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Person subsessilis Meisen, in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 54. 
Persea amplexicavlis var. amplifolia Nees, Syst. p. 072. 
Arbor v. frutcx raraulis validis , glaberrimis, angulatis, gcmmis novellis pilosis 
raox glabrescentibus, cortice esipido, brunneo. Folia petiolis brevissimis subsessilia, 
coriacco-rigida, glaberrima, late ovata, basi manifeste cordata, apice obtnsiuscula v. ob- 
tusiuscule acuminulata, + 200 mm longa, 110 mm lata, penninervia, costis e nervo 
medio sub angulo 45 — 70° prodeuntibus utrinque vix prominentibus, ceterum supra sub- 
laevia, subtus minute obscureque reticulata, margine subplano. Inflorescentia glaber- 
rima, scoparie panniculata, folia subaequans, pedicellis 6 — 10 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. 
Flores glaberrimi, 3 — 3,5 mm longi. Perianthii tubus lobis paullo brevior. Limbi 
segmenta aequalia, ovata, acuta. Filamenta antheris sublongiora, longe pilosa; 
ser. III. basi glandulis binis magnis, subglobosis, scssilibus aucta. Antherae serierum 
2 exteriorum 4-loccllatae, ovatae, margine super locellos inferiores manifeste constrictae, 
apice obtusae; ser. III. bilocellatae, apice emarginatae. Staminodia ser. IV. magna, 
cordato-sagittata , acuta, filamento lato, subbrcviore, piloso stipitata. Ovarium glaber- 
rimum, crasse obovoideum, apice truncatnm, stylo tcrtia parte breviore, crassiusculo, 
cylindrico, stigmate obtuso. 
Hab. prope San Carlos Peruviae: Mathews n. 1434. — ( V . s. in herb. Mus. 
Brit. et Ketv.) 
Obs. Species antheris ser. III. bilocellatis, I., II. quadrilocellatis Phoebi sect. 
Heterantherae adscribenda, insigniter ad Ajoueae sect. Hu/elandiopsin transitum praebet et 
habitu praeter folia cordata evidenter cum Ajouea Tambillensi convenit. 
2. Phoebe tetragona Mez. Folia subsessilia, glaberrima, ovata 
v. elongato- lateque sublineari-ovata, basi solemniter cordata, apice mucro- 
nulato-acuta, penninervia. Inflorescentia glaberrima, subpyramidata, foliis 
longior. Flores glabri. Limbi segmenta acuta. Filamenta antheris paullo 
longiora. Antherae serierum exteriorum 4-, seriei tertiae 2-locellatae. 
Stylus ovario glaberrimo subbrevior. 
Oreodaphne tetragona Meissn. in Warm. Symb. p. 209. 
Frutex ramulis glaberrimis, novellis glauco-pruinosis brunnescentibus , solemniter 
subalato-quadrangularibus, gemmis glabris , cortice esipido, valde adstringentc. Folia 
petiolis minimis (usque ad 3 mm longis) subsessilia, rigida, glaberrima, supra glauco- 
viridia subnitida, subtus juniora manifeste glauea, ovata v. elongato- lateque sublineari- 
ovata, basi solemniter cordata, apice mucronulato-acuta, + 35 mm longa, 18 mm lata, 
penninervia, obscure supra immerse , subtus prominulo-rcticulata, costis e nervo medio 
sub angulo 50 — 90° prodeuntibus, margine minute incurvo. Inflorescentia multiflora 
v. submultitlora, subpyramidata, foliis longior, glaberrima, + glaucescens, pedicellis 3—6 mm 
longis, bracteolis subdeciduis. Flores glaberrimi, saepius minute glaucescentes, 2,5 — 3 mm 
longi. I’crianthii tubus conspicuus, conicus, apice haud constrictus. Limbi seg- 
menta aequalia, ovata, acuta. Filamenta ser. I., II. glabra, antheris paullo longiora; 
seriei III. dorso dense longeque albo-strigosa, basi glandulis binis majusculis, compressis, 
suborbicularibus, manifeste cordatis, breviter stipitatis aucta. Antherae ser. I., II. 
4-locelIatae, anguste ovatae, margine paullo constrictae, apice acutiusculae; ser. III. 
2-locellatae, lateralitcr dehiscentes. Staminodia maxima, sagittata, filamento subbreviore, 
