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OcorkA Bancii Mez et Rusby spec. nov.; foliis chartaceis, glaber- 
rimis, utrinque subnitidis, late ellipticis, basi a cutiusculis apice 
breviter sed manifeste acuminatis, pennine peer glaberrimis, 
utrinque sed praesertim subtus prominulo- -reticulatis; inflore- 
scentia non nisi fructifera cognità ut videtur pauciflora, abbreviata. 
dia, costis e nervo medio sub angulo 50- 70° prodeuntibus, mar- 
gine subpleno. Floris ignoti, absque dubio dioici. Bacca atra, 
crasse ellipsoidea, + 13 mm. longa, 9 mm. diam. metiens, apice 
` optime rotundata nec mucronulata, cupulai pateriformi, simplicimi, 
laevi, apice sinuatim in pedicellum valde auctum incrassatumque 
transeunti insidens 
Between Tipuani and Guanai, Dec., 1892 (1674). 
Obs. Verisimiliter Ocoteae laxiflorae Mez, proxima, cui abhorret 
cupulae forma. 
Nectandra laevis Mez, Laur. 45. Between Tipuani and Guanai, 
Dec., 1891 (1680). 
Nectandra reticulata (R. & P.) Mez, Laur. 404. Between Guanai 
and Tipuani, Apr.-June, 1892 (1536). 
Nectandra Pichurim (H.B.K.) Mez, Laur. 449. Between Guanai 
and Tipuani, Apr.—_June, 1892 (1396). 
NECTANDRA CITRIFOLIA Mez et Rusby spec. nov.; foliis adultis 
glaberimis, supra glauco- -viridibus subtus ferrugineo-rubentibus, 
ellipticis, praesertim apice le lateque acuminatim acutis, 
utrinque minutissime immerse reticulatis ; inflorescentia pauciflora 
brevissime tomentella ; foribus hermaphroditis, strigoso-tomentel- 
is, vix 5 mm. diam. metientibus; filamentis staminum ser. exteri- 
orum d ovario glaberrimo, ampulliformi, stylo subnullo. 
vel frutex ramulis junioribus minute o uie -tomentellis, 
adultis pO laevi, cinereo, paullo aromatico obtect 1a pe- 
tiolis fe Ful 10 mm. longis, permanifeste cabdiculitis stipitata, 
sparsa, chartacea, + 90 mm. longa, 40 mm. lata, penninervia, 
Eni tenuissimis adis neglectis adultis saltem laevia, costis 
e nervo medio sub angul 45-55? prodeuntibus, margine minute 
recurvulo. Inflorescentia bici: (infra 10-) flora, saepissime subrace- 
mosa, adpresse minuteque tomentella, foliis multo brevior; pedi- 
cellis 2-5 mm. longis, bracteolis deciduis. Fores perianthii tubo 
brevissimo late obconico. imbi segmenta elliptica, acutiuscula 
vel Miro ta. Filamenta ser. III., glabra, basi rami binis 
maximis, compressis aucta. Antherae ser. I., II. reniformes apice 
rotundatae minutissime papillosae locellis ontisibus introrsum de- 
hiscentibus. Staminodia minuta, I. iformia. - Ovarium stigmate 
obtuso-pulvinato. Fructus ignotus ; 
