BARTLETT. — AMERICAN SPECIES OF LITSEA. 599 



florum lateralium aliquanto breviores. Perianthium tubo brevi, seg- 

 mentis ovatis obtusis 3.2 mm. longis. Stamina 9, filamentis glabris 

 antheris aequilongis vel eis paulo brevioribus, tribus interioribus big- 

 landuliferis, glandulis majusculis convolutis. Antherae subrectangu- 

 lares supra mediam paulo angustatae, apice emarginatae, loculis omnibus 

 introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium abortivum. Mores <? quam mas- 

 culi multo parviores. Perianthii tubus brevis ; segmenta ovata obtusa 

 2.2 mm. longa. Staminodia 9, interiora 3 glandulifera, glandulis eis 

 riorum $ similibus. Stylus 1.2 mm. longus. Stigma discoideum sub- 

 reniforme. Fructus ignotus. — On limestone ledges in the Sierra Madre 

 above Monterey, State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, alt. 850 m., 8 March, 

 1906, Pringle, no. 10,238 (type, in hb. Gray). 



4. Litsea glaucescens HBK. The following specimens, all from 

 the State of Vera Cruz, are in the Gray Herbarium: Orizaba, Botteri, 

 nos. 7 & 549 (error for 945 X) ; Orizaba, 10 April, 1867, Bilimek, no. 

 359 ; hills near Jalapa, 16 April, 1899, Pringle, no. 8156. Since the 

 Pringle specimen shows a strong habital resemblance to Litsea guatem- 

 alensis Mez, it may represent the Litsea glaucescens var. major (Meissn.) 

 Hemsl., from which Mez segregated his species. 



Var. subsolitaria (Meissn.) Hemsl. — Mexico, 1848-49, Gregg, no. 

 639. Leaves much more glaucous beneath than in the typical form. 

 None of the inflorescences arranged in axillary corymbs. 



5. Litsea guatemalensis Mez. — Mexico. Chiapas: "Bergwald 

 zwischen Huitztan und Oxchuc," 11 March, 1896, Caec. & Ed. Seler. 

 Guatemala. Department of Quiche* : San Miguel Uspantan, alt. 2440 

 m., Heyde & Lux. Department of Zacatepequez: San Rafael, alt. 1980 

 m., John Donnell Smith, no. 1276. 



6. Litsea Neesiana (Schauer) Hemsl. Nothing has been seen 

 which answers to the description of this species. The plant cited by 

 Mr. John Donnell Smith as Litsea Neesiana in his Enumeratio Plant- 

 arum Guatemalensium is Litsea guatemalensis. 



7. Litsea Orizabae (Mart. & Gal.) Mez. — State of Vera Cruz: 

 Orizaba, alt. 2440 m., Liebmann, Lauraceae no. 65. This shrub has 

 larger leaves than any other American member of the genus. 



8. Litsea flavescens, n. sp. Arbuscula (fide cl. Tonduz), ramis 

 numerosis ochraceo-brunneis, gemmis quam in speciebus Litseae ceteris 

 majoribus. Folia coriacea glabra quam internodia 6-7-plo longiora, 

 laminis griseo-viridibus, supra subnitidis, subtus pallidis, lanceolatis ca. 

 2 cm. latis 6.5 cm. longis, basi acutis, apice caudato-acutis mucronatis ; 

 petiolis 1-1.5 cm. longis. Petioli et costae laminarum mediae margin - 

 esque latiusculi flavescentes. Inflorescentiae solitariae vel fasciculatae. 

 Pedunculi glabri 7-9 mm. longi. Involucrum 3-7 -florum, squamis 



