626 ON TWO NEW SPECIES*-O0F LAURINE/F. 
I have dedicated this species to Dr. Rodie, the first Euro- 
pean discoverer of its antifebrile virtues. 
Necranpra, Rotíb.—Familia LAurinr#®.—Tribus, Nec- 
tandree, Nees Laurin. p. 276. 
N. Rodiei (Schomb.) ; foliis suboppositis oblongo-ellipticis 
breviter acuminatis coriaceis glabris supra nitidis obscure 
reticulatis, paniculis paucifloris axillaribus folio multo brevi- 
oribus minute tomentellis, antheris omnibus crassis oblongis 
eglandulosis. 
NectanDrRA Rodici, Schomb. in Hook. Ic. Pl. ined. 
Arbor 60-pedalis et ultra; truncus erectus ramos summo 
apice gerens, cortice levi, cinereo. Ramuli juniores; uti 
inflorescentia, tomento tenuissimo in sicco ferruginei, mox 
glabrati. Folia semipedalia v. longiora 2-3 poll.lata, pleraque 
fere, sed rarius exacte, opposita; petiolo canaliculato 4 lin. 
longo. Panicule 1-2 pollicares, a basi ramoste, ramis při- 
mariis longiusculis apice paucifloris. Bractee in specimine 
delapse. Pedicelli crassiusculi, 2 lin. longi. Flores 2 lin. 
longi, expansi 33 lin. lati, fere omnes a me examinati plus 
minus difformes, partibus numero irregulariter auctis. Pauci 
tamen, qui normales videntur, sequentia ostendunt. Perigont 
late campanulati (subrotati?) Jacinie sex, ineequales, Crasste; 
rotundate, decidue. Anthere 12, more Laurinearum quadri- 
seriales, sessiles, oblong, crasse, erecto-arcuate, obtuse, 
puberule, infra apicem quadrilocellate, locelli ad utrumque 
latus duo suprapositi, in antheris 6 exterioribus majoribus 
subintrorsi, in 6 interioribus minoribus subextrorsi, loculo 
superiore sepius minore v. magis antico interdum obsoleto. 
Glandulas nullas detexi. Ovarium in fundo perianthii sessile, 
uniovulatum. Stylus antheris paulo brevior, apice distincte 
et crassiuscule stigmatosus, in floribus difformibus sæpe 
abbreviatus obscure stigmatosus. Perigonii tubus post anthesin 
increscit, et ex cicatrice fructus verosimiliter cupulam format, 
brevem, persistentem. Bacca ovato-globosa, obtusa, à latere 
breviter compressa 3 poll. longa, carne siccando coriaceo-sub- 
