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Arbor 20 m alta ligno molli, flavido (ex Poeppig!), ramulis apice obscure tomen- 
tellis, celerrime glabratis atris, + angulatis, gemmis tomentosis, cortice esipido. Folia 
petiolis usque ad 20 mm longis, canaliculatis , sparsa, chartacea v. coriaceo-chavtacea, 
utrinque subglabra, subtus minute coerulescentia, obovata, basi acuta, apice brevissime 
acuminata, + 120 mm longa, 50 mm lata, penninervia, supra sublaevia, subtus costis e 
nervo medio sub angulo 45 — 55° prodeuntibus reticulo obscuro tenuissime prominulo 
conjunctis, margine subplano. Inflorescentia multiflora, laxiuscule efTuseque panni- 
culata, parce pilosa, foliis brevior, pedicellis 1 — 2 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores 
virides, inodori (ex Poeppig!), dioici, 3,5 — 4 mm longi, cinereo-tomentelli v. -pilosi. 
Perianthii tubus nullus. Limbi segmenta late ovata, obtusiuscule acuta. In flori- 
bus cT filamenta serierum exteriorum glabra, antheris 2-plo breviora; seriei III. parce 
breviterque pilosa, antlieras subaequantia, basi glandulis binis majusculis, subsessilibus, 
globosis, subatris aucta. Antherae subovato-quadraticae, apice solemniter emarginatae. 
Gynaeceum dense strigosum, sterile, stipitiforme , stigmate subobtuso. In floribus $ 
antherae minutae, steriles. Staminodia conspicua, stipitiformia. Ovarium pilosum, 
subglobosum, stylo percrasso, curvato, sublongiore, stigmate discoideo. Fructus ignotus. 
Hab. in Peruvia cenlrali pr. Chicoplaya: Ruiz et Pavon (in herb. Deless. n. 479) 
et in prov. May na s ad Yurimayuas : Poeppig n. 2435. 
Florei Majo. (V. s. in herb. Berol., Boiss.-Barbey., Mus. Brit., Candoll., Deless., 
Goetting., Lips., Monac Vindob.) 
63. Ocotea Glaziovii Mez nov. spec. Folia coriacea, glaberrima, 
obovata v. elliptica, basi acuta, apice breviter acuminata, penninervia, 
supra sublaevia v. obscure, subtus dense levissimeque prominulo-reticulata. 
Inflorescentia subsquarrose panniculata, tomentella, foliis brevior. Flores 
dioici, basi paullo tomentelli. Perianthii tubus 0. Filamenta glabra, 
antheris ovatis, acutiusculis v. demum rotundatis paullo — dimidio bre- 
viora. Staminodia 0. In flore 2 ovarium glabrum, stylo strigoso, 2-plo 
breviore. 
Canella amarella (ex Glaziou!). 
Arbor v. frutex ramulis apice minutissime perobscureque ferrugineo-tomentellis, 
celerrime glabratis brunneis, teretibus, gemmis tomentellis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis 
usque ad 10 mm longis, subecanaliculatis , sparsa, coriacea, glaberrima, supra subnitida, 
subtus pallida opaca, obovata v. elliptica, basi acuta, apice breviter obtusiusculeque 
acuminata, + 155 mm longa, 70 mm lata, penninervia, supra immerse costata, ceterum 
sublaevia v. perobscure, subtus perdense levissimeque prominulo-reticulata, costis subtus 
prominentibus, subrufescentibus, e nervo medio sub angulo 40 — 60° prodeuntibus, margine 
subplano v. minute incurvo. Inflorescentia submultiflora, in ramuli apice orta, sub- 
squarrose panniculata, minute ferrugineo-tomentella, foliis permulto brevior, pedicellis 
1 — 2 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores dioici, basi paullo cinereo-tomentelli, 
3 — 3,5 mm longi. Perianthii tubus nullus. Limbi segmenta exteriora interiori- 
bus paullulum breviora, ovata, acuta. In floribus q* filamenta glabra, antheris paullo — 
dimidio breviora; seriei III. basi glandulis binis parvulis, globosis, scssilibus, atris aucta. 
Antherae (solemniter Perseae forma) ovatae, apice acutiusculae v. demum rotundatae, 
locellis superioribus nonnunquam solemniter minutis v. sterilibus. Staminodia 0. 
