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OREODAPHNE BULLATA. BLISTERED 
MounrTain-LavureEu. 
Class and Order. 
E\NNNEANDRIA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Lavrinez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Hermaphrodite vel dioice aut polygame. Perianthium 
sexpartitum aut sexfidum, subequale; limbo demum evan- 
escente. Stamina novem; anthere oblong in filamentis 
angustis ; locelli quaterni per paria unus super altero positi, 
antherarum trium interiorum reversi. Staminodia quarti 
ordinis vel nulla, vel subulata aut saltem minus completa. 
Bacca perianthii tubo in cupulam profundam crassamque 
converso truncatoque magis vel minus immersa.—Inflores- 
centia paniculata vel racemosa, plerisque densa, multis etiam 
brevis et thyrsoidea, axillaris, in quarto subgenere umbellu- 
lata. Nees. 
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Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Orroparune* (Ceramornora) bullata; foliis ellipticis aut 
oblongo-ellipticis basi acutis in petiolum longum late 
canaliculatum desinentibus apice acutato-obtusis arcte 
reticulatis subtiliterque venosis glabris axillis venaram 
costalium inferiorum subtus excavatis ciliatisque supra 
grosse bullatis, racemis infra gemmam axillarem et 
terminalem racemoso-confertis paucifloris pubescenti- 
scabris, perianthii laciniis tubo longioribus glabris, 
staminodiis capitatis. Nees. 
OreEopapune bullata. Nees Laurin. p. 449. 
Laurus bullata. Burchell, Trav. v. 1. p. 72. note. 
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A native of Zwellendam district, Cape of Good Hope, 
' and, in reality, the only plant belonging to the old Genus 
E Laurus which is found in Southern Africa; for it was 
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* So called by NEES Von ESENBECK from dpos @ mountain, and degra, Lau- 
rel,—or Mountain-Laurel, because many of the species inhabit mountains. 
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