LAURINEiE. 



3. PERSEA, G. 



Calyx 6-partite, at length wholly deciduous. Fertile stamens 9 (-12) : anthers 4-celled. 

 Berry naked, supported by the thickened pedicel. — Trees; leaves alternate, arch-nerved ; 

 flower-fascicles paniculate. 



3. P. gratissima, G. Branchlets and panicles pubescent ; leaves elliptical-oblong or 

 elliptical, glabrate and pale beneath: primary veins 5-6-jugal, prominent beneath; pedicels 

 shorter than the flower; calyx-segments nearly equal ; berry large, obovate. — SI. t. 222. f. 

 3 ; Tuss. Fl. 3. t. 3 ; Desc. Fl. 8. t. 579.— Lauras Persea, L.— Leaves 4"-7", calyx 2'", 

 berry 5 '"-6"' long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sio., Al., Dist., naturalized,*eommon ; Antigua!, S. 

 Vincent ! ; Trinidad!, Sieb. Trin. 69 ; [Mexico! to Peru! and Brazil; naturalized in Ma- 

 deira !] . 



4. P. alpigena, Spreng. Branchlets and racemes pubescent ; leaves elliptical, puberu- 

 lous and pale beneath : primary veins 4-5-jugal, alternate, prominent beneath ; flowers in 

 simple or once compound, peduucled racemes ; calyx tomentose : 3 exterior segments mi- 

 nute, roundish, thrice shorter than the inner ones ; herry . . . . — Laurus, Sw. — Allied to P. 

 pyrifolia, Ns., but fruit unknown. A middle-sized tree ; leaves 4"-2", inner calyx-segments 

 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., Mac/., in the high mountains. 



4. HUFELANDIA, Ns. 



Calyx 6-fid, wholly deciduous. Fertile stamens 9 : anthers 2-celled. Berry naked, sup- 

 ported by the disc. — Trees; leaves alternate, arch-nerved ; flower-fa3cicles paniculate. 



5. H. pendula, Ns. Branchlets aud panicles slightly puherulous or glabrescent ; leaves 

 elliptical or elliptical-oblong, with a bluntish point, glabrous, glaucous beneath : primary 

 veins prominulous beneath, distant ; panicle lax : fascicles distant ; calyx long-pedicellate, 

 glabrescent, villous within ; berry oval-oblong, cemuous -. disc minute. — Laurus, Sw. ! — 

 13'-20'high; leaves 5"-3", pedicels 3'", calyx 1'", berry 10"'-1 2'" long ; interior fertile 

 stamens biglandulose, sterile 3 ; berry rounded at both ends, 6'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Sio., Match, in mountain woods ; [Cuba !]. 



5. ACRODICLIDIUM, Ns. 



Calyx 6-fid or 6-dentate : limb deciduous. Fertile stamens 3, contiguous : anthers 2- 

 cellcd, subsessile, bursting with 2 terminal valves. Berry supported by a truncate, margined 

 cupule. — Trees ; leaves alternate, archnerved ; flower-fascicles paniculate. 



6. A. jamaicense, Ns. ! Glabrous (or glabrate at the summit) ; leaves lanceolate- 

 oblong or elliptical-oblong, shining, reticulated-veiny beneath ; flower-fascicles umbelliform : 

 pedicels purpurascent, as long as the turbinate 6-fid calyx ; 6 exterior stamens wanting ; 

 berry ovoid, scarcely twice as long as the rugulose cupule. — Laurus triandra, Sw. ! L. par- 

 viflora, Pa>pp, Cub. I {non Phoebe cubensis, Ns.). — 30' high ; leaves 3"-4", calyx 1'", fruit 

 6"'-8''' long ; flowers white, at length purple ; disc filling up the calyx-tube, pubescent, 

 bearing 6 exterior glands, but no interior or exterior sterile stamens ; cupule at length 6'" 

 diam. : exterior margin exceeded by the appressed, interior one, which is formed by the 

 disc ; berry dry, at first pointed, snbglobose, at length rounded at the top, but often the 

 fruit remains small, and included within the cupule. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sio., Mac/., Wils., 

 M'Nab, Al., Wits., March, in mountain woods. 



7. A. sericeum, Gr. {n.sp.). Branchlets and panicles sericeous; leaves lanceo- 

 late, pointleted-acuminate, tapering at the base, sericeous with scattered hairs, at length 

 glabrate above : veins delicate, reticulated ; pedicels as long as the 6-dentate, globose, seri- 

 ceous calyx ; 6 exterior stamens roundish, sterile, devoid of valves ; berry . . . . — Leaves 

 3"-4" long, 10"'-14'" broad: petiole 3"'-4"' long; panicles racemiform, spreading, exceeded 

 by the leaves; calyx 1'" diam., filled up with sericeous bristles between the stamens ; 3 fertile 

 stamens with short filaments : authers globose, with 2 minute, terminal valves ; ovary ta- 

 pering into the style: stigma minute. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. 



8. A. sa.Heifoliu.rn, Gr. Branchlets rusty-pubescent ; leaves rigid, lanceolate, or ob- 



