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stamens minute, subcylindrical, eglandular ; cupule . . . . — A large tree ; leaves 8"-5" long, 

 8 -li" broad, pale rusty-green, opaque or somewhat shining ; panicles small ; branches 

 distant, pyramidal: pedicels H'" long; calyx 4"' diam. : segments reflcxed-spreading ; 

 stamens 1'" exserted from the calyx-tube; 6 exterior anthers ovate-oblong: cells suprabasilar, 

 superior pair distant from their bluntish top ; 3 interior anthers oblong : cells placed above 

 their 2 large, globose, dorsal-basilar glands, inferior pair extrorsc, superior lateral, below 

 their rounded summit ; sterile stamens as long as the glands ; ovary globose, tapering into 

 the cylindrical style : stigma minute. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., M'Nab, Al., in the western 

 and northern forests, in the interior districts of Westmoreland and S. Anns. 



7. STRYCHNODAPHNE, Ns. (1833 ) 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx 6-partite, wholly persistent. Fertile stamens 9 : anthers 4- 

 celled : filaments distinct. Berry supported by the expanded or reflexed calyx. — Trees ; 

 leaves alternate, archnerved ; flower-fascicles paniculate. 



This genus was afterwards named Ocotea by Nees s Ocotea guianensis, Aubl., however, 

 being an Oreodaphne, that name would, if restored, belong to the latter genus, but is better 

 altogether suppressed, as Aublet obscured it by a misplaced fruit, and later authors used this 

 name for various unallied Laurinea. 



18. S. floribunda, Gr. Branchlets glabrous ; leaves chartaceous, elliptical-lanceolate 

 or elliptical, bluntish, glabrous, polished above, reticulated-veiny beneath ; flowers cernuous, 

 in compound racemes (often monstrous) ; stigma peltate ; berry globose, supported by the 

 reflexed calyx. — Laurus, Sw. ! Nectandra, Ns. — A tree or shrub ; leaves dark-green, 3"-6" 

 long, f"-2'' broad, usually tapering at both ends ; panicles equalling the leaves, slightly 

 puberulous : pedicels as long as the flower ; ? calyx 3'" diam., with all the stamens deve- 

 loped, but devoid of anther- valves : segments broadly ovate, expanded : anthers 9, globose, 

 4-celled, 4-porose, as long as the filaments : interior filaments with 2 large, globose, basilar 

 glands : sterile stamens wanting ; ovary as long as the oblique style : stigma large ; monstrous 

 flowers larger, connivent : all stamens transformed into sepaline scale 8, berry 3'" diam. : 

 calyx spreading from its base, enlarged: reflexed lobes 1"' diam., rounded, as long as the 

 tube. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., Pd., Al., March, in woods, S. Anns, Manchester. 



8. OREODAPHNE, Ns. emend. 

 (Ocotea, Aubl.) 



Flowers usually dioecious : stamens in $ , pistil in <? less developed. Calyx 6-fid : tube 

 turbinate : limb deciduous. Fertile stamens 9 : anthers 4-celled : cells one above the other 

 in pairs : filaments distinct. Berry supported by a truncate cupule. — Leaves alternate, 

 archnerved ; flower- fascicles paniculate. 



19. O. Leucoxylon, Gr. Glabrous, powdery-puberulous towards the summit ; leaves 

 chartaceous, oblong or elliptical, usually acuminate, bluntish, polished (or slightly reticulated) 

 above, with the primary veins slightly costate, and a lax, delicate network beneath ; panicles 

 powdery-puberulous, glabrcscent, subcontracted, or spreading at the base i pedicels as long 

 as the flower, spreading ; calyx-lobes ovate or oblong, blunt ; anthers quadrate : filaments 

 short, 3 interior biglandular : sterile stamens in <? ; stigma large ; cupule scutellate, 

 slightly concave, one-flfth as long as the ovoid-globose, mucrouate berry, distinct from the 

 warty, thickened pedicel.— Laurus, Sw. ! Phoebe membranacea, Mar/. ! {non Ns.).—k 

 middle-sized tree : branchlets angular, dark- at length pale-coloured ; leaves variable, usually 

 opaque, 10"-3" long, 3"-H" broad; panicles exceeded by the leaves, black in drying ; 

 flowers " yellow, fragrant ;" calyx 2'" diam. ; berry 5"' long, 4'" broad, black and somewhat 

 shining in drying : cupule 1'" high, 2'" diam. : warts of the pedicel grey.— Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Sw., AL, Bancr., Wils., March, in mountain woods ; [Cuba!, Portorico, Guiana !, Brazil]. 



20. O. parviflora, Ns. (non Gr. PI. Carib.). Glabrous ; leaves chartaceous, oblong, 

 bluntish, polished above, with the primary veins costate, and a lax, delicate network beneath ; 

 pauicks powdery-glabresccnt, spreading : pedicels longer than the flower, spreading ; calyx- 

 lobes roundish ; anthers quadrate-oblong : filaments short, 3 interior biglandular : sterile 

 stamens in $ ; stigma minutely peltate; cupule scutellate, slightly concave, tapering 

 into the clavate, rugulose pedicel: icarts none: berry —Allied to the preceding, but 



