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17 — 30 mm lata, penninervia, supra immerse costata obscureque reticulata, costis subtus 
prominulis, e nervo medio sub angulo 45 — 60° prodeuntibus, margine subplano v. incurvo. 
Inflorescentiae subpauciflorae , in ramuli apicem confertae, subcorymbosae , subferru- 
gineo-lanatae, foliis multo breviores, pedicellis 1 — 3 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. 
Flores fcrrugineo-villosi, 4 — 5 mm longi. Limbi segmenta exteriora acuta, latiora 
quam longa, interioribus anguste ovatis, subacutis 4-plo breviora. Androeceum seriebus 
3 fertilibus. Filamenta antheris 2-plo longiora, longe pilosa; ser. III. glandulis binis 
majusculis, globoso-compressis, basi manifeste cordatis, sessilibus, ex x j 3 filamenti alti- 
tudinis ortis aucta. Antherae 4-locellatae, ovato-ellipticae, margine non constrictae, 
apice obtusae; ser. III. lateraliter deliiscentes. Staminodia magna, sagittata, dorso pilosa 
apiceque solemniter barbata, filamento subbreviore stipitata. Ovarium glaberrimum, 
globosum, stylo 3-plo longiore, gracillimo imposito, stigmate trilobo. Fructus ignotus. 
Ilab. in Br asiliae prov. St. Paulo: Sellow n. 4313, Gaudicliaud in hb. Bras. 
Paris, n. 3. 
(K in herb. Berol. et Paris.) 
Obs. Species pulcherrima et perinsignis inflorescentia praesertim perlonge a 
P. fuliginosa recedit. 
34. Persea cordata Mez. Folia petiolata, adulta supra parce 
liirsuta v. glabra, subtus kirsuta v. laxe tomentosa, ovata v. elliptica v. 
obovata, basi obtusa, apice obtusa v. acuta v. subacuminata. Iuflores- 
centia submultiflora, ferrugiueo-tomentella, pyramidato-panniculata, longe 
pedunculata, folia subaequans v. brevior. Limbi segmenta exteriora interi- 
oribus 2£-plo breviora. Androeceum seriebus 3 fertilibus. Filamenta 
pilosa, antheris f-plo longiora; ser. III. glandulis in £ altitudinis ortis 
aucta. Antherae 4-locellatae, apice subobtusae. Ovarium glaberrimum 
stylo 2£-plo longiore. 
Laurus cordata Veil. Fl. Flum. IV, t. 52. 
Persea pyri folia Nees, Syst. p. 146 et in TAnnaea XXI, p. 490 
(excl. var. ß ); Meissn. in PC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 49 et in Mart. fl. Bras. 
V, 2, p. 152 t. XL VII. 
Persea rigida ß. Claussenii Meissn. in PC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 46 et in 
Mart. fl. Bras. V, 2, p. 155. 
Laurus Javitensis Spreng, ap. Nees l. c. 
Litsaea glaucescens Spreng, ibid. fide Nees. 
Canella-rosa (ex Glazioul). 
Arbor interdum elata (ex Warming!), usque ad 12 m alta (ex Riedel!) ligno 
optimo, utilissimo (ex Glaziou!), ramulis flavido-tomentellis, glabratis atro-brunneis, sub- 
angulatis, gemmis tomentellis subsericeis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis usque ad 30 mm 
longis, leviter canaliculatis, sparsa, coriacea, supra subhirsuta v. glabra nitida, subtus hir- 
suta v. subtomentosa, ovata v. elliptica v. obovata, basi obtusa, apice obtusa v. acuta v. 
subacuminata, 65 — 150 mm longa, 32 — 80 mm lata, penninervia, utrinquo minutissime 
denseque areolato-reticulata v. supra immerse, subtus prominenti-costata reticulataque, 
