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lanceolata v. elliptico-lanceolata, basi acuta, apice + obscure acuminata, 
penninervia, utrinque laxe reticulata. Inflorescentia thyrsoideo-subrace- 
mose panniculata, tomentella, foliis brevior. Flores dioici, pilosi v. 
tomentelli. Perianthii tubus 0. Filamenta glabra v. subglabra, bre- 
vissima. Antherae late rectangulares, apice rotundatae minuteque emar- 
ginatae. Staminodia abortiva. In flore 9 ovarium glaberrimum , stylo 
subbreviore. Cupula plana margine perianthii lobis sero deciduis coronata, 
pedicello valde incrassato insidens. 
Ocotea Minarum Mart. ap. Nees, Syst. p. 303. 
Gymnobalanus Mindrum Nees in Linnaea VIII, p. 38 et Syst, 
p. 480; Meissn. in PC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 140 et in Mart fl. Bros. V, 
2, p. 242, t. 85. 
Aperiphracta (Oreodaphne) Minarum Nees ap. Meissn. in Prodr. I. c. 
Persea tubigera Mart. ap. Nees, Syst. p. 480. 
Frutex usque ad 5 m altus (ex Burchell!, Gardner!, Riedel!) vel arbor parva 
usque ad 10 m alta (ex Riedel!) ramulis flavo-tomentellis , glabratis subatris v. demum 
cinereis, minute angulatis v. teretibus, gemmis tomentosis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis 
usque ad 13 mm longis, leviter v. ecanaliculatis, sparsa, chartacea v. coriaceo-chartacea, 
iuniora utrinque + flavido-pilosa, adulta supra subglabra nitida glauco- v. olivaceo-viridia, 
subtus costarum axillis solemniter barbellatis et saepius foveato-domatiatis ceterum + 
pilosa rubiginosa opaca, lanceolata v. rarius elliptico-lanceolata, utrinque acuta v. apice 
+ obscure acuminata, + 95 mm longa, 20 mm lata, penninervia, utrinque laxe et demum 
in foliis senioribus subobscure prominulo- reticulata, costis e nervo medio sub angulo 
35 — 50° prodeuntibus , margine recurvulo. Inflorescentia submultiflora, thyrsoideo- 
subracemose panniculata, tomentella, foliis brevior, pedicellis 1 — 3 mm longis, bracteolis 
deciduis v. subdeciduis. Flores flavi atque lutei (ex Riedel!), dioici, 2,5 — 3 mm longi, 
pilosi v. tomentelli. Perianthii tubus nullus. Limbi segmenta ovata, subacuta. 
In floribus cf filamenta glabra v. subglabra brevissima, (antheris 5 — 7-plo breviora); 
seriei III. basi glandulis binis minimis, globosis, sessilibus aucta. Antherae late rect- 
angulares, apice rotundatae minuteque emarginatae. Staminodia abortiva. Ovarium 
glaberrimum, primo adspectu haud male evolutum, sed sterile sensimque in stylum crassum, 
subbreviorem attenuatum , stigmate obtuso. In floribus 9 antherae solemniter minutae, 
steriles. Ovarium ellipsoideum, stylo ut in floribus cf> stigmate nigro, discoideo. 
Bacca elliptica v. nonnunquam anguste elliptica, 14 mm longa, 8,5 mm diam. , basi 
cupulae parvae, planae, margine reflexo perianthii lobis tarde deciduis diu coronatae 
pedicelloque valde incrassato insidens, tota exserta. Embryo cotyledonibus apice minute 
acuminulatis plumulaque glaber, mihi non nisi submaturus notus. 
Hab. in Brasiliae prov. Min as Geraes ad Caldas: Lindberg n. 463, Mosdn 
n. 1998, 4364, Regnell III. n. 85 £, ad Uberabd : Regneil III. n. 87 h, 88, in Serra do 
Frio: Gardner n. 5165, inler Diamantina et Verdbra: Burchell n. 5788 e. p . '), ad Ara- 
racoara: Riedel n. 2207, loco non indicalo: Lund; et Goyaz, in Serra d’Abadia: 
Gardner n. 4357; in Brasilia loco non indicato: G/aziou n. 15262, Sellow n. 1380, 
5636; nec non in Paraguay: Balansa n. 3244 et in Peruvia prope Tambillo: Jelski 
n. 202, 207, 209, prope Monterico: Pearce, et loco non indicato: Ruiz et Pavon. 
’) cf. Ocotea pulchella Mart. 
