344 
cinerascentibus v. brunnescentibus, subangulatis v. subteretibus, gemmis tomentellis, cortice 
esipido. Folia petiolis usque ad 28 mm longis, leviter v. subecanalieulatis, sparsa, 
chartacea v. subcoriacea v. coriacea, adulta utrinque glabra v. supra glabra et subtus + 
pilosa, snpra nitida, subtus pallidiora opaca v. subnitida, elliptica v. elliptico-lanceolata 
v. late lanceolata, basi acuta, apice plus minus manifeste acuminata, + 115 mm longa, 
45 mm lata, penninervia, utrinque prominulo-reticulata, costis saepius rubentibus e nervo 
medio sub angulo 40 — 60° prodeuntibus, margine recurvulo. Inflorescentia multiflora, 
pyramidata, cinereo-pilosa v. subglabra, foliis manifeste brevior, pedicellis 1 — 2 mm longis, 
bracteolis deciduis. Flores albi (ex Princ. Wied.!), dioici, perparce tomentelli v. sub- 
glabri v. glabri, 2 — 2,5 mm longi. Perianthii tubus nullus. Limbi segmenta 
late ovata, acuta. In floribus < 3 * filamenta breviter patenti-pilosa v. subglabra, antberis 
tertia earum longitudinis parte — dimidio breviora; seriei III. basi glandulis binis con- 
spicuis, globosis, sessilibus aucta. Antherae subovatae, basi truncatae, margine per- 
manifeste constrictae, apice acutae v. acutiusculae v. obtusae v. minutissime emarginatae. 
Staminodia abortiva. Gynaeceum minutum, sterile, stipitiforme. In floribus 9 antherae 
rectangulares, solemniter minutae, steriles. Ovarium glaberrimum, subglobosum, stylo 
paullo longiore, stigmate discoideo, maximo, nigro. Bacca subglobosa v. globosa, 
nigra, 6 — 7 mm diam., apice stylo mucronulata, cupulae planae parvae, margine perianthii 
rudimentis saepius subpersistentibus nonnunquam coronatae, in pedicellum valde incras- 
satum conice attenuatae insidens, tota exserta. 
Hab. per Americae australis conlinentem late dispersa: Guyana anglica: Schorn- 
burgk n. 411 et balava: herb. Lips. ; in Brasilia loco non indicato: Glaziou n. 6667 , 
8101, 15370; in prov. Ceara: Gardner n. 1833; Bahia: Blanchet n. 49, 767 , 2350, 
3199 , 3199 ±; Espirito Santo: Sellow n. 1241 , 1382; Rio de Janeiro: Schenck 
n. 2206; Princ. Wied. n. 14; Minas Geraes: Clatissen, Lindberg n 459, Mos€n 
n. 695, Regnell III, n. 85, 87, Widgren n. 399; S. Paulo: Burchell n. 9840, Riedel, 
Warming n. 675; Paraguay: Balansa n. 2023, 2024; Arg entina: Lorentz et Hiero- 
nymus n. 353, 905; Bolivia: Weddell n. 4057; Peruvia: Mathews n. 1220, Pearce. 
Var. truncata Meissn. non nisi fructifera nota, differt babitu 
confertiore, pedicello fructifero haud v. minute incrassato, bacca paullo 
depressa. 
Strychnodaphne puberula rar. y. truncata Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 
1, p. 143 et in Mart. fl. Bros. V, 2, p. 244. 
Baurus puberula Rieh, in Act. Soc. hist. nat. Paris. T, p. 108. 
Persea Richardiana Cham, et Schdl. in Binnaea VI, p. 366. 
Strychnodaphne pubenila ß. leucophloea Nees ap. Meissn. I. c. 
Hab. in Guyana gallica: Aublet, Leblund n. 215, Patris, Poiteau, Splitgerber 
n. 813; nec non in republica 71 / ex i cana : Liebmann Laurac. 11 . 5, 6, Schiede n. 212 
( hb . Vindob.), 1142. 
Florei Julio — Septembri, Decembri — Aprili. (V. s. in herbariis fere omnibus a me 
examinalis.) 
142. Ocotea Martiniana Me:. Folia cbartacea, adulta supra 
glabra, subtus parce pilosa, + elliptica v. ovata, basi acuta, apice acu- 
minata, penninervia, utrinque prominulo-reticulata. Inflorescentia laxe 
