Hufelandia 



LAUKACE.E 



205 



greenish-yellow, 2-2*5 mm. 1. Perianth-segvaents roundish or roundish- 

 elliptical. Berry black, elongated-ellipsoidal, 2 -7-3 -3 cm. 1., 1-3 1-5 

 cm. br. 



The timber is useful for general purposes, the wood being hard, and 

 standing exposure. 



Fig. iZ. Hufelandia pendula Nees. 



A, Infloresceuce and leaf x f. 



B, Flower x 6. 



0, Do. cut lengthwise and flattened some- 

 what X 0. 

 D, Exterior anther x 12. 



E, Staminode X 20. 



F, Gland x 12. 



G, Fruit cut lengthwise X g ; c, cotyledons ; 



p, plumule ; r, radicle. 



2. MISANTECA Cham, ct Schl. 



Perianth, tube evident, fleshy ; segments 6, small, scale-like, 

 deciduous in fruit. Stamens 3, united into a tube, glandular 

 below ; the 2-celled anthers opening outwards. Berry oblong- 

 ellipsoidal or ovoid, surrounded by the enlarged cupule-like 

 perianth-tube usually with a double margin. 



Species 4, natives of tropical America. 



M. triandra Mez in Jahrh. Bof. Gart. BerL v. 103 (1889); 

 Urh. Stiiiih. Ant. iv. 244. Laurus triandra Sw. Prodr. 6d (1788) 

 tfe Fl. Ind. Occ. 706. Acrodiclidium jamaicense Ncen Si/sf. 270 

 (1836); Meisn. in DC. Prodr. .cv. j>t.^\, 85; Griseh. Fl Br. 11'. 

 Ind. 280. Sym})hysodaphne cubensis ii/c7i. in Smjra Cub. xi. lUO, 

 /. 67 (18.50). (Fig. 84.) 



S wee t- wood. 



In fl. Oct.; in fr. ]\Iarch-July ; Wrirjhtl Sicartz\ Macfadycnl Har- 

 mony Hall; St. ]\lary ; McXahl Prior; Wilson [ March \ Green Valley, 



