above and below, tertiary veins flat above and below, domatia absent; inflorescence 17-26 cm 
long, axillary to leaves, cymose-paniculate, small foliose bracts sometimes present at main 
branchings, peduncle 10-14.5 cm long, glabrous, rachis glabrous, flower pedicel 6-7.5 mm long, 
glabrous; flowers urceolate, tepals 2-2.3 mm long, ca. 1.8 mm wide, wide ovate, glabrous 
outside, sericeous inside, stamens of whorls I & II ca. 1.5 mm long, filaments sparsely sericeous 
adaxially and abaxially on lower half, anthers ca. 0.8 mm long, glabrous ad and abaxially, 
sporangia four, introrse, stamens of whorl III ca. 1.5 mm long, filaments sparsely sericeous 
adaxially, sparsely sericeous at the base abaxially, anthers ca. 0.6 mm long, glabrous ad and 
abaxially, sporangia two, extrorse, glands ca. 0.5 mm long, at base of filament, ovate, sparsely 
sericeous adaxially at point of attachement, glabrous elsewhere, staminodes ca. 1 mm long, 
filament glabrous adaxially, except for the "fimbriate" sericeous margins, glabrous abaxially, 
head ca. 0.7 mm long, ovate acuminate in outline, glabrous ad and abaxially, hypanthium ca. 1.2 
mm deep, glabrous outside and inside, pistil ca. 2.2 mm long, ovary ca. 1.5 mm long; fruit not 
known, but apparently tepals whole persistent. 
There is no information about the type of habitat where this species grows, nor the time 
of the year when it was collected. The species is known only from the type collection. 
The inclusion of this taxon in Cinnamomum is based on the presence of whorls of tepals 
about the same size, well developed staminodia, and distinct hypanthium. No other collection for 
this species could be found in the material studied, but the peculiar large subcordate amplexicaul 
leaves borne on thick ridged stems, separate it clearly from the closer morphological relatives: C. 
formicarium, and C. hammelianum. 
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