— 458 — 
Ocotea globosa Cham. et Schdl. in Linnaea VI, p. 366. 
Laurus globosa Schdl. l. c. 
Persea. sanguinea. Sprg. Syst. IIl, p. 268. 
Persea globosa Sprg. |. c. 
Laurus eyathifera Vahl (e. p.) ap. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 165. 
Ocotea sanguinea Presl, Rostl. II, p. 60. 
Ocotea salicifolia H. B. K. Nov. Gen. II, p. 166; Kunth, Synops. 1, 
p. 458; Sprg. Syst. II, p. 270. 
Nectandra salicifolia Nees, Syst. p. 302, nec alibi. 
Laurus splendens Willd. herb. n. 7788 ap. Nees, Syst. p. 302. 
Laurus pendens (Bonpl.) Willd. herb. n. 7815 ap. Nees, Syst. p. 302. 
? Borbonia globosa Gaertn. Fruct. III, p. 224, t. 222. 
Arbor parva v. frutex (ex Galeotti!, Heller! ramulis novellis albide strigoso- 
tomentellis, mox glabratis atro-brunneis v. cinereis, teretibus v. subteretibus, gemmis 
tomentellis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis usque ad 15 mm longis, canaliculatis, sparsa, 
membranacea v. chartacea, nervo medio subtus nonnunquam sparse strigoso et costarum 
axillis saepius barbellatis ceterum glaberrima, supra vernicoso-pernitida, subtus rufescenti- 
pallida subnitida, quoad formam valde variabilia: lanceolata v. elliptica v. obovato -lan- 
ceolata v. obovata, utrinque acuta v. apice breviter acuminata v. rarissime obtusiuscule 
acuta, + 135 mm longa, 40 mm lata, penninervia, utrinque perlaxe prominenti-reticulata, 
costis in formis lanceolatifoliis adscendentibus, si folia latiora sub angulo 40— 50? pro- 
deuntibus, margine recurvulo. Inflorescentia multi- v. ©-flora, albido-strigosa v. 
tomentella, subcorymboso-panniculata, folia subaequans v. brevior, pedicellis 2—4 mm 
longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores albi v. albo-rosei (ex Galeotti!, Heller!), fragrantes 
(ex Galeotti!), hermaphroditi, + cinereo-tomenteli, 10 mm diam. Perianthii tubus 
nullu. Limbi segmenta lanceolata, apice rotundata. Filamenta pilosa antheras 
subaequantia v. paullo breviora; seriei III. basi glandulis binis magnis, globosis, sessi- 
libus aucta. Antherae depresso-orbiculares, apice truncatae v. emarginatae, super 
locellos exteriores + constrictae. Staminodia conspicua, glabra, apice capitulato- 
incrassata. Ovarium glaberrimum, ellipsoideum v. crasse ellipsoideum, stylo subduplo 
breviore, stigmate capitulato-obtuso. Bacca crasse ellipsoidea, + 12 mm longa, 10 mm 
diam., basi cupulae planiuscule pateriformi, simplicimarginatae, pedicello incrassato im- 
positae insidens, fere tota exserta. 
Hab. in republica Mexicana vulgatissima indeque passim in regiones meridionales pro- 
grediens; in Jamaica ex cl. Jenman in horto botanico culta, num a ceteris qui ibi legerunt 
indigena reperta? Reliquis Antillis deest. Mexico: Berlandier n. 91, Botteri n. 986, 
1081, Bourgeau n. 1960, 1961, 2517, Cuming, Ehrenberg, Galeotti n. 256, 259, 7006, 
7119, 7120, Ghiesbreght n. 28, Haenke, Hahn, Heller n. 162, 186, Humboldt et Bonpland 
n. 3880, Jürgensen n. 951, Karwinski n. 58, 715, Kerber n. 371, Liebmann n. 7, 8, 29, 
30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 50, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, Linden n. 19, 20, Sartorius, 
Schiede n. 57, 205, 208, 1144, Wawra n. 41, 251, 689, 709; Nicaragua: Seemann 
n. 140; Guatemala: Bernoulli et Cario n. 2588, 2589, Forsyth; Guyana gallica: 
Leblond n. 218; Nova Granada: Goudot; Jamaica: Hooker n. 837, Jenman, Wright, 
Wullschlägel n. 992; et loco non indicato: Sieber fl. mixt. n. 384. 
Floret omnem fere per annum, praecipue Martio— Junio. (V. s. in fere omnibus 
herbariis a me perscrutatis.) 
