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Appendix II. Species e Monimiacearum ordine Lauraceis per- 
affinis , adhuc haud satis accurate descripta. 
Gomortega nitida Ruiz et Pav. Folia decussato-opposita, glaber- 
rima, oblonga v. elliptica, basi acuta, apice obtusiuscule acuta. Inflores- 
centia pauciflora, racemosa v. subracemosa, subtomentosa. Flores her- 
maphroditi, 4-meri. Filamenta dilatata, ser. I. glandulis parvulis v. 
nullis; ser. II. et III. perconspicuis, stipitatis aucta. Autherae 2-locellatae. 
Ovarium 2- v. 3-merum. 
Gomortega nitida R. et P. Prodr. Fl. Per. t. 108. 
Adenostemum nitidum Pei's. Synops. I, p. 467 ; Nees, Syst. p. 651; 
Gay, Chil. p. 303, t. 60; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 68. 
Arbor v. frutex ramulis glaberrimis, brunneis, teretibus, gemmis glaberrimis, 
cortice subadstringente, esipido v. minute aromatico. Folia petiolis usque ad 14 mm 
longis, levissime v. ecanaliculatis, decussato-opposita, coriacea, glaberrima, supra laete 
viridia subnitida, subtus subrufescentia pallidiora opaca, oblonga v. elliptica, basi acuta, 
apice obtusiuscule acuta, + 90 mm longa, 30 mm lata, penninervia , utrinque obscure 
prominulo-costata et saepius levissime reticnlata, costis e nervo medio sub angulo 40 — 50° 
prodeuntibus, margine incurvo. Inflorescentia pauciflora, racemosa v. subracemosa, 
adpresse ferrugineo-subtomentosa, foliis multo brevior, pedicellis 1 — 10 mm longis, brac- 
teolis deciduis. Flores hermaphroditi , 4-meri, adpresse tomentosi, 4 — 6 mm longi. 
Perianthii tubus conspicuus, suburceolatus , apice constrietus. Limbi segmenta 
8, 4 + 4 alternantia, late ovata, acuta. Androeceum 4-merum seriebus 3 exterioribus 
fertilibus v. tertia subfertili, quarta glanduloso-staminodiali. Filamenta dilatata, an- 
theras subaequantia iisque non angustiora; seriei I. glandulis parvulis v. omnino abortivis, 
ser. II. et in. perconspicuis, stipitatis aucta. Antherae bilocellatae, introrsae, subovatae, 
apice obtusiusculae v. acutiusculae. Locelli magni, suborbiculares, valvulis sursum 
dehiscentibus. Pollen globosum, Simplex, membranä verruculosä, omnino Laurinearum 
familiae. Ovarium glaberrimum 3- v. transversaliter 2-loculare, subovoideum, stylo 
2 — 3-plo breviore, stigmate obtuso, saepissime inciso. Fructus bacca globoso-ovoidea, 
solemniter 3-carpellata. 
Hab. in republica C/tilensi, prope Concepcion: Dombey n. 205, Philippi. 
( V , s. in herb. Berol., Mus. Bril., Deless . , Paris, et Jruct. in Mus. Monac. a 
cl Leiboldio lectum.) 
