— 393 — 
XV. Nectandra Rottb. 
Nectandra Rottb. Descr. rar. pl. Surin. p. 11 et in Act. Univ. Hafn. 
1778, p. 279; Gmel. Syst. p. 799; Nees in Linnaea VIII, p. 46 et 
Progr. p. 14 et Syst. p. 477; Endl. Gen. No. 2044, p. 319 et Ench. 
p. 197; Dietr. Syn. II, p. 1332, 1345; Meissn. Gen. p. 326 (238); 
Spach, Vég. phan. X, p. 498; Rehb. Nom. p. 71, No. 2666; Gris. Fl. 
Br. W. Ind. lsl. p. 281; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 146 et in 
Mart. fl. Bras. V, 2, p. 250; Baill. Hist. pl. II, p. 477; Benth. et Hook. 
Gen. Ili, p. 159; Hemsl. Biol. III, p. 74. —  Porostema Schreb. 
Gen. II, p. 517, No. 1226. — Synandrodaphne Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 
XV, 1, p. 176 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. III, p. 159. 
Flores panniculati, exinvolucrati, hermaphroditi v. rarissime dioici. 
Perianthii tubus conspicuus v. nullus. Limbi segmenta aequalia, 
decidua, patentia v. rarissime erecta. Androeceum 4- v. rarius 
3-seriatum, seriebus 3 exterioribus fertilibus, quarta staminodiali v. rarius 
abortiva. Filamenta serierum L, II. saepissime omnino nulla, rarius 
evoluta antheris breviora v. rarissime paullo longiora, tunc glabra v. 
rarius hirsuta; seriei III. si adsunt basi glandulis binis sessilibus aucta. 
Antherae 4-locellatae, semper fere papillosae, locellis in serie unica 
arcuatim juxtapositis, serierum I., II. introrsae v. rarissime locellis in- 
ferioribus extrorsis; ser. III. extrorsae v. subextrorsae, in subgeneris 
Synandrodaphnis floribus 9 solemniter minutae, steriles. Staminodia 
si adsunt stipitiformia v. rarius capitulata. ^ Ovarium globosum v. 
globoso-fusiforme v. ellipsoideum, glabrum v. rarissime pilosum, stylo 
breviore v. rarius longiore; in subgeneris Synandrodaphnis floribus g^ 
sterile, stipitiforme v. saepius omnino abortivum. Bacca globosa v. 
ellipsoidea, cupulae simplieimarginatae, perianthii lobis deciduis integrae 
insidens. Embryonis corculum cotyledonibus inclusum. 
Arbores fruticesve in America tropica, praesertim in Andium 
sertu numerosissima, in Mexico pauca, specie unica Antillana Floridae 
quoque oras incolente, nonnullis per Argentinam et Paraguay dispersis. 
Folia sparsa v. rarissime subopposita, membranacea—rigida, saepissime 
tomentosa v. induta, rarius glabra. Panniculae pyramidatae v. sub- 
c sae v. depauperatae rarius subracemosae, axillares v. pseudotermi- 
nales. Flores pro familiae ritu mazimi, in pedunculorum apice cymost. 
Obs. Genus maximum, Ocoteae proximum, naturaliter tamen mihi distinctum videtur. 
Porostematis Pomatüque sectiones bene quidem a cl. Nees constitutae, nonnullis tamen 
speciebus quasi intermediis conjunguntur. Synandrodaphnis subgenus longe a reliquis 
