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dense manifesteque areolata, subtus minute ferrugineo- v. flavo-tomentella, elliptica, utrinque 
acuta v. apice perobscure lateque obtusiuscule acuminata, 70 — 100 mm longa, 26 — 58 mm 
lata, penninervia, supra immerse, subtus prominulo-costata, costis e nervo medio sub 
angulo 40 — 55° prodeuntibus , margine incurvo. Inflorescentia pauciflora, longe 
pedunculata, ferrugineo-tomentella , subracemosa, folia subaequans, pedicellis 0 — 3 mm 
longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores ferrugineo-tomentosi , 5 mm longi. Limbi seg- 
menta exteriora interioribus ovatis, acutis 3 — 4-plo breviora. Androeceum seriebus 
3 fertilibus. Filamenta antheris ‘Aplo longiora, longe pilosa; ser. III. glandulis binis, 
in V 4 altitudinis ortis, parvulis, globosis, sessilibus aucta. Antherae 4-locellatae, 
elliptico-ovatae, margine minute constrictae, apice obtusae; ser. III. lateraliter dehiscentes. 
Staminodia sagittata, acuta, dorso apiceque longe pilosa, filamento margine longe fim- 
briato, V 3 *pl° longiore stipitata. Ovarium glaberrimum, subglobosum, in stvlum sub- 
longiorem, gracilem, subconicum subito contractum, stigmate subdiscoideo. Bacca 
globosa, 5 — 8 mm diam., perianthii lobis parum auctis patulis insidens, tota exserta. 
Hab. in Jamaicae insulae sylvis montanis: hb. Swartz, ]\Iac Fadyen. 
( V. s. in herb. Goetting., Holm., Kew.) 
37. Persea Chamissonis Mez nov. spec. Folia petiolata, adulta 
supra glabra, subtus nervis primariis subferrugineis cinereo-tomentosa, 
obovata v. elliptica v. rarissime late elliptico-lanceolata, basi acuta, apice 
obtusiuscula v. acuminato-acuta. Inflorescentia pauciflora, villosa, longe 
pedunculata, subglomerato-corymbosa, foliis brevior. Androeceum seriebus 
3 fertilibus. Antherae 4-locellatae. Gynaeceum glaberrimum. 
„Laurinea arborea“ Meissn. in adnot. ad P. TAngue in T)C. Prodr. 
XV, 1, p. 48. 
Arbor (ex Schiede!) ramulis ferrugineo - subvillosis v. tomentosis, sero glabratis 
atro-brunneis , subteretibus , gemmis villosis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis usque ad 
30 mm longis, leviter canaliculatis, sparsa, chartacea, novella supra dense pilosa, celerrime 
glabrata adulta pemitida, subtus nervis primariis subferrugineis molliter cinereo-tomen- 
tosa demum marginem versus subglabrata subcaerulescentia, obovata v. elliptica v. ra- 
rissime late elliptico-lanceolata, basi acuta, apice obtusiuscula v. acuminato-acuta, 
90 — 130 mm longa, 32 — 60 mm lata, penninervia, supra filiformi-immerse costata, 
subtus prominenti-costata et perlaxe obscureque reticulata, costis e nervo medio sub 
angulo 20 — 45° prodeuntibus, margine subplano v. minute recurvo. Inflorescentia 
(non nisi novella nota) pauciflora, fulvo-villosa, longe pedunculata, subglomerato-corym- 
bosa, foliis multo brevior. Flores dense villosi, qui describuntur parum evoluti, sed 
antheras serierum 3 exteriorum fertiles, 4-locellatas gynaeceumque glaberrimum perspexi. 
Bacca globosa, nigra, diam. 10 mm, basi perianthii lobis auctis, subpatentibus insidens. 
Embryo cotyledonibus compresso-hemisphaericis , apice mucronulatis , corculum inclu- 
dentibus. Flumula optime evoluta, glabra, 4-phylla; radicula conica, peracuta, con- 
spicua. 
Hab. ni republica Mexicana propeChiconquiaco : Schiede , et ad Chinanila provinciue 
Puebla: Liebmann n. 1. 
Flores parvulos fructusque hie legit mense Majo. ( V. s. in herb. Berol., Haun. 
et Kew.) 
