus, basi et apice anlheris iu- 

 structa. Carpophylla 6, coalita, verticera liberum germinis 

 stigraaque formautia. Stylus nullusj Stigma stellatum, hexa- 

 gonum. Bacca crustacea, globosa, circulo calycino notata, 

 operculo non solubili, evalvis, intus pulposa; mesocarpio car- 

 noso, demuin dcliquesceute, (andem evanidoj tuniqne endo- 

 carpium ab exocarpio solutum et intra ipsum volubile. Se- 

 miua in pulpa nidiilantia, plurima, ovata, testa coriacea, vil- 

 losa, funiculata, latere dehiscente tecta. Embryo sulirotun- 

 dus, involiitus, coinpressus; radicula claviformis, cotylas 

 foliaceas, contortuplicatas cingens; albuineu tenuissimum, in- 

 tra cotylas intrans. 



Arbores, foliis petiolalis , oblonge -cuneatis, subcrenula- 

 tis, stipulis parvis, [caducis; raceinis siniplicibus, trunco ra- 

 misque iunascentibus, bracteatis; floribus amplis, sordide 

 albesceutibus v. incarnatis. 



1. C. Guiancnsis Aubl.; foliis acntis; calyeis margine cir- 

 curascisso; genuine semiinfero ; petalis acntis; antheris innti- 

 eis; bacca supra medium margine calycari cincfa, pulpa mox 

 caerulea repleta. t). 



