82 E, HASSLER (10) 



1. Ocotea confusa Hassler, iiov. spec. = 0. Urhuniana 

 Mez in PL Hassl. I, 202 et TI, 174, haud 0. Urbaniana Mez Lau- 

 rac. am. p. 252. quae ad subgen. Mespilodaph^iem Mez pertinet. 

 Oreodaphne : Dioica. Friitexl-2metralis ; ramiteretes cortice isa- 

 bellino laevi obtecti, minute piiberuli; ramnli subangulati, dense 

 cinereo-tomentosuli. Folia lanceolata, breviter petiolata, petiolo 

 3-4 mm. planiiisculo cinereo tomentosnio; lamina basi acutius- 

 cula, apice subacuta vel brevissime obtnsiuscule subacuminata, 

 adulta supra costa média impressa breviter ferrugineo-puberula 

 excepta giabra, nitens, penninervia vel subtriplinervia, nervis 

 lateralibus utroque latere 3-4 erecto-patentibus, ante marginem 

 arcuatim anastomosantibus, supra impressis, subtus valde disco- 

 lori-prominentibus, nervillis supra immerse reticulatis, subtus 

 magis prominentibus elevato-reticulatis ; pagina inferiorlaminae 

 cano-fulvescens, ubique pilis crispulis in foliis, junioribus sub- 

 ferrugineis in adultis albicantibus pilosula ; folia novella supra 

 et subtus dense breviter et appresse fulvo-tomentosula. 



Inflorescentia dense ferrugineo-tomentosula ; paniculae rami 

 ultra médium racemose 5-6 flori ; hvacteae et hracteolae longe 

 persistentes lineari-lanceolatae, extus dense ferrugineo-tomen- 

 tosae; pedicelli 2,5-3 mm. longi tomentosi. Flos masculinus : 

 periantbii tubus subnuUus ; limbi segmenta ovata 2,5-3 inra. 

 longa ferrugineo-puberula, marginem versus glabrata ; anlherae 

 sérier u m I et II exterioriim subquadrangulares apice ])reviter 

 emarginatae, 1 ^/^ mm. altae, filamento 1 mm. longo pilosulo 

 auctae, seriei III oblongae apice truncatae locellis superioribus 

 lateralibus, inferioribus extrorsis, filamento pilosulo glandulis 

 basalibus conspicuis semiglobosis, versus filamentum plicato- 

 subexcisis; staminodia 0; gynaeceum stérile cylindricum; stigma 

 discoideum. Flos foemineus : periantbii tubus conspicuus cupu- 

 liformis, 1,5 mm. altus ; limbi segmenta in speciminibus quae 

 adsunt (an semper?) magis ferrugineo-pilosula, paullo angus- 

 tiora, 2,5 mm. longitudinis baud superantia ; stamina serierum 

 I-III minutae abortivae stériles ; ovarium globosum, glabrum, 

 1.5 mm. diametro, stylo vix 7« vnm. longo, stigmate discoideo 

 magno. 



Ab 0. Urbaniana Mez, praeter flores perfecte dioicas, primo 



