128 Berry — Sacco glottis, Recent and Fossil. 



The genus Saccoglottis consists of about ten existing 

 species found in the region from Brazil to Venezuela, and 

 is a member of the restricted family Humiriaceae of the 

 order Geraniales. The family is usually divided into the 

 three genera Humiria, Vantanea, and Saccoglottis, and 

 all of the known species are dwellers in the wet forests 



Fig. 1. 





Explanation of Fig. 1. 



a. Saccoglottis tertiaria Berry. Side view of a prolate form. 



o. End view of same showing the 5 seeds. 



c. A single seed of same. 



cl. Saccoglottis amazonica Martius from Panama Bay. 



e. End view of a worn fruit of this species showing seeds. 



/. Same in side view. 



of Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela and eastern Peru, 

 except for the single species Saccoglottis or Humiria 

 gabonensis Urban which is sometimes considered the type 

 of a fourth genus — Aubrya. 



The presence of Saccoglottis on the Pacific coast would 

 suggest that the genus was an inhabitant of this general 



