72 LAURINEA. 
Tropical America, both in a wild and cultivated condition ; it is also cultivated in other 
countries. 
6. Persea hartwegii, Hemsley. 
Phebe hartwegii, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 30. 
Oreodaphne benthamiana, Nees in Linnea, xxi. p. 521. 
Souta Mexico, Guanajuato (Hartweg, 84). Hb. Kew. 
[Phebe insularis, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 33, is more likely to be from Cocos 
Island, off the west coast of South America, than from the Indian Ocean. | 
4. Persea levigata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 157; DC. Prodr. xv. 1, 
p. 49. 
VENEZUELA; COLOMBIA. 
@. cxerulea, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 49. 
CentRaL AMERICA (@rsted).—VENEZUELA ; COLOMBIA. 
8. Persea? longipes, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 55. 
Laurus longipes, Schl. in Linnea, vii. p. 390. 
SoutH Mexico, Hacienda de la Laguna (Schiede). 
9. Persea mexicana, Hemsley. 
Phoebe mexicana, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 81. 
South Mexico, Jalapa, 8000 feet (Galeotti, 7026), region of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 
1436), Vera Cruz (Linden). Hb. Kew. 
10. Persea? orizabe, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. 1, p. 358; DC. 
Prodr. xv. 1, p. 56. 
SoutH Mexico, oak-forests on the peak of Orizaba at 7500 to 10,500 feet (Galeotti, 
252), 
11. Persea pachypoda, Nees in Linnea, xxi. p. 490; DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 55. 
Mexico, near El Bruco (Ehrenberg). 
12. Persea? salicifolia, Hemsley. 
Phebe salicifolia, Nees in Linnea, xxi. p. 488 ; DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 80. 
Sourtn Mexico, near Regla (Ehrenberg). 
13. Persea veraguensis, Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 193; DC. Prodr. xv. 1, 
p. ol. 
Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Veraguas (Seemann, 1578). Hb. Kew. 
4, OCOTEA. 
Ocotea, Aubl. Pl. Guian. ii. p. 780, t. 310, char. emend. in Juss. Gen. Plant. p. 80; Benth. et 
Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 157. 
A genus of nearly 200 species, for the greater part inhabiting Tropical and Sub- 
