231 Trib. VI. Acrodielidia. 



6. A\de>dho> microbotryum N. ab E. 



A. folifs lanceolatis apice attenualis coriaceis rcticulatis 

 subtus sparse pubcrulis, racemulis ad iiinovationum basin bre- 

 Ms^imis nutantibus ramuiisque strigilosis, floribus pediceltulis. 

 Laurus salicifolia Herb. Srhott. (nee SwttrK.) 



Crescit in Portorico. (Sdiott. I. c.) 



Est species distinctissima, Jijdcndru cum .Icrodiclidiis con- 

 neclens. Rami teretes, dense ramulosi ; adultiores glabri, len- 

 ticellis minulis tuberculati, iuniores birsuli ; cortex fuscus, 

 aromaticus. Gemmae griseo - dense- strigilosac, bivalves; 

 axilla res ovatae, term in a lis oblusa, oblonga, dehiscens. 

 Cicatrices felioruni semicirculares. Folia conferta, 

 diverg. % posita, SI — 4 poll, longa, 7—10 lin. lata, Ianceo- 

 lata, basiacuta, apice acuminata acumine oblusiusculo, crassiusciila, 

 confertim reticulata, supra glabra nitidula, subtus, praesertim 

 ad costam, tenuissime puberula pallidiora, venis costalibus pa- 

 ribus (7, 9, -J J,) pa ru ill prominulis rami/icatis retique im- 

 plexis praedila ; eosta media subcarinala, ListriaSa. Pefioli 

 1 %y % fincas longi, semiteretes, depresso-canaliculati, iunio- 

 res puSesccntes, purpurascentes. Racemuli ad basiu innova- 

 tionum 1—2, 5 — -A lineas longi, apice recurvo - cernui, a 

 medio florentes, o—G-flori, simpliccs. Pcduncui us com- 

 munis gracd.s et pedicelli, qui li„cam longi vel longiorcs 

 recurv.que strigiloso-pubcscenles. Flores vix linea longiorcs, 

 lurbinah , paruiu strigilosi ; tubus obconicus, limbo longior; la- 

 cmiae J.mb. ovatae, obtusae, incurvae. Stamina sex extcriora 

 nnlnens incomplete, lilamenlis crassis extus strigosis; Iria intc- 

 riora ope glandularum basin ambientium in tonum obtusum con- 

 glutmata, anthens apice pons binis subrotundis dehisceniibus, 

 valvule sursum rellexis. Ovarium in tubo perianllm reeon- 

 <litum; stylus lnc |usus. Cupula fructus a ped.meuto communi 

 recto an, u , a ( j sccndeiis> ^.^ % ^ ^ ^ - ^ 



in uscula brevuer turluaata, coriacea, limbo duplicate discrete 



vidi ' "' terf0l ' i lrUnCat ° iute Serrimo. IJaccam non 



Adnotatio. Cum Jcrodiclldio viicraniho etiam bo coa- 



JZ ■ T 0<i P n ' ia » lllia *«*«* in aqua emollita larga mucila- 

 gine induuntur. l ° 



