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tella, foliis brevior, pedicellis 1 — 2,5 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores herma- 
phroditi, dense tomentelli, 3 mm loDgi. Perianthii tubns conspicaus, conicas, sensim 
in pedicellum attenaatas ab eoque vix diversus. Limbi segmenta ovata, obtusiuscule 
acuta. Filamenta parce pilosa, antheris Vä* *plo longiora; seriei III. basi glandulis binis 
magnis, globosis, sessilibus aucta. Antherae subovales, apice rotundatae. Stami* 
nodia nulla. Ovarium glaberrimum, ovoideum, sensim in stylum paullo longiorem v. 
subaequilongum attenuatum, stigmate subobtuso. Bacca globosa, diam. 10 mm, apice 
stylo umbilicata, cupulae crassae, duplicimarginatae, verrucosae insidens, ad 3 , longitu- 
dinis obtecta. 
Hab. in sylvis montanis in Antillarum insulis Cuba: Wright n. 481 ( [hb . Candoll., 
nec alibi!), 482 (hb. Keic.), 588, 1410 ( e . />.) ') 2858*) et Puer to- Rico: Sintenis 
n. ¥j75, 4561, 4607, 6078. 
Flores legit Sintenis Junio, fructus Martio. ( Fl s. in herb. Boiss.-Barbey., CandoU., 
Goetting., Kew., Krug, et Urban.) 
45. Ocotea spatlmlata Mez nov. spec. Folia rigida, glaberrima, 
obovata, basi acuta, apice obtusa v. brevissime obtuso-acuta, penninervia, 
supra sublaevia, subtus prominulo-reticulata. Inflorescentia subracemosa 
v. subcorymbosa, birsuta, foliis brevior. Flores hermaphroditi, pilosi. 
Perianthii tubus brevis. Filamenta subglabra v. linea mediä pilosa, an- 
theris ovatis, obtusis subbreviora. Stamincdia 0. Ovarium glabrum, 
stylo aequilongo. Cupula solemniter duplicimarginata. 
Nemoca cimarona Portoricensi bus (ex Sintenis!). 
Frutex 3 — 4 v. arbor 15 — 20 m alta (ex Sintenis!) ramulis validis, apice foli- 
orum delapsorum cicatricibus solemniter incrassato-tumidis, glabris, cinereis, teretibus, 
gemmis ferrugineo-tomentosis , cortice esipido. Folia petiolis usque ad 10 mm longis, 
dilatatis, ecanaliculatis, sparsa, in ramuli apicem conferta. rigida, glaberrima, praesertim 
subtns pernitida, spathulato-obovata, basi cuneato-acuta, apice obtusa v. brevissime obtuso- 
acuta, + 75 mm longa, 35 mm lata, penninervia, supra immerse costata v. perobscure, 
subtus paullo manifestius prominulo-costata laxeque reticulata, costis e nervo medio sub 
angulo 45 — 70° prodeuntibus , margine ineurvato v. subplano. Inflorescentia panci- 
flora, subracemose v. subcorymboso-panniculata, ferrugineo-hirsuta, foliis multo brevior, 
pedicellis 1 — 3 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores flavidi antheris flavis, glandulis 
aurantiacis (ex Sintenis!), hermaphroditi, pilosi, 3 mm longi. Perianthii tubus brevis, 
conicus. Limbi segmenta ovata, acuta. Filamenta subglabra v. lineä mediä parce 
pilosa, antheris subbreviora ; seriei III. basi glandulis binis magnis, subglobosis, sessilibus 
aucta. Antherae ovatae, apice obtusae et nonnunquam minutissime cmarginatae. 
Staminodia nulla. Ovarium glaberrimum, subovoideum, sensim in stylum aequilon- 
gum, crassum attenuatum, stigmate discoideo-obtnso. Bacca ellipsoidea v. subglobosa, 
laevis, ad 30 mm longa, 18 — 20 mm lata, cupulae crassae, solemniter duplicimarginatae, 
conice in pedicellum attenuatac insidens, junior fere tota inclusa, demurn ad % longi- 
tudinis exserta. 
') cf. Misanteea triandra Mez. 
*) cf. Ocotea spathulata Mez. 
