164 
Filamenta parce pilosa, antheris 2 — 3-plo longiora; ser. 111. glandulis ex 
| altitud. ortis aucta. Antherae 4-locellatae, apice obtusae. Ovarium 
glaberrimum stylo 2-plo longiore. 
Persea obovata Nees in Dinnaea VIII, p. 51 et Syst. p. 167 ; Meissn. 
in DG. Froclr. XV, 1, p. 47 et in Mart. fl. Bras. V, 2, p. 156. 
Gouania Brasiliensis Spreng, ap. Beissek in Mart. fl. Bros. XI, 1, 
p. 111. 
Arbor v. frutex ramulis dense ferrugineo- v. flavido-tomentellis, glabratis atris, 
subangulatis, gemmis tomentosis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis usque ad 10 mm longis, 
leviter eanaliculatis, sparsa, rigida, juniora utrinque ferrugineo-tomentosa, adulta supra 
subglabra nitida, subtus dense flavo- v. ferrugineo-tomentosa, obovata v. subelliptica, bas'i 
acuta, apice obtusa v. obtusiuscule acuta v. acuta, 35 — 63 mm longa, 19 — 36 mm lata, 
penninervia, supra immerse costata minuteque foveolata, subtus prominulo-costata et laxe 
reticulata, costis e nervo medio sub angulo 45 — 60° prodeuntibus , margine incurvato. 
Inflorescentia submultiflora, ferrugineo-tomentosa, laxe corymboso-panniculata, longe 
pedunculata, foliis longior, pedicellis 2 — 4 mm longis, bracteolis subdeciduis. Flores 
4 — 5 mm Ion gi. Limbi segmenta exteriora cinereo-tomentella, rotundata, latiora quam 
longa, interioribus late ovatis, obtusiuscule acutis 3-plo breviora. Androeceum serie- 
bus 3 fertilibus. Stamina antheris 2 — 3-plo longiora, parce pilosa, ser. II. limbi seg- 
mentis longe adnata; ser. III. glandulis binis majusculis, compresso-globosis, sessilibus, in 
V 3 altitudinis ortis aucta. Antherae 4-locellatae, manifeste ovatae, margine solemniter 
constrictae, apice obtusae; ser. III. lateraliter dehiscentes. Staminodia magna, sagittata, 
dorso pilosa, filamento subbreviore stipitata. Ovarium glaberrimum, globosum, stylo 
cylindrico 2-plo longiore, stigmate pulvinato. Fructus ignotus. 
Hab. in Brasilia ad Cuhatao: Sellow, et loco non indicalo: Ferreira n. 696. 
( V. s. in herb. Berol ., Deless., Kew.) 
33. Persea lanata Mez nov. spec. Folia petiolata, supra tomeu- 
tosa demum subglabrescentia, subtus lanuginosa, obovata v. elliptica v. 
elliptico-lanceolata, basi acuta, apice obtusiuscule acuta. Inflorescentia 
subpauciflora, subcorymbosa, lanata, foliis multo brevior. Limbi segmenta 
exteriora interioribus 4-plo breviora. Androeceum seriebus 3 fertilibus. 
Filamenta longe pilosa antheris 2-plo longiora; ser. III. glandulis in § 
altitudinis ortis aucta. Antherae 4-locellatae, apice obtusae. Ovarium 
glaberrimum stylo 3-plo longiore. 
Persea fuliginosa var. a. Nees, Syst. p. 156. 
Persea fuliginosa (Nees) Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 47 et in 
Mart. fl. Bras. V, 2. p. 156. 
Arbor v. frutex ramulis novellis subflavescenti- v. ferrugineo-Ianatis, senioribus 
glabratis atris, teretibus', gemmis villosis, cortice subaromatico. Folia petiolis usque 
ad 15 mm longis, subecanaliculatis, sparsa, coriaceo-rigida, (adulta) supra flavido-tomen- 
tosa v. demum subglabrata manifeste foveolata opaca, subtus fulvo-lanuginosa, obovata 
v. elliptica v. elliptico-lanceolata, basi acuta, apice obtusiuscule acuta, 40 — 70 mm longa, 
