10441 (MO); J.A. Steyermark 60989 (VEN). 
Cinnamomum uninervium Lorea-Hernandez, sp. nov. TYPE. Brazil. Minas Gerais: 
Mpo. Gouveia, Serra do Barro Preto, km 66 on road Curvelo - Diamantina, (fl, fr), 4 September 
1982, A. Furlan et al. 3230 (holotype, SPF; isotypes, FCME, MEXU, MO). 
Frutices parvi. Folia anguste elliptica, apice obtuso vel acutato, pinnatinervia (vel 
subtriplinervia?), infra glabra, venae secundariae et minor inconspicuae; domatiis carens. 
Inflorescentia ex cymis in paniculam aggregatis constans, bracteis foliaceis carens. Flos tepalis 
extus sicut pedicello glabris, hypanthio intus glabro; tepalis integris in fructu persistentibus 
(interdum partim persistentibus?). 
Shrubs up to 1.5 m tall; twigs usually ridged or narrowly winged, ridges coming from 
petiole bases, glabrous, sometimes inconspicuously pubescent near the terminal bud, hairs 0. 
mm long, straight, appressed; petiole 1 - 2 (2.5) mm long, (0.6) 0.8 - 1 (1.3) mm wide, glabrous; 
leaf blades (1) 2.5 - 4.5 (5) cm long, (0.4) 0.8 - 1.3 (1.5) mm wide, narrowly elliptic, apex obtuse 
to acute, base acute, glabrous above and below, penninervate to subtriplinerved (?), midvein 
slightly marked above, slightly raised below, glabrous, secondaries (6) 8 - 10 pairs, barely 
distinguishable from tertiary veins, flat above and below, glabrous, tertiary veins flat above and 
below, domatia absent; inflorescence (2.5) 4 - 8 cm long, axillary to leaves, cymose-paniculate, 
peduncle (0.1) 0.7 - 1.5 (2) cm long, glabrous, rachis glabrous, flower pedicel (3) 4 - 4.5 mm 
long, glabrous; flower pale yellowish white, tepals 1.9 - 2.4 mm long, 1.5 - 1.7 mm wide, ovate, 
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