Ocotea LAUEACE.E 213 



In fl. July; in fr. April, July; Silver Hill; Woodcutters Gap, near 

 Newcastle ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5114, 52G7. 



A tree or shrub. Leaves, base wedge-shaped, apex more or less 

 acuminate, 6-lG cm. 1., 2 -5-5 -5 cm. br. Flowers small, scarcely 2 mm. 1. 

 Perianth, tube very short ; segments scale-like, roundish. Anthers broadly 

 roundish. Berry 1-4 cm. 1., -8- '9 cm. br. 



4. 0. martinieensis Mez in Jahrh. Bot. Gart. Berl. V. 270 

 (1889); leaves elliptical or oblong-elliptical or obovate-elliptical, 

 nerves and veins slightly prominulous above, prominent beneath, 

 glabrous except usually hairy in the nerve-axils beneath ; 

 inflorescence above more or less tomentellous, shorter than the 

 leaves ; flowers hermaplirodite, tomentellous ; filaments hairy ; 

 berry ellipsoidal ; cupule saucer-shaped, simple-margined, with 

 perianth-segments deciduous, attenuated into the very thick 

 pedicel. 



Wright \ Dancer] Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique. 



A very large tree. Leaves, base wedge-shaped, apex acute or very 

 shortly acuminate, 10-19 cm. 1., 5*5-12 cm. br. Flowers 3 mm. 1. 

 Perianth, tube very short ; segments ovate, acute. Anthers broadly sub- 

 rectangular. Filaments oi the inner ring bi-glandular. Berry 2-b cva..\., 

 1-4 mm. br. 



5. 0. staminea ^lez in Jahrh. Bot. Gart. Berl. v. 2-40 (1889); 

 leaves oblong to elliptical, on upper surface nerves impressed or 

 flat and veins obscure or prominulous, beneath nerves promi- 

 nulous aud veins prominent ; inflorescence white-puberulous or 

 tomentellous, generally shorter than the leaves ; flowers herma- 

 phrodite, sparingly puberulous ; outer anthers sessile, oblong- 

 elliptical with cells much below apex ; staminodes linear, hairy ; 

 berry oblong-ellipsoidal ; cupule cup-shaped, 2-margined, perianth- 

 segments enlarged and persistent ; pedicel enlarged above to 

 diameter of cupule. Xectandra staminea Griseb. op. cit. 282 

 (1860). Oreodaphne fragrans 3Icisn. torn. cit. 127 (1864). 

 Synandrodaphne antillana Meisn. torn. cit. 176 (1864). Persea 

 sp. Benth. in Benth. d- Hool: f. Gen. PI. Hi. 158 (1880). 

 P. staminea Faicc. Fl. PL Jam. 33 (1893). 



Lignum dorum. Spice wood. 



In fl. Jan., Feb., June, July, Sept. ; in fr. Jan. ; McNab ; Kew, West- 

 moreland, Purdiel Priori Marchl Ramble, Claremont, 1700 ft., Fawcett 

 & Harris ! Schwallenburg, St. Ann, 2300 ft. ; Lapland ; Peckham, 

 Clarendon, 2500 ft.; Harrisl Fl. Jam. 7029, 71G9, 7GS9, 9184, 10,959, 

 11,187. 



A tree 20-40 ft. high. Leaves, base generally wedge-shaped, apex acute 

 or very shortly acuminate, 7-24 cm. 1., 2 -5-8 '5 cm. br. Floicers about 

 9 mm. in diam., white, very fragrant. Perianth, tube none ; segments 

 roundish-elliptical, outer nearly 8 mm. 1., inner 2 mm. 1. Stamens 

 \'b mm. 1., those of the inner ring dehiscing extrorsely and laterally, 

 with 2 large glands at the base ; staminodes linear, hairy, more than 

 1 mm. 1. jycrr?/ oblong-ellipsoidal, mucronate, 2 "5-2 '7 cm. 1., about 1 cm. 

 br. ; cupule cup-shaped, formed of the enlarged base of the perianth, with 



