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3, bisetis, germen cingentibus. Filamenta interiora glan- 
( 2497 ) 
Laurus acerecara. CxLuster-FLOWERED 
Bay. 
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Class and Order. 
ENNEANDRIA Monoeyntia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal.o. Cor. calycina, 6-partita. Nectarium glandulis 
dulifera. Drupa 1-sperma. 
Specific Character. 
Laurus aggregata ; foliis perennantibus ovatis acuminatis 
triplinerviis subtus glaucis, pedunculis simplicibus 
axillaribus aggregatis, bracteis scariosis ovatis con- 
cavis. 
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Not having had an opportunity of examining the flowers 
| of this shrub, we are not certain that it may not belong to 
the genus TrerrantuerA, but are not able to unite it with 
7 any described species of that genus. It has been gee 
tobe the Laurus Myrrha, which Brown refers to 
ETRAN- 
THERA ; but we think can hardly belong to that species, 
Which is described as having a four-leaved involucrum, 
containing five floscules; for if the Bractes at the base of 
the peduncles are to be considered as an involucrum, they 
consist of many leaves, irregularly arranged and seem to 
only the scales which protected the flower-buds. The 
are evergreen, alternate, petioled, ovate, acuminate, 
of a yellowish or apple-green on the upper side and very 
glaucous on the under, with three nerves uniting a little 
ve the insertion of the petiole, and terminating short 
of the point of the leaf. The young shoots, which are 
ewise axillary, and come out from among the pe 
