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Frutex 3 — 5 m vel arbor usque ad 20 m alta (ex Sintenis!), ramulis subgracilibus, 
apice parce ferrugineo-pilosis v. + tomentosis, glabratis subatris v. brunneis, subangulatis, 
gemmis ferrugineo-tomentosis, cortice esipido v. amaro. Folia petiolis usque ad 15 mm 
Iongis, leviter canaliculatis, sparsa, chartacea v. rarius chartaceo-coriacea, utrinque per- 
parce pilosa v. subglabra, ovata v. ovato-elliptica v. ovato-Ianceolata, basi obtusiuscula 
v. breviter acuta, apice acuminata, 120 — 230 mm longa, 45 — 93 mm lata, penninervia, 
supra immerse, subtus prominulo-costata et plus minus obscure laxe reticulata, costis e 
nervo medio sub angulo 30 — 60° prodeuntibus , margine subplano v. recurvulo. Inflo- 
rescentia multiflora, squarrose subpyramidato-panniculata , tomentella v. glabra, folia 
subaequans v. brevior, pedicellis 2 — 10 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores herma- 
phroditi, cum antheris flavido-albi (ex Sintenis!), albo-strigosi v. subglabri, diam. 
4 — 5 mm. Perianthii tubus conspicuus, conicus, apice non constrictus. Limbi 
segmenta ovata, subacuta. Fi 1 am ent a antheras subaequantia v. paullo breviora, 
glaberrima; seriei III. basi glandulis maximis, globosis, sessilibus, mucosis aucta. An- 
therae suborbiculares , apice truncatae v. subemarginatae. Staminodia stipitiformia. 
Ovarium glaberrimum, ellipsoideum v. subglobosum, stylo subaequilongo v. 3 — 4-plo 
breviore, stigmate obtuso. Bacca nigra, globosa, diam. 10 mm, basi cupulae parvae 
(diam. 5 — 6 mm), subplanae pedicelloque parum incrassato insidens, tota exserta. Em- 
bryo cotyledonibus corculum subincludentibus, plumula brevi, obtusiuscula, pilosa, radicula 
brevissima, obtusa v. subacuta. 
Hab. in archipelago Antillano in insulis Jamaica : De Ponthieu in hb. Swartz .; 
Puerto-Rico: Riedli, Schwanecke n. 104, Sintenis n. 1008, 1482, 2054, 276 1 f ±, 2865, 
4366, 4502, 4534, 4656, 5153, 5310, Stahl n. 486; St. Thomas: Riedld; Guada- 
loupe : Duchassaing n. 492, L’Herminier, Kyst n. 727; Dominica: Imray n. 40, 122, 
272, De Ponthieu; Martinique: Belanget- n. 502, 1172, Hahn n. 660, 975; Trinidad: 
Crüger n. 91. 
Floret Aprili — Junio, Septembri — Novembri. ( V. s. in herb. Berol., Boiss.-Barbey., 
Mus. Brit., Brux., Candoll., Deless., Goetling., Holm., Kew., Krug, et Urban., Paris.) 
67. Nectandra laevis Mez nov. spec. Folia glaberrima, ovata v. 
elliptica v. sublanceolata , basi acuta, apice acuminata, supra sulcato- 
immerse costata levissimeque immerse reticulata, subtus prominenti- 
costata et levissime reticulata. Inflorescentia squarrosa, parce tomentella. 
Flores hermaphroditi, tomentelli, 4 — 5 mm diam. Filamenta glabra, 
antheras aequantia v. paullo longiora. Ovarium glaberrimum , stylo 
manifeste breviore. 
Arbor v. frutex ramulis validis, apice minute tomentellis, glabratis fnsco-brunneis, 
angulatis, gemmis albido-tomentellis, cortice amarello. Folia petiolis usque ad 12 mm 
longis, canaliculatis, sparsa, rigide coriacea, glaberrima, utrinque nitida, ovata v. elliptica 
v. sublanceolata, basi acuta, apice acuminata, + 195 mm longa, 78 mm lata, penni- 
nervia, supra sulcato-immerse costata levissimeque immerse reticulata, subtus prominenti- 
costata et levissime (nec prominulo-) reticulata, costis adscendentibus, e nervo medio sub 
angulo 25 — 45° prodeuntibus, margine recurvo. Inflorescentia permultiflora, parce 
tomentella, squarrosa, foliis longior, pedicellis 1 — 4 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. 
Flores hermaphroditi, cinereo-tomentelli , 4 — 5 mm diam. Perianthii tubus per- 
conspicuus, apice solemniter constrictus. Limbi segmenta sublanceolata, acuta. 
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