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Arbor v. frutex ramulis flavido-tomentosis, minute angulatis, gemmis villosis, 
cortice esipido. Folia petiolis usque ad 25 mm longis, leviter canaliculatis, sparsa, 
membranacea, supra sparse, subtus molliter pilosa, late obovata v. subelliptica, basi obtusa, 
apice brevissime acuminulata, maxima, inter nervorum primariorum apicem margine minute 
sinuata, 200—300 mm longa, 100—160 mm lata, penninervia, costis tomentosis utrinque 
prominulis retique laxo prominulo conjunctis e nervo medio sub angulo 40— 55? prode- 
untibus, margine plano. Inflorescentia multiflora, perlonge pedunculata, laxe 
subcorymboso-panniculata, longe albido-tomentosa, subvillosa, foliis longior, pedicellis 
5—20 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores hermaphroditi, subvillosi, diam. 17—19 mrn. 
Perianthii tubus subnullus. Limbi segmenta perlate ovata, acutiuscula. Antherae 
sessiles, papillosae, serierum exteriorum subfoliolaceae, apice obtusae; ser. III. apice 
truncatae. Locelli in antheris serierum exteriorum subsuperpositi, elliptici, in seriei III. 
solemniter superpositi, lateraliter dehiscentes; connectivum ultra locellos longe elongatum. 
Staminodia nulla. Ovarium dense villosum, subglobosum, stylo 3—4-plo breviore, 
stigmate obtuso. Fructus ignotus. 
Hab. in republica Guatemala prope Retaluléu (mili ignot.): Bernoulli et Cario 
n. 2561. 
Floret Novembri. (V. s. in herb. Goetting., Kew., Petrop.) 
Obs. Species ex omnibus Lauraceis praeter Ocoteam calophyllam longe pulcher- 
rima, floribus maximis, habitu, characteribus certe Nectandrae generis, recedit tamen 
locellis antherarum serierum exteriorum quoque subsuperpositis et ad Ocoteae subgen. 
Dendrodaphnem vergit. Habitus maxime JVectandrae mollis, sed perlonge diversa. 
7. Neetandra Laurel A]. et Karst. Folia adulta supra nervis 
primariis ferrugineo-tomentosis cinereo- v. subferrugineo-tomentella, subtus 
cinereo-tomentella et insuper ferrugineo-subtomentosa v. rarius demum 
subglabrescentia, ovata v. elliptica, basi obtusa v. obtusiuscule acuta, 
apice anguste acuminata, subtus laxe transverse reticulata. Inflorescentia 
abbreviatim pyramidato-panniculata, villosa. Flores hermaphroditi, villosi, 
diam. 13—15 mm. Antherae ser. L, IT. sessiles, connectivo triangulari- 
produeto. Ovarium glabrum, stylo subduplo longiore. 
Nectandra Laurel Kl. et Karst. ap. Nees in Linnaea XXI, p. 505; 
Walp. Ann. III, p. 310; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 146 et in 
Mart. fl. Bras. V, 2, p. 251 (exclus. varr. B. et y.). 
Nectandra T'ovarensis Kl. et Karst. ap. Nees in Linnaea |. c. 
Nectandra villosa B. venosa Nees in Linnaea I. c. (e. p.). 
Arbor ramosa 8—16 m alta (ex Spruce!, Sutton Hayes!) ramulis dense ferrugineo- 
villosis, angulatis, demum glabratis cinereis, gemmis villosis, cortice esipido. Folia 
petiolis usque ad 15 mm longis, ecanaliculatis v. subecanaliculatis, sparsa, coriaceo- 
rigidiuscula, juniora utrinque ferrugineo- v. canescenti-ferrugineo-tomentosa, adulta supra 
nervis primariis ferrugineo-tomentosis cinereo- v. subferrugineo-tomentella, subtus cinereo- 
tomentella et insuper ferrugineo-subtomentosa v. rarius demum subglabrescentia, ovata v. 
elliptica, basi obtusa v. obtusiuscule acuta, apice anguste acuminata, 90— 100 mm longa, 
35—80 mm lata, penninervia, supra sulcato-immerse costata et obsolete immerse reticu- 
lata, subtus costis prominentibus, e nervo medio sub angulo 40—50° prodeuntibus reti 
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