284 LAUItlNE^. 



flowere smaller (1'" diam.) : and still more similar to 0. slrumosa, Gr. (0. coriacea, PL 

 Carib.), of Guadeloupe, which is remarkable by its exactly globose fruit constricted between 

 the berry and cupule : its flowers are unknown, but the leaves do not quite agree with 0. 

 parviflora. Leaves 6"-8" long, 2'' broad : primary veins 7-10 on each side of the midrib, 

 nearly equidistant : in 0. strumosa there are 4-6 veins, and the superior more distant. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., in mountain woods : not named in Swartz's collection. 



21. O. ceraua, Ns. Glabrous; leaves chartaceous, oblong, oblong-lanceolate or ellip- 

 tical-oblong, reticulated-veiny : primary veins and network prominulous on both sides ; 

 panicles perfectly glabrous, spreading, lax : pedicels longer than the flower, cernuous before 

 anthesis ; calyx glabrous outside : lobes oblong, blunt ; anthers quadrate, oblong : filaments 

 short, 3 interior biglandular : sterile stamens in c? ; stigma minutely peltate ; cupule 

 cupuliform, one-third to one-fourth as long as the ovoid-oblong berry, distinct from the 

 smooth, thickened pedicel. — Laurus martinicensis, Sieb. Mart. 79 (non Jacq.). L. exaltata, 

 Sieb. Mart. I {non Sw.). 0. marowynensis, Miq. ! — Easily distinguished from the glabrous 

 panicles, black in drying, with yellow anther-valves, the cernuous pedicels and reticulated 

 leaves. — A middle- or small-sized timber-tree; leaves 9"-3" long, 3J"-1" broad; calyx in- 

 fundibular, powdery inside, 1'" diam. ; cupule 4'" broad, 4'" high, 2i" ? -3'" deep : border 

 thick : berry 8"'-10"' long, 6'" diam., purple. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr., uncommon ; [Gua- 

 deloupe!, Guiana !, equatorial Brazil !]. 



22. O. coriacea, Ns. (exclus. syn. Sw.). Branchlets and spreading panicles strigillose- 

 puberulous; leaves rigid, chartaceous, elliptical or obovate, usually rounded at the top, 

 reticulated-veiny, glabrous, usually bearded beneath in the vein-axils : costate veins and 

 network prominulous on both sides; pedicels longer than the flowers, spreading ; calyx 

 puberulous: lobes roundish; stigma minute; cupule cupuliform, one-fifth as long as the 

 ovoid-oblong or oblong berry, distinct from the rugulose, thickened pedicel. — A lofty timber- 

 tree ; leaves 8"-4" long, 3"-2" broad ; calyx 1'" diam. ; cupule 4"' diam., 2'" high : margin 

 thin, appressed: berry 10"'-12"' long, 6'" diam. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr., in mountain 

 woods ; [Portorico, Guadeloupe]. 



9. AYDENDRON, Ns. and M art. (1833.) 



(Gccppertia, Ns. 1836.) 



Calyx-limb 6-partite, tardily deciduous, spreading from the persistent tube. Fertile 

 stamens 9 : anthers 2-celled. Berry supported by a truncate cupule. — Leaves alternate ; 

 flower-fascicles paniculate. 



23. A. citrifolium, Ns. Branchlets glabrate ; leaves chartaceous, oblong, bluntish or 

 bluntly pointleted, glabrous, polished on both sides : veins delicate, not prominulous : petiole 

 channelled, subdecurrent ; panicles fascicled, strigillose-puberulons, much exceeded by the 

 leaf: pedicels slender; flowers hermaphrodite; calyx-tube minute, much shorter than the 

 roundish segments ; 6 exterior anthers roundish, strigillose below the cells, 3 interior stamens 

 biglandular, sterile obsolete ; beny . . . . — A tree ; leaves 6"-4" long, 2"-li" broad : petiole 

 5"'-6'" long ; panicles 2"-3", pedicels la'" long ; calyx scarcely 1'" diam. ; stigma minute. 

 — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr., at S. Anns; [equat. Brazil!]. 



24. A. bracteatum, Ns. Branchlets tomentose, glabrescent ; leaves rigid, coriaceous, 

 elliptical-oblong or elliptical, glabrous : primary veins costate, 7-11 on each side of the 

 midrib, prominulous beneath, secondary delicate ; panicles short, corymbiform, peduncled, 

 exceeded by the leaves : peduncle strigillose-pubescent ; bracts large, subpersistent, tomen- 

 tose ; " flowers hermaphrodite ; calyx- tube globose •. segments rounded ; cupule half as long 

 as the ovoid berry." — Leaves 6"-3" long, 3"-lj-" broad; peduncles 3" long. — Hab. S. 

 Vincent (Ns.) ; [Guadeloupe !, For strain in Hb. Sw.']. 



25. A. sericeum, Gr. Branchlets and panicles sericeous; leaves rigid, chartaceous, 

 elliptical-oblong or ovate-oblong, with a bluntish point, subacute at the base, glabrescent 

 above, silvery-subsericeous and shining beneath : principal veins 4 on each side of the 

 midrib, unequally distant, costate, prominent beneath : veinlets reticulated, prominulous be- 

 neath ; panicles peduncled, often as long as the leaf : pedicels short, clavate ; flowers dioe- 

 cious; calyx-tube turbinate, shorter than the oval lobes ; 6 exterior anthers roundish, with 

 oval valves, 3 interior stamens biglandular, sterile 3 ; berry . . . . — Endlicheria, Ns. Goep- 



