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quam subreflexis apicem versus e nervo medio sub angulo 40— 50? prodeuntibus, margine 
recurvo, Inflorescentia subpauciflora, glaberrima, foliis longior v. rarissime brevior, 
pedicellis 1—3 mm longis, bracteolis perconspicuis, foliaceis, persistentibus, bracteolis 
deciduis. Flores dioici, glabri, 2 mm longi, Q ignoti. Perianthii tubus subnullus. 
Limbi segmenta late ovata, acuta. Filamenta glabra, antheris 2— 3-plo breviora; 
seriei III. basi glandulis binis majusculis, globosis, sessilibus aucta. Antherae rectan- 
gulares, apice obtusae et solemniter emarginatae. Staminodia parva, stipitiformia. 
Ovarium pilosum, stipitiforme, sterile, stigmate maximo, discoideo. Fructus ignotus. 
Hab. in Brasilia (an prov. Minas Geraés?): collectore ignoto hb. Candoll., Glaziou 
n. 15378. 
(V. s. in herb. Berol, Candoll., Kew. et Warming.) 
19. Ocotea xanthocalyx Mart. Folia rigida, glaberrima, subtus 
glauca, ovata v. elliptica, basi obtusiuscule v. breviter acuta, apice bre- 
vissime obtusiuseule acuminata, penninervia, supra laevia, subtus promi- 
nulo-retieulata. Inflorescentia (fructifera) subracemosa, foliis brevior. 
Flores ignoti. Cupula planiuscula, simplici- et integro-marginata, sub- 
conice in pedicellum incrassatum attenuata. 
Ocotea zanthocalyx Mart. ap. Nees, Syst. p. 312. 
Nectandra vanthocalys Nees, l. c.; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, 
p. 167 et in Mart. fl. Bras. V, 2, p. 277. 
Frutex 1—2 m altus (ex Martius!) ramulis apice minute ferrugineo-tomentellis 
v. subglabris, badiis, apice solemniter angulatis, subtus teretibus v. subteretibus, gemmis 
subcinereo-tomentosis, cortice esipido, paullo adstringente. Folia petiolis usque ad 
14 mm longis, ecanaliculatis, sparsa, rigida, glaberrima, supra pernitida laete viridia, 
subtus solemniter glauco-pruinosa opaca, ovata v. elliptica, basi obtusiuscule v. breviter 
acuta, apice brevissime obtusiuscule acuminata, + 75 mm longa, 40 mm lata, penninervia, 
supra praeter costas obscure prominulas laevia, subtus minute denseque prominulo-reticulata, 
costis e nervo medio sub angulo 40— 55? prodeuntibus, margine plano. Inflorescentia 
non nisi fructifera nota, subracemosa, foliis brevior. Bacca crasse ellipsoidea, 11 mm 
longa, 9 mm diam., cupulae planiusculae, simplicimarginatae, subconice in pedicellum 
valde incrassatum attenuatae insidens, tota exserta. 
Hab. in campo sparso arbusto consito versus Chapada do Paranám, Brasiliae 
prov. Minas Geraés: Martius. 
Fructificat Septembri. (V. s. in herb. Monac.) 
Obs. Species Ocoteae caesiae sine ullo dubio proxima foliis longiuscule petiolatis 
eorumque forma differt et cum Nectandra nullo modo convenit. 
73. Ocotea variabilis Mart. Folia rigida v. subrigida, glaber- 
rima, subtus albida, elliptica v. elliptico-lanceolata, basi acuta, apice 
breviter acuminata, penninervia, utrinque laevia v. obscure costata. In- 
florescentia late squarroseque subpyramidata, foliis brevior. Flores dioici, 
