— 981 — 
Arbor 20 m alta ligno molli, flavido (ex Poeppig!), ramulis apice obscure tomen- 
telis, celerrime glabratis atris, + angulatis, gemmis tomentosis, cortice esipido. Folia 
petiolis usque ad 20 mm longis, canaliculatis, sparsa, chartacea v. coriaceo-chartacea, 
utrinque subglabra, subtus minute coerulescentia, obovata, basi acuta, apice brevissime 
acuminata, + 120 mm longa, 50 mm lata, penninervia, supra sublaevia, subtus costis e 
nervo medio sub angulo 45—55° prodeuntibus reticulo obscuro tenuissime prominulo 
conjunctis, margine subplano. Inflorescentia multiflora, laxiuscule effuseque panni- 
culata, parce pilosa, foliis brevior, pedicellis 1—2 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores 
virides, inodori (ex Poeppig!), dioici, 3,5—4 mm longi, cinereo-tomentelli v. -pilosi. 
Perianthii tubus nullus. Limbi segmenta late ovata, obtusiuscule acuta. In flori- 
bus cf filamenta serierum exteriorum glabra, antheris 2-plo breviora; seriei III. parce 
breviterque pilosa, antheras subaequantia, basi glandulis binis majusculis, subsessilibus, 
globosis, subatris aucta. Antherae subovato-quadraticae, apice solemniter emarginatae. 
Gynaeceum dense strigosum, sterile, stipitiforme, stigmate subobtuso. In floribus Q 
antherae minutae, steriles. Staminodia conspicua, stipitiformia. Ovarium pilosum, 
subglobosum, stylo percrasso, curvato, sublongiore, stigmate discoideo. Fructus ignotus. 
Hab. in Peruvia centrali pr. Chicoplaya: Ruiz et Pavon (in herb. Deless. n. 479) 
et in prov. Maynas ad Yurimaguas: Poeppig n. 2435. 
Floret Majo. (V. s. in herb. Berol., Boise.- Barbey., Mus. Brit., Candoll., Deless., 
Goetting., Lips., Monac., Vindob.) 
63. Ocotea Glaziovii Mez nov. spec. Folia coriacea, glaberrima, 
obovata v. elliptica, basi acuta, apice breviter acuminata, penninervia, 
supra sublaevia v. obscure, subtus dense levissimeque prominulo-reticulata. 
Inflorescentia subsquarrose panniculata, tomentella, foliis brevior. Flores 
dioici, basi paullo tomentelli. Perianthii tubus 0. Filamenta glabra, 
antheris ovatis, acutiusculis v. demum rotundatis paullo—dimidio bre- 
viora. Staminodia 0. In flore 9 ovarium glabrum, stylo strigoso, 2-plo 
breviore. 
Canella amarella (ex Glaziou!). 
Arbor v. frutex ramulis apice minutissime perobscureque ferrugineo-tomentellis, 
celerrime glabratis brunneis, teretibus, gemmis tomentellis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis 
usque ad 10 mm longis, subecanaliculatis, sparsa, coriacea, glaberrima, supra subnitida, 
subtus pallida opaca, obovata v. elliptica, basi acuta, apice breviter obtusiusculeque 
acuminata, ^ 155 mm longa, 70 mm lata, penninervia, supra immerse costata, ceterum 
sublaevia v. perobscure, subtus perdense levissimeque prominulo-reticulata, costis subtus 
prominentibus, subrufescentibus, e nervo medio sub angulo 40— 60? prodeuntibus, margine 
subplano v. minute incurvo. Inflorescentia submultiflora, in ramuli apice orta, sub- 
Squarrose panniculata, minute ferrugineo-tomentella, foliis permulto brevior, pedicellis 
1—2 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores dioici, basi paullo cinereo-tomentelli, 
3—3,5 mm longi. Perianthii tubus nullus. Limbi segmenta exteriora interiori- 
bus paullulum breviora, ovata, acuta. In floribus c? filamenta glabra, antheris paullo— 
dimidio breviora; seriei III. basi glandulis binis parvulis, globosis, sessilibus, atris aucta. 
Antherae (solemniter Perseae formá) ovatae, apice acutiusculae v. demum rotundatae, 
locellis superioribus nonnunquam solemniter minutis v. sterilibus. Staminodia 0. 
