922 LAURACEAE 
ME blades finely reticulated beneath, mainly over thrice 
S long as wide. 
Leaf-blades TE reticulated beneath, mainly about twice as 
long as wi 
ades Toone pubescent beneath. 
a pedicels and petioles tomentose: fruit less than 1 cm. 
p 
T. Borbonia. 
T. littoralis. 
3. T. humilis. 
m 
4. T. pubescens. 
ia (L.) R A large tree with bark broken into flat ridges: 
ie blades a or i so, 5-15 em. long, often acuminate at both ends, 
bright-green and lustrous above, nn y finely 
dues bene B ics ascending, the inner ovate, 
2-3 times longer than the uA ee ps upe obo- 
vo oid c or globose- uec 1-1.5 e ong, dark-blue or 
cA nu lustrous. [Persea D onia (L.) Pax] 
E BAY. A d FLORIDA- ad Ro 
LAU E.) — Hammocks and mps, 
Coastal Plain, "Fla. ES Tex. and Va.—The bright- -red 
heart-wood, close- -grained, heavy, and strong, is used 
for cabinet-work and construction. 
2. T. littoralis iios Shrub or tree: pos -blades 
elliptic, 2-5.5 em. long, mostly obtuse at the apex 
bright-green and lus trous m pale and 22b beneath, not reticulate, 
the lateral veins inconspicuous: drupe dbi. pu mm. long, purple- -black 
under the bloom. pee littoralis Small ]— ORE-BAY.)—Coastal ham- 
mocks, pen. Fla 
milis (Nash) Small. Shrub or small tree, the twigs, lower leaf- 
uM ey up the inflorescence silky-pubescent: leaf -blades elliptic, 4—10 cm. 
long, more or vi revolute, glabrous uidi shining above, lustrous beneath: 
sepals Boe obtuse, the inner oblong, 5 mm. long: drupe "globular, about 1.5 
em. long, urn -black under the bloom. [Persea humilis Nash]— (SILK- 
BAY.)—Serub, C pen. Fla 
4. T. pubescens (Pursh) Small Shrub or small tree, the twigs, lower leaf- 
surfaces and inflorescence Pr leaf-blades narrowly elliptic or elliptie- 
lanceolate, or rarely oval, 5-20 em. long, usually obtuse, often acuminate at 
the apex, slightly ipe sepals erect, acutish, the inner elliptic-obovate, 
about twice as long as the outer: drupe oval, 8-11 mm. long, dark-blue with a 
E tana and low es Coastal Plain and rarely adj. provinces, 
ed 
dj 
Fla. to C. — The orange-colored and brown-streaked 
heart- d pon -grained and fae is used like that of T. Borbonia. 
4. NECTANDRA Roland. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, persistent: 
blades entire. Flowers in panicled cymes, white, fragrant. Sepals 6, nearly 
similar, somewhat elongate, spreading. Style cylin- 
dric: stigma capitate. Drupe somewhat elongate, 
seated in the cup-like hypanthium from which the 
calyx has fallen ae 300 species, mostly 
tropical Americ 
1. N. coriacea (Sw.) Griseb. Shrub or small tree: 
ee is Kid penton or |l 5- 
long, lustrous .abov my-white, 8-9 
; broad; ^ hu ‘obt use: ed sable obose or ‘oval, Ww 
10-15 m ong, dark-blue or black, seated in the red 
or 30e E oodles Catesbyana (Miehx.) Sarg.]—(LANCEWOOD.) 
pu 
