Tas. 8279. 
LAURELIA SERRATA. 
Chile. 
-Monrimiacear. Tribe LAURELIEAE. 
LavurE.iA, Juss.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 145; Perkins & Wilg, 
 Monimiaceae in Engl. Pflanzenr. vol. iv. n. 101, p. 76. 
aurelia serrata, Beriero in Mereur. Chil. 1829, manip. 15, p. 685 et transl. in 
Am, Journ, Sc. 1833, vol. xxiii. p. 89 [nomen]; Castillo & Dey, Geogr. Veg. 
Rio Valdivis, p. 52; a L. sempervirente inflorescentiis abbreviatis, perianthii 
segmentis aeyualibus, staminibus fertilibus 4 glabris, staminodiis, recepta- 
oe fructigero subgloboso perianthii segmentis persistentibus. coronato 
iffert. 
Arbor polygamo-monoica vel forsan dioica, 20 m. vel ultra alta, ligno foetido, 
ramis junioribus quadrangularibus, novellis fulvo-hirtis mox glabrescen- 
tibus nisi pilis in lateribus commissuralibus diutius persistentibus, vetustis 
cortice cinerascente tectis. olia opposita, late oblongo-lanceolata vel 
lanceolata, obtusa vel subobtusa, praeter basin cuneatam serrata dentibus 
apice glanduloso-incrassatis, 5-12 em. longa, 2-4°5 em. lata, crasse coriacea, 
pellucide glandulosa, aromatica, costa supra prominula, nervis lateralibus 
obliquis utrinque circiter 9 tenuibus interdum obscuris; petiolus 5-7 mm. 
longus, supra dense hirtulus et nigricans. Jnflorescentiae axillares, 1-1*5em. 
longae, cymosae vel cymoso-paniculatae, 3-9-florae, fulvo- vel cinereo- 
sericeae; bracteas caducissimae, iuferiores ovatae ad 8—mm. longae; 
pedicelli 2-4 mm. longi; flores cymarum singularum nunc omnes masculi, 
nunc terminales tantum masculi caeteri hermaphroditi vel nonnulli rarius 
forsan omnes feminei. eceptaculum cupulare, nec tamen altum, extra 
sericeum, Perianthii segmenta 8, Y-seriata, aequalia, oblongo-elliptica, 
viridi-lutea, 2°5-3 mm. longa Stamina fertilia in floribus masculis her- 
maphroditisque 4, filamentis quam antheras brevioribus. glabris basi 
utrinque glandula crassa oblonga munitis. Staminodia in floribus mas- 
-culis 4 staminibus fertilibus minora ceterum praeter antheras redactas iis 
similia; in floribus hermaphroditis femineisque, quibus stamina fertilia 
_desunt, staminodia 24-23 ab extra stamina gradatim redacta referentia, 
_ interiora plane squamiformia. Ovaria in floribus masculis 0, in floribus 
hermaphroditis femineisque pluria, pilosa, stylis ad medium _pilosis. 
Fructus (receptaculum maturum) globosus, apice constrictus, demum 
irregulariter ruptus et stellatim apertus, cinereus, 7-8 mm. longus, peri- 
anthio emarcido coronatus ; carpella singula ovoidea cum stylo persistente 
10-12 mm. longa, pilis mollibus patulis inferioribus 5 mm. longis dense 
obsita.—L. aromatica, Gard. Chron. 1904, vol. xxxvi. p. 401, fig. 172; non 
Poir.—O. Srapr. 
The tree here figured is a member of the small family 
Monimiaceae and belongs to a tribe for which the name 
Atherospermeae is sometimes used, The structure of the 
flowers and fruits in the genus Laurelia to which our plant 
OoroseER, 1909. 
