quadrangulum. Leaf shape and size separates the present species from the others. The rather 
inconspicuous secondary veins make the leaves look like with a single middle vein, characteristic 
from which the name is derived. 
Cinnamomum velvetii Lorea-Hernandez, sp. nov. TYPE: Mexico. Guerrero: Mpo. 
Mochitlan, Cerro de La Vaca, aprox. 2.5 km W of Agua de Obispo, 1000 - 1500 m, 6 May 1987, 
(fl, fr), L. Rodriguez 59 (holotype, FCME; isotype, MO). 
Frutices. Folia plerumque lanceolata, apice acutato vel longo acuminato, lamina 
pinnatinervia vel (raro) triplinervia, infra dense tomentosa trichomatibus undulatis, patulis, 
particulis ceraceis etiam abundantibus; domatiis praesentibus ad axillas nonnullas venarum 
secundariarum, saepe indistinctis, pagina foliari utrinque ad domatia subplana, aut supra leviter 
prominens. Inflorescentia ex cymis in paniculam aggregatis constans, plerumque bracteas 
foliaceas satis persistentes gerens. Flos tepalis extus sicut pedicello tomentosis, hypanthio intus 
glabro praeter verticem disperse pubescente; tepalis integris in fructu persistentibus. 
Shrubs up to 3 m tall; twigs densely vilose-tomentose, surface concealed by the 
indument, hairs 0.4 - 0.6 mm long, spreading to more or less erect, wavy, pale yellow, persistent; 
petioles (3) 4 - 6.5 (7) mm long, | - 1.6 mm wide, densely vilose-tomentose, hairs as on twigs; 
leaf bldes (3) 5 - 8.5 (11) cm long, (1) 1.5 - 2.5 (3.5) cm wide, lanceolate, rarely ovate or elliptic, 
apex acute to long acuminate, base obtuse to acute, sometimes oblique, tomentose above when 
young, indument pale yellow, red hairs intermixed with it, glabrescent with age, densely 
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