P^rseaccc^.] CXLIII. LAURINEiE. 157 



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anthesin toto decicluo v. persistente vix mutato, nee transveraim rnpto ncc refleso ot in sectiones 



sequentcs facile dividitur ; — 



1. Eupcrsea. Perianthium (tomentosum) segmentis suba^qualibus a fructu niagno obovoideo 



crasso-carnoso deciduuni.— Species unica (P. gratissima, Gcertn.), ex America tropica occidentali in 

 terris tropicis late culta. Sloane, Hist. Jam. t. 222. Wight, Ic. t. 1823. Bot. Beg. i. 1258. Bot, 

 Mag. t. 4580. Buiz et Pav. Fl. Chil. et Per. Ic, ined. t. 345 (Laurus). 



2. Alseodaxjhie. Perianthiuni (parvum, glabrum) segmentis subsequalibus a fructu globoso v. 

 oblongo parvo v. mediocri deciduum.— Species enumoratpe 9, quarum 5 adhuc dubiae, nunc flor- 

 ibus nunc fructubus ignotis, omnes Asiaticcne. Alseodaphne, Nees i7i Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 71. 

 Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 27. Bentk FL Ilongh. 292. Wight, Ic. t 1826, 1827. Bcdd. Fl. Sylv, 



t- 297. , -„ 



3. Gnesiopersea, Nees. Periantliium (tomentosum v. rarius glabrum) segmentis subsequalibus, 



sub fructu persistens, sfepius patens.— Species ad 20, Amcricanse cum una Canariensi. Pj:1{.sea sect. 

 Gnesiopersea, 3/f/ss?i. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 51 (excl. P. graiissima), et in Mart. FL Bras. v. ii. lo7r 

 t. 51 ad do. Webb, Vhytogr. Canar. t. 204. Ph(Ehe, Xees, Sgst. Laur. 98, ^ect. Cinnamomoidea, 

 Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 29, (t in MarL FL Bras. v. ii. 149, t 45. Bui:: et Pav. FL Per. et ChiL 

 Ic. ined. t. 303, 3G4 {Laiirus), vix tamen L. mJcata. Ruiz et. Pav. ibid. t. 356, cujus Acres ignoti. 



4. Ph(£he. Periauthium (glabrum v. tomentosum) segmentis subaiqualibus, sub fructu persistens 

 pjepius arete appressum et interdum cartilagineo-costatura.— Species enumerata? 26, Indise orientalis 

 ct Arcliipelagi Malayani incolfe. PiiffiBE, Nees, SijsL Laur, sect. Perscoidees. Meissn. in DC. Prod. 

 XV. i. 33. Wight, lo. t. 1820 ad 1822. Btdd. FL Sylv. t 292. 



6. Eriodaphne. Perianthium (stepissime tomentosum), segmentis 3 oxterioribus consplcue mlno- 

 ribus, sub fructu persistens.— Species ad 30, omiies Araericanoe tropica v. subtropicte a Chile 

 ugquc ad Virginiam extcnsse. Peesete sect. Eriodaphm, Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 43, et m 

 MarL FL Bras. v. ii. 151, t. 46 ad bO. Buiz et Pav. FL Per. et ChiL Ic. ined. L 358, 369, 372 



{Laurui>). . 



6. Notajih^xbe. Periantliium (pan'um, nunc minimum, saepius glabrum) segmentis 3 extenonbus 

 conspicuc minoribus nunc fere obsoletis, a fructu ut in ~AUeodaphni deciduum v. immutatum 

 subpersistens.— Species enumerate; 9, Arcliipelagi Malayani incolje, cum una Assamica. NoTAPn(EBE, 

 Blume, Mas. Bot. Lugd. BaL J. 328. Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 58. 



Phoebe insularis, Meissn. ex ins. Cocos (inter ins. Galapagos et Amcricam centralcm, nee Tnd: or.) 

 cum speciebus 3 v. 4 ex America central! et India occidentali adhuc ut videtur ineditis, floribus 

 hermaphroditis cseteris characteribus plerisque PersetE, difFemnt tamen et Ocoieee acccduut stami- 

 nodiorum quarti ordinis defectu. Perianthium fructifcruin P. insularis oranino Perseae, in ceteris 



epL'ciebus ignotum. 



ME>-KS'rii.vTA, VelL FL Flum. 109 ; Ic. v. L 2, est verisimllitcr Persca species, imperfecte 



descripta. 



10. Ocotea, AnlL PL Qui ii. 780, t. 310, char, emend, in Juss. Gen. 80. (Oreodaplme, 

 Nees in Linnita viii. 30.)— Flures pulygamo-dioici v. raiiiis perfecte hermaphroditi. Peri- 

 anthii tubus brevis v. campanulatus ; limbi segmeiita G, subi^f-iualia. Stamina perfecta 9, 

 ordinis primi et secundi eglandulosa, anthcris in filamentum brevissimum v. longius con- 

 traotis introrsum 4-locellatis, locellis per paria superpositis ; ordinis tertii filamentis 

 sfepius longioribus utrinr^ue basi glandula auctis, anthcris extrorsnm 4-locellatis ; stami- 

 nodia ordinis quarti minuta v. stepius oninino nulla. Stamina in flore $ so-pius ad 

 sfiuanias anantheras v. obscure locellatas reducta. Ovarium tubo perianthii plus minus 

 immersum, iu stylum coiitractum, in flore ^ angristum effoetum v. parvum v. rarius 

 omnino nullum. Bacca globosa ovoidea v. oblonga, junior interdum perianthii tubo 

 incluHa, matura exserta, perianthii tubo aucto indurato tnmcato cupuliformi v. expanso 

 insidens V. basi arete cincta, limbo deciduo.— Arbores v. rarius frutices. Folia alterna 

 V. sparsa rarius subopposita, coriacea, pennivenia. Paniculio axillares v. subterminales, 

 pedunculat«e, SEepIus laxte v. cymula; rarius fere in capitula contractiti v. panieula in 

 fascicuUim subscssilem contractu. Flores parvi, glabri v. rarius tomcntelli. 



Species ad 200, pro maxima parte Americai tropicie et subtropice incolje, additis paucis ex ins. 

 Canariensibus, Africa australi et ins. Masoarensibus. Mcissu. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 97 ad 143, et in 

 Mart. FL Bras. v. ii. 187 ad 250, t. 67 ad 89 {Mespilodophnc, Orcodaphie, Stn/chnodaphne, Gyinno- 



