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Distribution, comnon nai.ies and aaea 



Lindackeria laurina extends Hxcia southern L^exico through 

 Central america into the mountains of Colombia and Venezuela 

 It seems to occur most frequently along the southern slopes 

 of Costa iiica and i'ansma; in the former country it is 

 called dgro , a name taken from the t^rraba u-rro or hu-gr6, 

 meaning house-post; in Ghiriqal, the v/estern province of 

 Panama, it is kncv/n as oarbonero , and said to give a very 

 fine charcoal. In both cinintries Lindackeria laurina is" 

 considered an excellent timber, but little used on account 

 of it seldom attaining the required dimensions. 



T he Lia ny-i?' lowered Hasselti a 

 Hasseltia floribunda il.B.i:. iiov, (Jen. & Sp. 7:23£, t.651. 



1825 . 



D escription of the tree 



Sometimes a mere shrub, or a tree 6 to 10 meters high, 

 the bark smooth and grayish on the trunk, brownish puriJle 

 on the branchlets, the crown irregular. Leaves(alt63rnate, 

 submembranous, glabrous, 3-nerved, the ijetic-les 1,5 to 3.5 

 cm. long, slender, 'ohe blades ovate, acuminate, 7,5 to 16. 

 cm. long, 3.5 to 7.5 cm. oroad, remotely serrate. Inflo- 

 rescence terminal, cymose, x^seudo-urabellate, the rachis 

 vvhite and pubescent, flowers 'white, pedicels 2 to 4 mm. 

 loi:ig'; sepals 4, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, about 

 3 ijiin. long, pubescent, x-crsistent; petals -i, cbcvate, ^ju- 

 besceiit, a little longer than the sepals, the /margin irre- 

 gular (einaate) at the a^-ex; stamens numerous, the filaments 

 reflected, s^tarsely villous; ovary globose, hairy, 2-celled, 

 the ovules numerous; style short, persistent. I'ruit small, 

 black, hairy, 2 seeded.) 



