282 LAURINE^. 



ened, clavate pedicel ; berry . . . . — Lanrus, Sw. ! (non Phoebe, Ns.). L. latifolia, Hb. Bks. 

 — A middle-sized tree ; leaves variable, 6"-3" long, 3"-l£" broad, shortly tapering into the 

 petiole ; calyx 2'" diam., greenish-white ; cupule 1'" high, 2'" diam. : clavate pedicel 4'" 

 long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., Mac/., Pd., M'Nab, Al., in mountain woods. 



** Leaves mostly polished above : primary veins costate, distant, prominent beneath and 

 forming lengthened arches, secondary transverse. 



13. N. membranacea, Gr. Branchlets purple, puberulous, glabrate ; leaves charta- 

 ceous, ovate-oblong or elliptical, shortly acuminate, glabrous, shining, polished above : pri- 

 mary veins 4—6 on each side of the midrib, impressed above, prominent beneath, secondary 

 delicate ; panicles axillary, exceeded by the leaves, puberulous ; calyx-segments ovate, blunt ; 

 anthers equal, sessile, roundish, interior biglandular ■. sterile stamens . . . , berry . . . . — Laurus, 

 Sw.! {non Phoebe, Ns.).— A high tree; leaves 6"-4" long, 2"-l±" broad; calyx 2'" diam., 

 white. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., in high mountains, [Haiti]. 



14. W. leucantha, Ns. I Branchlets purple, glabrate ; leaves subcoriaceous, lanceolate- 

 oblong, oblong or ovate-oblong, acuminate (rarely blunt), early glabrous, polished, and 

 usually opaque above : primary veins rusty-coloured, 8-5 on each side of the midrib, often 

 impressed above, prominent beneath, secondary delicate ; panicles corymbiform, divaricate- 

 spreading, puberulous : pedicels as long as the flower ; calyx-segments oval, subtomentose 

 inside ; anthers roundish, equal, subsessile, 3 interior with a biglandular filament : sterile 

 stamens obconical, eglandular; cupule short, scutellate, spreading from the globose berry, 

 thrice exceeded by it. — SI. t. 165. Miq. Surin. t. 59 A. 60. — Laurus Borbonia, Sw. Fl. p. 

 714. N. pallida, Miq. ! (non Ns.). N. Pisi, Miq. — A middle-sized tree ; leaves often 

 rusty, 9"~1" long, 3"-l" broad; calyx whitish j anthers thickish ; cupule distinct from the 

 thickish pedicel, l£'"-2'" high, at length nearly flat, 4'" diam. ; berry exactly globose, 5'" 

 diam., dark-blue. 



o. Calyx 4'" diam. ; leaf-ribs 8-6 (-5). 



P. Bodiaei, Schomb. ! Calyx 2"'-3'" diam. ; leaf-ribs 5- (6).— Miq. I. c. t. 58.— The 

 fruit of /3 is still unknown. 



Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common in the lower hills (a) ; Dominica !, Imr. (0) ; Trini- 

 dad !, Or. (0) ; [Haiti to Guiana !, Brazil f]. 



15. N. discolor, Ns. Branchlets and panicles rusty- tomentose ; leaves subcoriace- 

 ous, large, oblong, acuminate, glabrescent and polished above, rusty-pubescent chiefly on the 

 ribs beneath i primary veins 9-10 on each side of the midrib, impressed above, strongly 

 prominent beneath, secondary less promiuulous, transverse ; calyx-segments ovate-oblong, 

 blunt ; anthers subsessile, equal, 6 exterior roundish, 3 interior obovate : " sterile stamens 

 ovate-lanceolate -." cupule globose-urceolate, appressed •. berry (immature) globose, included. 

 — Ocotea, Kth. — Habit of N. villosa, Ns. !, but ribs less numerous. Leaves rusty-coloured, 

 10"-6" long, 3"-2" (-H") broad ; calyx 4'", cupule 5'" diam.— Hab. Dominica 1, Imr. ; 

 [New Granada]. 



16. N. mollis, Ns. Branchlets and panicles rnsty-tomentose ; leaves coriaceous, el- 

 liptical-oblong or elliptical, pointed, glabrate and shining above, rusty -pubescent beneath : 

 primary veins 9-12 on each side of the midrib, strongly prominent beneath, secondary 

 arcuate-transverse, tertiary network slightly prominulous on both sides ; calyx-segments 

 ovate-roundish ; anthers roundish, 6 exterior with a short, 3 interior with a biglandular 

 filament : sterile stamens obsolete ; cupule . . . . — Ocotea, Kth. — Allied to the preceding and 

 to N. rigida, Ns., from both of which it differs by the minute network of the veins pro- 

 minulous above. Leaves rusty, 7 "-5" long, 3"-l" broad ; calyx 2'" diam., pubescent. — Hab. 

 Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Mexico to Brazil]. 



Sect. 2. Mackaxdra. — Anthers ovate-oblong, much exceeding the calyx-tube ; cells of the 

 6 exterior in superimposed pairs. 



17. N. staminea, Gr. (n.sp.). Branchlets grey, glabrescent; leaves subcoriaceous, 

 oblong, bluntish, glabrous, reticulated-veiny : network angular, prominulous ou both sides, 

 stronger beneath ; panicles puberulous, lax, spreading, peduncled, infraterminal : pedicels 

 shorter than the flower ; calyx-segments ovate-oblong, blunt, puberulous, Italf as long again 

 as the stamens : anthers sessile, equal, puberulous, 3 interior biglandular : 3 interior sterile 



