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long and approximately 1.3 cm in diameter, seated in a shallow, cyathiform 

 cnpule not more than 5 mm deep, 13 mm long including the short, constricted, 

 stipelike base, and 13 mm broad. Pinkus 145 from the type locality, Roraima, 

 shows a cupule more constricted, more typically cyathiform than that of the 

 Holt & Blake number, with which former specimen Steyermark 7 56 14, from 

 Chimanta, agrees perfectly. 



All the specimens, including the fragment of the type of which a Leaf only 

 is available, show in varying degrees the black mycelium of a fungus which 

 seemingly is residual and indeed may be specific for the taxon. 



Ocotea bofo H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2 : 128. 1817 ; Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berlin 

 5: 357. 1889. 



Type. In sylvis calidis, Colombia, Humboldt & Bonpland 3646 [holotype, 

 ? fl., (s.n.) photo, GH, fragm. leaf, F] . 

 Vernacular Name. Laurel (Williams). 



Distribution. A tree with dioecious flowers found throughout the basin of the 

 Rio Orinoco and its tributaries from 90 to 115 m, in Bolivar and Amazonas, 

 Venezuela, in addition to the type locality. VENEZUELA. Bolivar: El Tigre, 

 cerca del Rio Cuchivero, Williams 13303 (fr. F, US), en selva baja, periodica- 

 mente anegada de El Tigre, 13319 (fr. F) ; savanna margins 1-3 km east of Rio 

 Orinoco between mouth of Rio Horeda and Cerro Gavilan (Cerro Carichana), 

 Wurdack & Monachino 39919 (J* fl. NY) ; frequent on river flood plain at base 

 of Piedra Marimare, east bank of Rio Orinoco, opposite head of Isla el Gallo, 

 39983 (J 1 fl. NY), locally frequent along Rio Parguaza just below Raudal Maraca 

 (about 110 river km from mouth), 40993 (^ fl. NY), occasional along Rio 

 Suapure, between Raudal Budare and Raudal Punta Brava (70-80 river km 

 from mouth), 41264 (J* fl. NY). Amazonas: in open, Puerto Ayacucho, Holt & 

 Gehriger 404 (fr. NY), 405 (fr. NY). 



I have not seen the type, only a leaf-f ragment ; this agrees* with the interpre- 

 tation of Dr. A. C. Smith who, in 1932, compared the last two numbers with 

 the type material at Paris, the fruit of which was then not known. All the above 

 collections are conspecific with Smith's interpretation. It is interesting to note 

 that the nearest relative is seemingly Ocotea rubrinervis, described from 

 Tarapoto, Peru, whose fruit, according to Mez (p. 352), is like that typical of 

 the genus Phoebe. There is no question, however, after consideration of the floral 

 structure, that the species here treated is an Ocotea. 

 if 



Ocotea glandulosa Lasser, Bol. Tec. Caracas 3 : 9. pi. 3. 1942. 



Type. Small or medium-sized tree with spreading or umbrella-shaped crown, 

 trunk round, straight, flowers creamy yellow, small, in dense trophilous forest 

 on slopes, Parque Nacional Aragua, Venezuela, 540 m, Llewelyn Williams 10270 

 (holotype, fl. F). 



Distribution. Small or medium-sized tree with hermaphrodite flowers, seem- 

 ingly abundant in the region about the type locality and in the Chimanta area 

 of Bolivar, Venezuela. VENEZUELA. Bolivar : by Quebrada, half-way up south- 

 western-facing slopes of Chimanta-tepui (Torono-tepui), above valley of Rio 

 Tirica, 1000-1700 m, Steyermark 75424 (y. fr. NY). 



Although the Steyermark material shows larger leaves, the fruit is typically 

 that of O. glandulosa. Flowering specimens from Chimanta may show that this 

 is indeed a separate though related taxon. 



