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rabescentibus pallidiora v. minute rufescentia opaca, late elliptica v. elliptica, basi breviter 
et nonnunqnam subrotundato-acuta, apice brevissime obtuso-acuminata, 75 — 95 mm longa, 
35 — 60 mm lata, penninervia, snpra immerse costata denseque foveolata, subtus promi- 
nenti-costata prominuloque reticulata, costis e nervo medio sub angulo 30 — 45° prode- 
untibus, margine recurvulo. Inflorescentia submultiflora, e ramuli innovatione orta, 
pedunculis subracemosis sqnarrose pyramidata, ferrugineo-pilosa, folia subaequans v. brevior, 
pedicellis 1 — 2 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores dioici, 2 ignoti, breviter strigoso- 
pilosi, 2 mm longi. Perianthii tubns snbnullns. Limbi segmenta ovata, acuta. 
In floribus 2 filamenta glabra, antheras aequantia; seriei III. glandulis binis majusculis, 
reniformibus, es ‘/j altitndinis ortis aucta. Antherae ovatae, basi subtruncatae, margine 
constrictae, apice obtusae v. minutissime emarginatae. Staminodia omnino abortiva. 
Gynaeceum glaberrimum, valde minutum, sterile, stipitiforme , stigmate subobtuso, 
triangulari. Bacca ellipsoidea, 12 mm longa, 7,5 mm diam., basi perianthii lobis 
(omnino Phoebes ritu) persistentibus pedicelloque brevi, valde incrassato insidens, tota 
exserta. Embryo cotyledonibus apice subtruncatis et insnper minutissime acuminalatis, 
corcnlum vis includentibus. Plumula glabra, radiculaque parum evoluta. 
Hab. in Panama , loco non indicato: Duchassaing ; nec non Peruvia septentrionali 
ad Tarapoto: Spruce n. 45S0. 
( V . s. in herb. Goetting., Kew., Paris.') 
Obs. Habitus plantae fructiferae ob perianthii pedicellique indolem omnino Phoebes, 
nec specimen frnctiferum ab hoc genere separare potui. Flores tum in herb. Parisiensi 
a me reperti Ocoteae structuram typicam praebebant. 
151. Ocotea declinata Me:. Folia rigida, adulta supra subglabra, 
subtus tomentella, ovata, basi obtusiuscula , apice acuminato-acuta, 
penninervia, utrinque prominulo-reticulata. Inflorescentia laxe pyramidata, 
tomentella, foliis brevior. Flores dioici, pilosi. Perianthii tubus sub- 
nullus. Filamenta dorso latereque pilosa, antheris ovatis, obtusiusculis 
tertia parte breviora. Staminodia 0. In flore 2 ovarium glabrum, stylo 
4— 5-plo breviore. 
Oreodaphne declinata Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 114 et in 
Mart. fl. Bros. V, 2, p. 208. 
Frutex declinatus, subscandens (ex Luschnath!) ramulis ferrugineo-tomentellis, 
teretibus, gemmis tomentosis, cortice esipido, adstringente. Folia petiolis usque ad 10 
mm longis, levissime canaliculatis, sparsa, rigida, adulta supra subglabra pernitida, subtus 
cinereo-tomentella, ovata, basi obtusiuscula, apice acuminato-acuta, + 100 mm longa, 
43 mm lata, penninervia, supra sulcato-immerse costata manifesteque prominulo-reticulata, 
subtus prominenti-costata laxeque reticulata, costis e nervo medio sub angulo 50 — 75° 
prodeuntibus, margine recurvo. Inflorescentia ramulis patentibus, thyrsoideis perlaxe 
subpyramidata, ferrugineo-tomentella, multiflora, foliis brevior (v. rarius longior), pedicellis 
2 — 5 mm longis, bracteolis longe persistentibus. Flores sordide virescentes (ex Luschnath!), 
dioici, ferrugineo-pilosi, 2 — 2,5 mm longi, ignoti. Perianthii tubus subnullus. 
Limbi segmenta ovata, acuta. Filamenta antheris V3-PI0 breviora, dorso latereque 
pilosa; seriei III. basi glandulis binis magnis, mucosis, globosis, sessilibus aucta. 
Antherae minutae, steriles, ovatae, apice obtusiusculae. Staminodia abortiva v. 
