113 
Siparuna nigra Rusby (See no. 844). Mapiri, July-Aug., 1892 
1523.) 
Siparuna limoniodora (R. & P.) A.DC. Prod. 16: Part 2, 646 (Ci- 
rosma l. R. & P. = Citrosma dentata Poepp. et. Endl., but there 
is an uncertain C. dentata of R. & P. which has precedence. 
Espirito Santo, 1891 (1183). 
LAURINEAE. 
(Communicated by Dr. Karl Mez.) 
Aniba bracteata (Nees) Mez. Laur. 66 (?) (Aydendron bracteatum 
Nees, Syst. 256 — A. argenteum Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. 285). 
Espirito Santo, 1891 (1180. Leaves only. One of the trees 
yielding * False Coto." 
Persea gratissima Gaertn. Fruct. 3: 222. Espirito Santo, 1891 
(1162). 
Persea Botiviensis Mez et Rusby spec. nov.; foliis longe peti- 
olatis, adultis supra glabris haud vel vix foveolatis, subtus tenuiter 
tomentellis, bene ellipticis, utrinque subrotundatis ; inflorescentia 
pauciflora, dense adpresseque subferrugineo-tomentella, thyrsoidea, 
foliis permulto breviore; limbi segmentis valde aeneus: an- 
droeceo seriebus 2 OUCnoHbus fertilibus, 2 interioribus sterilibus ; 
etibus, gemmis ferrugineo-tomentosis, cortice paullo adstringente, 
esipi ido. Folia petiolis usque ad 40 mm. ongis, supra leviter in- 
ciso-canaliculatis, ferrugineo-tomentellis stipitata, sparsa, coriacea, 
basi saepius minute asymmetrica, + 0.2 m. longa, ta, 
penninervia, reti laxo subtus conspicue cupis costis crasse 
prosilientibus e nervo medio sub angulo 45—60? prodeuntibus, 
margine paullo incurvulo. o dense puts ae o-tomen- 
tella, brevissima pedunculata, pauciflora, anguste subthyrsoideo- 
paniculata, petioles paullo superans; Je minutis, I-2 mm. 
longis ; bracteolis deciduis. Flores + 7 mm. longi, deeem 
brevioribus. /i/amenta ser. III., basi glandulis binis parvis, sessili 
bus praedita. Antherae ser. I., II. , 4-locellatae, introrsae, elliptico- 
ovatae, ze acutae; ser. il. specie biloculares revera indehis- 
centes steriles. Staminodia sagittata, filamento paullo longiore, 
dense Silano stipitata. Bacca (immatura solum suppetens) globosa, 
vix 7 mm. diam. metiens, perianthii lobis patentibus insidens. 
Habitat in Bolivia ad Tipuani-Guanai, Dec., 1891 (1657, 1733). 
