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elliptica, utrinque acuminata et prominulo -reticulata. Inflorescentia 
squarrose pyramidata, tomentella, foliis brevior. Flores dioici, subsericei. 
Perianthii tubus perconspicuus. Filamenta glabra, antheris suborbiculari- 
bus v. ovatis, apice rotundatis 2-plo breviora. Staminodia O. In flore 
9 ovarium glabrum, stylo subbreviore. 
Nectandra exaltata. Gris. (e. p.) Fl. Br. W. I. Isl. p. 281. 
Laurier fétide Dominicensibus (ex Imray!), Cip Guadaloupensibus 
(ex Duchassaing!). 
Arbor v. frutex ramulis novellis adpresse ferrugineo-tomentellis, glabratis cinereo- 
brunneis, teretibus, gemmis ferrugineo-subtomentosis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis 
usque ad 8 mm longis, brevissime v. subecanaliculatis, sparsa, coriacea, adulta praeter 
costarum axillas subtus barbellatas minuteque foveato-domatiatas glaberrima, supra glauco- 
viridia subopaca, subtus solemniter rubiginosa subnitida, elliptica v. anguste elliptica, 
utrinque acuminata, + 75 mm longa, 35 mm lata, penninervia, supra obscure, subtus 
manifestius prominulo-reticulata, costis e nervo medio sub angulo 30 (basi) —45° (apice) 
prodeuntibus, margine ineurvo. Inflorescentia multiflora, late squarroseque pyramidata, 
foliis brevior, subsericeo-tomentella, pedicellis 1—2 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. 
Flores dioici, c'ignoti, dense cinereo-subsericei, 2 mm longi. Perianthii tubus 
perconspieuus, apice constrictus, anguste conicus. Limbi segmenta ovata, acuta. 
Filamenta (in floribus Q) glaberrima, antheris 2-plo breviora; seriei III. basi glandulis 
binis parvulis, compressis, apice acutiusculis, nigris aucta. Antherae suborbiculares v. 
ovatae, apice rotundatae, solemniter minutae, steriles. Staminodia nulla. Ovarium 
glaberrimum, subellipsoideum, stylo crasso, subbreviore, stigmate discoideo. Fructus 
ignotus. 
Hab. in Antillarum minorum. insulis Sta. Martha: Ryan; Guadaloupe: 
Duchassaing, L’Herminier; Dominica: Eggers n. 657, 988, Imray n. 127, 147, 327; 
St. Vincent? (in hb. Kew. [ex hb. Forsyth] ,,Guyana'^): Anderson. 
Floret Januario. (WV. s. in herb. Berol., Boiss.-Barbey., Deless., Goetting., Haun., 
Kew., Krug. et Urban.) 
168. Ocotea Portorieensis Mez nov. spec. Folia submembranacea 
v. chartacea, adulta praeter costarum axillas subtus barbellatas glabra, 
lanceolata v. elliptico-lanceolata, utrinque acuta v. apice breviter ob- 
tusiuscule acuminata, penninervia, utrinque leviter perlaxeque prominulo- 
reticulata. Inflorescentia pyramidata, tomentella, foliis brevior. Flores 
dioici, strigosi. Perianthii tubus brevis. Filamenta glabra, antheris 
subovatis, obtusis 3—5-plo breviora. Staminodia O. In flore 9 ovarium 
glabrum, stylo subaequilongo v. paullo breviore. Cupula minima, simplici- 
et integro-marginata, in pedicellum incrassatum sensim attenuata. 
Laurel, Laurel Avispillo, Laurel geo Portoricensibus (ex 
Sintenis [). 
