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prominente, laxo, transverso conjunctis, margine minute recurvo. Inflorescentia 
axillaris v. saepius pseudoterminalis, abbreviatim pyramidato-panniculata, ferrugineo-villosa, 
foliis brevior, pedicellis 1—2 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores albi, melliodori 
(ex Spruce!), hermaphroditi, ferrugineo-villosi, 13—15 mm diam. Perianthii tubus 
brevissimus, late suburceolato-conicus. Limbi segmenta aequalia, elliptico- ovata, 
obtusiuscula v. acutiuseula. Antherae serierum omnium sessiles v. ser. III. apice 
truncatae subsessiles, basi glandulis binis conspicuis, globosis, sessilibus auctae, subovatae, 
connectivo dense granuloso-papilloso ultra locellos triangulari- acuminatim perlonge pro- 
ducto. Locelli ad antherae basin positi. Staminodia nulla v. minima, stipitiformia, 
saepius solitaria. Ovarium subgloboso-fusiforme, glaberrimum, stylo ferrugineo-papilloso 
subduplo longiore, stigmate obtuso. Bacca ellipsoidea, laevis, + 12 mm longa, 8 mm 
diam., cupulae hemisphaericae, simplicimarginatae insidens, ad ?/, longitudinis exserta. 
Hab. in sylvis locisque subalpinis Serrae Andinae a Peruvia usque ad Panamam. 
Peruvia circa Tambillo et Callacate: Jelski n. 175, 176, 182, 189, 208, ad Chacha- 
poyas: Mathews; Ecuador in monte Tunguragua et ad radices montis. Chimborazo: 
Spruce n. 5173, 6177; Venezuela in prov. Truxillensi: Funck et Schm n. 804, in 
prov. Merida: Moritz n. 1218, loco non indicato: Karsten n. 31; Panama: Sutton 
Hayes n. 467. 
Floret Decembri— Februario, Majo— Augusto. (V. s. in herb. Berol., Boiss.-Barbey., 
Mus. Brit., Brux., Candoll., Deless., Goetting., Haun., Kew., Lips., Vindob. et herbario 
meo ex collectione cl. Jelskii communicatam.) 
8. Neetandra reticulata Mez. Folia adulta supra tomentella v. 
densius v. parcius pilosa, subtus dense molliterque pilosa v. rarius sub- 
tomentosa, lanceolata v. elliptico-lanceolata v. elliptica v. ovata, basin 
versus acuminata, sed subito dilatata et auriculato-subcordata, apice 
acuminata, supra immerse, subtus prominenti-costata laxeque transverse 
reticulata. Inflorescentia subpyramidato- v. subcorymboso - panniculata, 
villosa. Flores hermaphroditi, villosi v. tomentosi, diam. 10—14 mm. 
Antherae ser. I., II. sessiles, acutae. Ovarium glabrum v. perparce 
pilosum, stylo sublongiore. 
Laurus reticulata R. et P. Fl. Per. IV, t. 348 et Laurogr. t. 3. 
Ocotea mollis H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Il, p. 164; Kunth, Synops. I. 
p. 457; Cham. et Schdl. in Linnaea VI, p. 366. 
Nectandra mollis Nees, Syst. p. 287 et in Linnaea XXI, p. 504; 
Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 148 et in Mart. fl. Bras. V, 2, p. 253. 
Persea mollis Sprg. Syst. II, p. 270. 
Laurus aestivalis Vell. Fl. Flum. IV, t. 54. 
Nectandra villosa Nees in Linnaea VILI, p. 47 et Syst. p. 291 et 
in Linnaea XXI, p. 505. 
Litsaea villosa Sprg. ap. Nees, Syst. p. 291. 
Persea, incana Schott in Sprg. Cur. post. p. 405. 
Laurus venosa Domb. ap. Nees, Syst. p. 291. 
