Nectandra LAUEACE.E 217 



Fl. Jam. 5038 (in Herb. Kew.) ! Martinique (Jacq.), Trinidad, Panama. 



Tree 40-50 ft. high. Leaves elliptical, shortly acuminate, 9-18 cm. 1., 

 4" 5-5* 3 cm. br. Inflorescence laxly subpyramidate-corymbose, about 

 equalling the leaves or shorter ; pedicels 2-4 mm. 1. 



This species appears to us to be closely allied to, and even perhaps only 

 a form of, N. sanguinea Roland. 



o. N. sanguinea Roland e.c Hoith. in Act. Lift. Univ. Hafn. 

 t. 279 (1778); leaves membranous or cbartaceous, with nerves 

 and veins prominent on both sides, with wide meshes, lower axils 

 of nerves beneath generally hairy, midrib beneath sometimes 

 strigillose ; inflorescence white-strigose-tomentellous ; flowers 

 10 mm. in diam. ; filaments hairy, about as long as, or a little 

 shorter than, the anthers ; berry roundish-ellipsoidal. Gristh. 

 loc. cit. (in part); Meisn. torn. cit. 164; Mcz torn. cit. 457. 

 X. exaltata Griseh. loc. cit. (in part, not Cat. Cub. Hi.) (1860); 

 Jleisn. torn. cit. 165. Laurus exaltata Sw. Prodr. 65 (1788) & 

 FL Ind. Occ. 702. L. sanguinea Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 707 (1798). 



T i m b er Sweet Wood. 



Infl. May; Houstounl Wright \ Swartzl WiiUschlaegcl ; ''Hort. Bot.,'' 

 Jenman ! Mexico, Nicaragua, British Guiana, Surinam, Colombia. 



A tree, 25 ft. high, or shrub, with the young twigs white-strigose- 

 tomentellous. Leaves variable in shape, elliptical to elliptical-lanceolate, 

 acute at both ends or shortly acuminate, 8-14 cm. 1., 2-5-5*5(-7) cm. br. 

 Inflorescence subcorymbose-paniculate, about equal to, or shorter than, the 

 leaves; pedicels 2-4 mm. 1. Pman^/i -segments oblong or obovate-oblong, 

 tomentellous on both sides, about 2 -5-3 '5 mm. 1. Berri/ about 12 mm. 1., 

 10 mm. br. ; cupule saucer-shaped, about '5 cm. in diam.; pedicel 

 slightly thickened. 



The wood is hard, and esteemed for domestic use, buildings, &c. The 

 colour is brownish with a tinge of green. 



6. N. coriaeea Griseh. FL Br. W. Ind. 281 (1860) (with 

 reference only to the syn. Laurus coriaeea Sw.) (non Meisn.) ; 

 leaves leathery, with nerves and veins prominent on both sides, 

 with large meshes, glabrous ; inflorescence sparsely white- 

 strigose or glabrescent ; flowers 10-12 mm. in diam.; anthers 

 with hairy filaments ; berrv ellipsoidal. ^fcz torn. cit. 459 ; 

 Urh. torn. cit. 249. N. Willdenoviana Nees Syst. 321 (non 290) 

 (1836) ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. .iv. pt. 1, 165. N. sanguinea 

 Griseh. loc. cit. (1860) (in part) (non Boland). Laurus cc>riaeea 

 Sw. Prodr. 65 (1788) cfe Fl. Ind. Occ. 710. Oreodaphne coriaeea 

 Nees Syst. 454 (1836) (so far as regards syn. Swartz). 



Sweetwood, Cap-berry Sweetwood, Small-leaved Sweet- 

 wood. 



In fl. April -June ; in fr. July, Jan., April; Shakspearl Swartz ! CaleyX 

 Bancroft \ Macfadycn] Disiinl near Spanish Town, Harticcg\ 1566 1 

 Portland; Browns Town; Purdie\ Forsyth; Wilson \ Wullschlaegel ; 

 Moncague, Priori March \ Green Valley; Davids Hill; J. P. 1385, 1426, 

 Morris ! Chester Vale ; Old England ; Robertsfield ; Green Vallev ; Hall's 

 Delight, 1000 ft. ; Middleton, 2000 ft. ; Watson's Hill, Manchester", 1000 ft. ; 



