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(pedunculo 8-12 mm. longo incluso) infra sparse supra subdense 
appresso-puberulae multiflorae; pedicelli 3-5 mm. longi. Peri- 
anthium 2.5mm. longum 7mm. latum, segmentis subaequalibus 
anguste oblongis vel oblongo-ellipticis obtusis extus sparse ap- 
presso-puberulis ciliolatis intus appresso-pilosulis, tubo brevissimo. 
Stamina I. ser. glaberrima 1.5mm. longa, filamentis tenuibus 
antheras quadrato-ellipticas aequantibus, locellis inferioribus eos 
superiores basi (et usque ad medium) tangentibus; ea II. ser. 
similia; ea III. ser. similia locellis sublateralibus, filamentis ad 
basin glandulis 2 subsessilibus magnis filamenta paene aequantibus 
donatis. Staminodia IV. ser. magna 1.2 mm. longa glaberrima, 
stipite 0.6 mm. longo, capite triangulari-cucullato basi cuneato- 
rotundato non cordato. Ovarium globosum stylo subdimidio 
longius. Pedicelli frugiferi sursum incrassati 6 mm. longi apice 
patelliformiter ampliati; bacca (matura ?) ellipsoidea olivacea 
laevis sicc. 1.8 cm. longa 1.3 em. diametro. — TAMAULIPAS: Vir 
cinity of Victoria, 320 m., 1 Feb.—9 April 1907, Palmer 80 (TYPE 
in Gray Herb.); limestone hills near Tampico, 1 Mar. 1899, 
Pringle 8006. San Luts Porost: near Los Canos, 15-21 Oct. 
1902, Palmer 249; limestone hills, Las Palmas, 24 July 1891, 
Pringle 3794.— All these specimens, with the exception of the 
type, have been distributed or determined as Persea salicifolia 
(Nees) Hemsl. which is properly Phoebe salicifolia Nees. That 
Species, however, as described by Mez from the type collection 
(Ehrenberg 875), differs in many characters — subtriplinerved 
broader leaves, glabrous inflorescence and flowers, pilose filaments, 
&c. The closest affinity of P. angustata seems to be with P. 
Ehrenbergii Mez, which has much larger and broader leaves, gla- 
tiores fusco-purpurei 
