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prominente, laxo, transverso conjunctis, margine minute recurvo. I nflorescentia 
axillaris v. saepius pseudoterminalis, abbreviatim pvramidato-panniculata, ferrugineo-villosa, 
foliis brevior, pedicellis 1 — 2 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores albi, melliodori 
(ex Spruce!), hermaphroditi , ferrugineo-villosi , 13 — 15 mm diam. Perianthii tubus 
brevissimus, late suburceolato - conicus. Limbi segmenta aequalia, elliptico- ovata, 
obtusiuscula v. acutiuscula. Antherae serierum omnium sessiles v. ser. III. apice 
truneatae subsessiles, basi glandnlis binis conspicuis, globosis, sessilibus auctae, subovatae, 
connectivo dense granaloso-papilloso ultra locellos triangulari- acuminatim perlonge pro- 
ducto. Locelli ad antherae basin positi. Staminodia nulla v. minima, stipitiformia, 
saepius solitaria. O v a r i u m subgloboso-fusiforme, glaberrimum, stylo ferrugineo-papilloso 
subduplo longiore, stigmate obtuso. Bacca ellipsoidea, laevis, + 12 mm longa, 8 mm 
diam., cupulae hemisphaericae, simplicimarginatae insidens, ad 3 / 4 longitudinis exserta. 
Hab. in sylvis locisi/ue subalpinis Serrae Andinae a Peruvia usijue ad Punamam. 
Peruvia circa Tambillo et Callacate: Jelski n. 175, 176, 182, 189, 208, ad Chacha- 
poyas : Mathews ; Ecuador in monle Tunguragua et ad radices monlis Chimborazo: 
Spruce n. 5173, 6177; Venezuela in prov. Truxülensi: Funck et Schlim n. 804, in 
prov. Merida: Moritz n. 1218, loco non indicato: Karsten n. 31; Panama: Sutton 
Hayes n. 467. 
Floret Decembri — Februario, Ma jo — Augusto. (V. s. in herb. Berol., Boiss.-Barbey., 
Mus. Brit., Brux., Candoll., Beiess., Goetting., Haun., Kew., Lips., Vindob. et herbario 
meo ex collectione cl. Jelskii communicatam .) 
8. Nectandra reticulata Mez. Folia adulta supra tomentella v. 
densius v. parcius pilosa, subtus dense molliterque pilosa v. rarius sub- 
tomentosa, laneeolata v. elliptico -lanceolata v. elliptica v. ovata, basin 
versus acuminata, sed subito dilatata et auriculato-subcordata, apice 
acuminata, supra immerse, subtus prominenti-costata laxeque transverse 
reticulata. Inflorescentia subpyramidato- v. subcorymboso - panniculata, 
villosa. Flores hermaphroditi, villosi v. tomentosi, diam. 10 — 14 mm. 
Antherae ser. I., II. sessiles, acutae. Ovarium glabrum v. perparce 
pilosum, stylo sublongiore. 
Laurus reticulata Ii. et P. Fl. Per. IV, t. 348 et Laurogr. t. 3. 
Ocotea moüis II. B. K. Nov. Gen. II, p. 164; Kunth, Syncrps. 1. 
p. 457; Cham, et Schäl, in Linnaea VI, p. 366. 
Nectandra mollis Nees, Syst. p. 287 et in Linnaea XXI, p. 504; 
Aleissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1 , p. 148 et in Mart. ß. Bros. V, 2, p. 253. 
Persea mollis Sprg. Syst. II, p. 270. 
Laurus aestivalis Veil. Fl. Flum. IV, t. 54. 
Nectandra viUosa Nees in Linnaea VIII, p. 47 et Syst. p. 291 et 
in Linnaea XXI, p. 505. 
Litsaea villosa Sjny. ap. Nees, Syst. p. 291. 
Persea incana Schott in Sprg. Cur. post. p. 405. 
Laurus venosa Domb. ap. Nees, Syst. p. 291. 
