(27) CARL MEZ. ADDITAMENTA MONOGRAPHICA 1903. 239 
sissime S-pinnatim pannieulata; axibus omnibus subpatentibus, bene 
compressis; pedicellis vix ultra 1,5 mm. longis. Flores 1,5-1,75 mm. 
longi; limbi segmentis ovato-ellipticis, rolundatis ; glandulis maximis, 
globosis filamentis ser. Ill. basi affixis, sessilibus ; stigmate obtuso. 
Bacca malura tenuiler ellipsoidea, + 20 mm. longa, 8 mm. diam,, 
cupulæ plan, basin versus erasse clavatim in pedicellum valde auctum 
transeunlı, diu perianthii lobis demum deciduis coronatæ insidens. 
Costa-Rica, in silvis prope Juan Vifias et in pascuis ad Santa Clara, 
. alt. 200-1200 m. : Herb. inst. phys.-geogr. Costar. n. 10445, 13399. — 
« Jra » incolis. — Floret Junio. (Herb. Mez.) 
Obs. Habitu imprimis Ocoteæ cunealæ accedit, cui olim specimen 
primum leetum fructiferum commiscui. Sed flores nunc allali ab illa 
longe distinctam et Ocoteæ pedalifoliæ, pentagonæ, insulari affinem 
indicant, a quibus omnibus foliorum forma, inflorescentia, floribus 
multo minoribus sal recedit. 
Ocotea stenoneura Mez et Pittier n. sp. — Foliis brevissime petio- 
lalis, rigidis, adultis supra præler nervum primarium basin versus 
+ obscure tomentellum glabris subtus molliter ferrugineo-pilosis, late 
elliplieis, basi subacutis ad petiolum breviler obtuse contractis, apice 
acuminatis, penninervibus, supra valde immerse sublus prominenter 
et dense coslatis et densissime transverse relalis; inflorescentia foliis 
breviore. 
Ramuli crassi, dense adpresseque ferrugineo-tomenteilil, non nisi 
minute linealim angulati, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis + 7 mm. longis, 
crassis, bene canaliculatis, sicut ramuli tomentellis stipilala, sparsa, basin 
versus margine singulariler quasi auriculatim revolula indeque ibi 
acuminalorum speciem præbentia, -- 180 mm. longa, 90 mm. lata, 
sieca supra glauco-viridia sublus ferruginascentia. Inflorescentia fructi- 
fera laxa squarrosaque, percrassa, dense ferrugineo-tomentella. Bacca 
globosa, lævis, 13 mm. diam. metiens, cupulæ parvæ, planæ vel irre- 
gulariter curvalæ, margine sæpius perianthii lobos partim persistentes 
triangulares gerenli insidens. — Cet. ignota. 
Costa-Rica, ad Santa Clara : Cooper in herb. inst. phys.-geogr. Costar. 
n. 10217 ; prope las Vueltas, alt. 700 m.: Tonduz in herb. inst. phys.- 
geogr. Costar, n. 13377. — Fructificat Septembri, Februario. (Herb. Mez.) 
Obs. Alfinis Ocoteæ Salvini, Palmanæ, sed reticulatione primo intuitu 
diversa. 
Ocotea mollifolia Mez et Pittier nov. spec. — Foliis breviter sed 
manifeste petiolatis, ellipticis, basi acutis apice oplime acuminalis, char- 
taceis, nervis principalibus utrinque ferrugineo-tomentellis cet, subtus 
