28G Trib. VII. Neclandrcae. 



6. Nectaxdiia (Pomaiia) discolor N. ab E. 



N. foliis oblongis scumlnatis basi aculis subtus ramtilis 



paiticuTisuue folia aequantibus rigidis tenuissime femigineo - torocri- 



tosis, oervis costalibus crassis margine discretis, anlberis trigonis. 



Ocotca discolor Humb. et Kunth. JTov. Gen. et Sp. pi. II- 



p. 163. n. (>. Kunth. Synops. l. p. 436. n. 0. 



Lauras discolor Witt*. Herb. n. 771)4. (exemplum Hum- 

 boMiiaHiim.) 



Persea tijjricida S/>r. S- Yey. II. p. 270. «. 38. (excl- 

 syiu Ocotca rijjida Humb. 



Laurus tiyricida Mutts, ft. Bogot. Mspt. (ex Humboldt.) 



Crescit in Regno Novo Granatensi. Floret Aprili, (dc 

 Humboldt.) Vidi exemplum Herbarii Willdenoviani cum floribus 

 et cupulis. 



..Rami angulati, ferrugineo-pubeseentes. Folia alterna, 

 peliolata, oblonga, utrimjuc acuminata, inlegerrima, margine prae- 

 sertim basin versus revoluta, coriaeea, reticulata -venosa, nervo 

 medio venisque subtus valde prominentibus, supra glabra nitida, 

 sublus tenuissime fuscescenti- tomenlosa, praesertim in nervo 

 medio, septem-aut octopollicaria, duos aut duos et dimidinm 

 pollices lata. Petioli novem aut decern liueas longi, fuseescenti- 

 pubesceittes. Paniculac axillares, pedunculatae, folium sob- 

 aequaotes; ramis alternis, dicbolorais; ramulis pedicclli«pi« 

 tuscpscenti-tomentosis. Flores magnitude iloris Poteutillae 

 vnuae. Calyx sexfidus, externe ferrugineo-tomentosus; laci- 

 mis oblongo-ovalis obtusis palentissimis deeiduis. Stamina 

 ferlilia novem, calyce multo breviora; tria interiora liglandu- 

 losa; filament a ovata, externe convexa interne plana; an- 

 iherae quadnloculares; loculi filnmentis cxterioribus interne 

 uitenoribus externe basiu versus imrnersi. Stamina steriJia 

 tna, ovato-Ianceolata, cum staminibus interioribus alternanlia. 

 Ovarium oblongum, glabrum ; stylus crassus, longitudine sta- 

 mmmn glaber; stigma dilatatum. Fructum non vidi.'* 



Ant her a rum 1 ocelli parvi, ovales, iuxta basin anlhe- 

 rac siti. tructus semiadulti cupula gaudent subglobosa, bac- 

 cam ad vcrticem adhuc ambiente, truneata rmrulosa sublomen- 

 tosa niagn.ludine baccae Solani nigri, in pe^di cello crass* 

 suucvlinunco 3 linen* l ni)im r«ii_' .- 



*TVfr I v Jon S°« Bacca globosa, mucronata. 



u inert a ^ctandra (Pomatia) Amazonian foliis rigidiori- 

 MH conaceis subtus cum ramulis paniculisque magis tomentosi* 

 total novem* forUoribus (circa margins attenuata fine procur- 



