BARTLETT. — AMERICAN SPECIES OF LITSEA. 601 



interiora tria (an staminodia ?) acuta. Staminodia vera 9, ea seriei 

 interioris biglandulifera, glandulis longe stipitatis. Stylus apice 

 stigma disciforme lateraliter gerens. Fructus (siccatus) globosus, dia- 

 metrQ usque ad 9 mm., niger (?). — This species constitutes a part of 

 Litsea parvifolia (Hemsl.) Mez, as denned by Mez. The following 

 specimens may be referred to it. San Luis Potosi: "in rnontibus San 

 Miguelito," Schaffner, nos. 23 (type, in hb. Gray) & 710; Schaffner, 

 nos. 431 & 463 ; Parry & Palmer, no. 798. State of Guanajuato: near 

 Guanajuato, 1880, A. Dug fa ; Palmilla, Dept. Victoria, Berlandier, no. 

 2185. The last specimen is cited by Meissner in the original descrip- 

 tion of Litsea glaucescens var. subsolitaria, and is the same as the un- 

 numbered plant cited by Hemsley as follows: " Vittoria to Tula (Ber- 

 landier)." The original label reads: " No. 2185 = 765. Arbuste 8-10 

 pds., d'les gorges ombragees — avant d'arriver a Palmilla. De Victoria a 

 Tula, Nov. 1830." Probably the citation by Mez, under Litsea glau- 

 cescens, of "Berlandier n. 2158 (non vidi) " is an error for no. 2185, 

 since there is no record of a " no. 2158 " in the manuscript catalog of 

 Berlandier's collections at the Gray Herbarium. According to the Parry 

 & Palmer label, Litsea Schaffneri is the " Sacred Laurel " of the Mex- 

 icans. The Schaffner labels give " Laurel " as the vernacular name. 



10. Litsea parvifolia (Hemsl.) Mez, fruticosa, ramulis gracilibus 

 juventate griseis puberulis, aetate ochraceo-brunneis glabris. Interno- 

 dia foliis 2-3-plo breviora. Folia utrinque glabra, laminis orbiculari- 

 ovatis vel maximis non raro ovatis 1.2-3 cm. latis 1.3-4 cm. longis, supra 

 pallide viridibus, subtus albidis, basi cordatis vel subcordatis, apice 

 plerumque rotundatis vel obtusis sed in foliis maximis saepe acutius- 

 culis ; petiolis 2-5 mm. longis ochraceo-olivaceis. Inflorescentiae axil- 

 lares saepissime solitariae, raro fasciculatae. Pedunculi 5-9 mm. longi 

 nutantes tenuissime puberuli. Involucrum 3(-5)-florum, squamis 3(-5) 

 deciduis puberulis. Pedicelli subaequales floribus multo breviores albo- 

 tomentosi. Flores $ . Perianthii tubus perbrevis ; segmenta 6 ovata 

 obtusa. Stamina 9. Antherae late rectangulares filamentis longiores 

 apice truncatae minute apiculatae, loculis omnibus introrsum dehiscen- 

 tibus. Filamenta seriei staminum interioris glandulos brevistipitatos 

 convolutos gerentia. Ovarium abortivum stylo apice indistincte trilobo 

 instructum. Flores 9 non vidi. Fructus diametro 8-10 mm. globosus. — 

 The original characterization of this species was probably drawn up 

 from insufficient material. Mez's description includes at least two and 

 perhaps even three species. Specimens examined: Mexico, 1848-49, 

 Gregg, no. 314 : Saltillo, State of Coahuila, 15-30 April, 1898, Palmer, 

 no. 68. 



11. Litsea novoleontis, n. sp. Frutex 3-5 m. altus, ramulis 



