cO A 
Imray n. 367; Martinique: Hahn n. 558, 713, 729, 913, 1283, 1448, Plée n. 721, 
Sieb. Suppl. n. 110; Si. Lucia: Anderson; St. Vincent: Guilding. 
Var. l'Herminieri Meissn. (l. c.) a forma normali non nisi foliis 
basi acutis et inflorescentia subdepauperata differt. 
Hab. in Martinique insula: Hahn n. 553, L’Herminier. 
(V. s. in herb. Berol., Boiss.-Barbey., Brux., Candoll., Deless., Goetting., Haun., 
Haynald., Holm., Kew., Krug. et Urban., Monac., Paris., Prag.) 
14. Aniba megaphylla Mez nov. spec. Cortex esipidus. Folia 
ampla, coriacea, glaberrima, solemniter obovata, basin versus manifeste 
cuneata demum conspicue obtusa, apice breviter obtusiuscule acuminata, 
supra + immerse costata, subtus costis prominulis reti obseuro perlaxo 
conjunetis. Inflorescentia foliis manifeste brevior. Flores ignoti. Cupula 
perdense ferrugineo-verrucosa. 
? Laurus difformis Rich. in Act. soc. hist. nat. Paris. 1792, p. 108? 
(ex diagn.). 
Arbor v. frutex ramulis novellis ferrugineo-tomentosis?, adultis glabratis, fusco- 
brunneis, teretibus, gemmis ferrugineo-tomentosis, cortice aromatico, valde amaro. Folia 
ampla petiolis: brevibus, usque ad 8 mm longis, crassis, verruculosis, levissime canali- 
culatis sparsa, in ramulorum apice subverticillatim conferta, coriacea, glaberrima, opaca, 
supra (sicca) glauco- v. subcinereo-viridia, subtus pallida rufescentia, solemniter obovata, 
basin versus permanifeste cuneata conspicueque obtusa, apice breviter obtusiuscule 
acuminata, + 210 mm longa, 75 mm lata, penninervia, subtus + immerse costata, 
subtus costis e nervo medio sub angulo 50— 80 prodeuntibus prominulis retique obscuro 
perlaxo inter sese conjunctis, margine incurvo. Inflorescentia foliis manifeste brevior, 
non nisi fructifera nota. Flores ignoti. Bacca crasse ellipsoidea, 23 mm longa, 
18 mm diam. laevis, cupulae crassiusculae, hemisphaericae, simplicimarginatae, perdense 
manifesteque ferrugineo-verrucosae basi insidens, ad ?/, exserta. Embryo cotyledonibus 
coreulum omnino includentibus, apice obtusis. Plumula 2.phylla, glabra, breviter conica; 
radicula brevissima, crasse conica, apice acuta. 
Hab. in Guyana gallica: Leprieur n. 225. — (V. s. in herb. Deless. et Paris.) 
Obs. Species habitu Anibae bracteatae similis differt foliis permanifeste obovatis, 
basi cuneatis, cupula solemniter verrucosa etc. 
15. Aniba Hostmanniana Mez. Cortex esipidus. Folia coriacea 
v. rigide coriacea, adulta supra glabra, subtus ferrugineo - tomentella, 
elliptico-lanceolata v. oblongo-elliptica, basi obtusa v. breviter acuta, 
apice + acuminata, costis supra suleato-immersis ceterum laevia, subtus 
prominentibus subobscure reticulata. Inflorescentia permultiflora, foliis 
brevior v. subbrevior. Flores 2 mm longi.  Perianthii tubus lobis 
aequalibus subbrevior. Androeceum ser. 3 fertilibus, Filamenta antheris 
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