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LAURACER. 
769. Nectanpra (Porostema) glabrescens, sp. n., foliis elliptico-oblongis sublanceolatisve 
‘acuminatis basi acutis venoso-costatis, junioribus subtus puberulis axillis venarum barbatis, adultis 
glabris, paniculis axillaribus folio subbrevioribus ramis 2-3-chotomis, ramulis novellis floribusque 
canescenti-puberulis, filamentis staminum exteriorum subnullis, bacca globosa? — Ocotea salicifolia, 
Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 309. vix Humb. et Kunth.—San Blas, Realejo, Acapulco; and a 
narrow-leaved variety from Tepic. 
Arbor 30-40-pedalis. Ramuli juniores angulati, pube brevissima pulveraceo-canescentes, demum teretes 
glabrati. Folia forma varia, nunc 7-8 poll. longa, 24 poll. lata, nune 5-6 poll. longa, 1-14 poll. lata, vel 
superiora minora et proportione angustiora, juniora subtus pube brevi in costa evidentiore conspersa, et in 
axillis saltem inferioribus venarum costalium barbata, adulta utrinque seepius glabrata, opaca vel rarius nitidula, 
concoloria ; venee costales prominentes utrinque 5-8, plereeque simplices, prope marginem in rete evanescentes. 
Panicule in axillis superioribus dispositi, a dimidium ad duas tertias folii attingunt, plereque a medio ad 
apicem floriferee, ramulis alternis brevibus divaricatis cymoso-5-15-floris. Perigonium rotatum, 4 lin. diametro, 
laciniis late obovatis parum inzequalibus crassiusculis. Anthere perigonio multo breviores, exteriores 6 reni- 
formes, fere sessiles, locellis prope basin in arcum dispositis; stamina tertii ordinis duplo longiora, filamento 
distincto crasso predita. Glandule majuscule, distinctee. Staminodia quarti ordinis oblonga, obtusa, Fructus 
pedicellus semipollicaris; cupula truncata fere 3 lin. diametro; bacca unica adest, pressione deformata, sed 
globosa videtur, magnitudine Cerasi minoris. 
This agrees in many respects with N. sanguinea, N. japurensis, and N. tur- 
bacensis, but the anthers are different in shape from those described by Nees of 
either of the two first species, and the glands are not confluent as they are said to 
be in N. turbacensis; the staminodia are also more distinct, and the berry appears 
to be globular. The Nectandre are, however, many of them so much alike, as to 
make it very difficult to characterise them in words. 
PROTEACER. 
770. RuopaLa complicata, Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. 2. p. 153. t. 119, scarcely differ- 
ing from R. montana, Br.—A small tree growing on a very stony mountain in the Isle of Taboga, 
Bay of Panama. 
EvuPHORBIACEE. 
771. Porsertia pulcherrima, Grah, in Bot. Mag, t. 3493.—Central America. 
972. Evesorsia dioica, Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. 2. p. 53. var. — San Blas 
‘to Tepic. 
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