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Arbor vel frutex ramulis summo apice paullo ferrugineo -tomentellis, celerrime 
glabratis brunneis, teretibus, gemmis ferrugineo- vei flavido-tomentellis, cortice paullo 
aromatico. Folia petiolis usque ad 40 mm longis, inciso-canaliculatis, glabris stipitata, 
sparsa, chartacea, adulta saltem omnino glabra, sicca opaca olivaceo-viridia, + 430 mm 
longa, 65 mm lata, margine subplano. Inflorescentia infra 40-flora, laxa, subcinereo- 
vel subferrugineo-tomentella; pedicellis 5—40 inm longis, braeteolis deciduis. Flores + 
12 mm diam. metientes; limbi segmentis Nrefandrae ritu patentibus, lingulatis, apicem 
versus sensim angustatis demum rotundatis. Androeceum antheris foliolaceis, connec- 
tivo ultra locellos longe producto apice acutis, ser. IM. breviter stipitatis glandulis in- 
signiter longe cum filamentis connatis pulvinatis; staminodiis abortivis. Ovarium ovoi- 
deum, persensim conice in stylum breviorem productum, stigmate magno, subdiscoideo. 
Fructus ignotus. 
Costarica: in sylvis prope flumen Naranjo, alt. 900—300 m: Toxpuz 
in herb. inst. phys.-geogr. Costar. n. 7648. Floret Martio (herb. Bruxell.). 
Obs. Subgeneri Dendrodaphne adscribenda et Ocofeae veraguensi proxima, in- 
signiter toto habitu, inflorescentia pauciflora. racemosa que, floris glandulis differt. 
Ocotea pentagona Mez n. sp.; folia adulta glabra, late elliptica vel 
perobseure obovata, basi brevissime acuta vel nonnunquam fere rotundata, 
apice acumine minuto latissimoque imposito rotundata, penninervia, utrin- 
que laxe prominulo-retieulata. Inflorescentia permultiflora, ample squarrose- 
que panniculata, sueto folia subaequans. Flores hermaphroditi, glaberrimi: 
perianthii tubo brevi, suburceolato; antheris quam filamenta glabra duplo 
brevioribus; staminodiis abortivis. Ovarium glabrum, stylo breviore. 
Arbor alta (ex cl. Toxpvz!) ramulis quam maxime pentangulatis, novellis minu- 
tissime et quasi punctulatim pilis brevissimis pallidis conspersis, celerrime glabratis 
fuscobadiis; gemmis paullo flavescenti-pilosis; cortice esipido vel minute tantum aro- 
matico. Folia petiolis percrassis, usque ad 48 mm longis, conspicue canaliculatis, glabris 
stipitata, sparsa, coriacea vel rigida, novella subtus brevissime tomentella cinerea, sicca 
pallide viridia, usque ad 520 mm longa, 200 mm lata, sed saepissime minora at semper 
perconspieua. Inflorescentia in specimine unico (anomalo ?) abbreviata in reliquis optime 
evoluta valde elongata; pedicellis per anthesin ad 3 mm longis tum valde auctis; brac- 
teolis deciduis. Flores 2,5 mm longi; limbi segmentis erectis vel suberectis, late squami- 
formibus, apice subacutis, antheris subovato-rectangularibus, medio manifeste constrictis, 
apice rotundatis; staminibus ser. III. basi glandulis binis maximis, subreniformi-globosis, 
brevissime stipitatis auctis. Ovarium ovoideum, apice conice in stylum permanifeste 
breviorem transiens; stigmate parvo, obtuso. Bacca optime ellipsoidea, laevis nitidaque, 
usque ad 47 mm longa, 40 mm diam. metiens, cupulae perianthii lobis optime per- 
sistentibus auctisque coronatae, basin versus longe conice. attenuatae insidens. 
Costarica: ad Rio Naranjo ripas, alt. 200—950 m: Toxpuz in herb. 
inst. phys.-geogr. Costar. n. 7613, in fruticetis prope San Mateo: Biolley 
ibidem n. 7106, prope Turrialba (570 m): Tonpuz ibid. n. 8362. Floret 
Novembri—Januario, fructificat Martio (herb. Bruxell ). 
Obs. A paraffini O. niearaguensi imprimis foliorum forma, inflorescentia glabra 
distineta, 
Ocotea cuneata Mez n. sp.; folia subsessilia, glabra, optime obovata 
basin versus sensim cuneatimque acuta, apice rotundata, penninervia, supra 
Vix subtus manifeste prominulo-reticulata. Inflorescentia submultiflora, sub- 
orymbose pannieulata, folia subaequans vel paullo superans. Flores herma- 
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