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quam subreflexis apicem versus e nervo medio sub angulo 40 — 50° prodeuntibus, margine 
recurvo. Inflorescentia subpauciflora , glaberrima, foliis longior v. rarissime brevior, 
pedicellis 1 — 3 mm longis, bracteolis perconspicuis, foliaceis, persistentibus, bracteolis 
deciduis. Flores dioici, glabri, 2 mm longi, $ ignoti. Perianthii tubus subnullus. 
Lim bi segmenta late ovata, acuta. Filamenta glabra, antheris 2 — 3-plo brcviora; 
seriei III. basi glandulis binis majusculis, globosis, sessilibus aueta. Antherae rectan- 
gulares, apice obtusae et solemniter emarginatae. Staminodia parva, stipitiformia. 
Ovarium pilosum, stipitiforme, sterile, stigmate maximo, discoideo. Fructus ignotus. 
Hab. in Brasilia (an prov. Minas Geraes ?): collectore ignoto hb. Candoll ., Glaziou 
n. 15378. 
( V '. s. in herb. Berol., Candoll ., Kew. et Warming .) 
72. Ocotea xanthocalyx Mart. Folia rigida, glaberrima, subtus 
glauca, ovata v. elliptica, basi obtusiuscule v. breviter acuta, apice bre- 
vissime obtusiuscule acumiuata, penuinervia, supra laevia, subtus promi- 
uulo-reticulata. Infloresceutia (fructifera) subracemosa, foliis brevior. 
Flores iguoti. Cupula plauiuscula, simplici- et integro-marginata , sub- 
couice iu pedicellum incrassatum attenuata. 
Ocotea xanthocalyx Mart. ap. Nees, Syst. p. 312. 
Nectandra xanthocalyx Nees, l. c.; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. A'F, 1, 
p. 167 et in Mart. fl. Bras. V, 2, p. 277 . 
Fr utex 1 — 2 m altus (ex Martins!) ramnlis apice minute ferrugineo-tomentellis 
v. subglabris, badiis, apice solemniter angulatis, subtus teretibus v. subteretibus, gemmis 
subcinereo-tomentosis, cortice esipido, paullo adstringente. Folia petiolis usque ad 
14 mm longis, ecanaliculatis, sparsa, rigida, glaberrima, supra pernitida laete viridia, 
subtus solemniter glauco-pruinosa opaca, ovata v. elliptica, basi obtusiuscule v. breviter 
acuta, apice brevissime obtusiuscule acuminata, +. 7 5 mm longa, 40 mm lata, penninervia, 
supra praeter costas obscure prominulas laevia, subtus minute denseque prominulo-reticulata, 
costis e nervo medio sub angulo 40 — 55° prodeuntibus, margine plano. Inflorescentia 
non nisi fructifera nota, subracemosa, foliis brevior. Bacca crasse ellipsoidea, 11 mm 
longa, 9 mm diam. , cupulae planiusculae, simplicimarginatae, subconice in pedicellum 
valde incrassatum attenuatae insidens, tota exserta. 
Hab. in campo sparso arbusto consito versus Chapada do Parandm , Brasiliae 
prov. Minas Geraes: Martins. 
Fructißcat Septembri. ( V. s. in herb. Monac.) 
Obs. Species Ocoteae caesiae sine ullo dubio proxima foliis longiuscule petiolatis 
eorumque forma differt et cum Nectandra nullo modo convenit. 
73. Ocotea variabilis Mart. Folia rigida v. subrigida, glaber- 
rima, subtus albida, elliptica v. elliptico-bmceolata, basi acuta, apice 
breviter acumiuata, penninervia, utrinque laevia v. obscure costata. In- 
florescentia late squarroseque subpyramidata, foliis brevior. Flores dioici, 
