Ocotea 



LAURACEiE 



211 



1. 0. leueoxylon 3Iez in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berl. v. 329 

 (1889) ; leaves oblong-elliptical to oblong-lanceolate, on upper 

 surface nerves flat and veins impressed, beneath nerves and 

 veins prominulous ; inflorescence more or less rusty-puberulous, 

 shorter than or subequal to leaves ; flowers dioecious, with or 

 without tomentum ; filaments glabrous ; staminodes very small 

 or abortive ; berry globose ; cupule saucer-shaped, simple- 

 margined, with perianth-segments deciduous, 5-7 mm. in diam., 

 pedicel somewhat thickened ; cupule and pedicel generally 



Fig. 87. — Ocotea lexteoxylon Mez. 



A, Portion of flowering branch X §. D, Alternate perianth-segment with an 



B, Flower x 6. « outer stamen (starainode wanting) 



C, Perianth-segment with an outer and an x 5. 



inner stamen X 6. E, Fruit X j. 



covered with white warts. — Laurus foliis venosis &c. Browne Hist. 

 Jam. 214? Laurus leueoxylon Sw. Prodr. 65 (1788) & Fl. Ind. 

 Occ. 711. L. parviflora Sio. Fl. Ind. Occ. 717(1 800). L. exaltata 

 var. lancifolia Poir. Encyc. Suppl. in. 319 (1813). Oreo- 

 daphne leueoxylon Nees Syst. 413 (1836) ; Griseb. Fl. Br. 

 W. Ind. 283 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xv.pt. 1, 121. O. parviflora 

 Nees Syst. 415 (1836); Meisn. loc. cit. ; Griseb. loc. cit. 

 (Fig. 87.) 



White-wood, Loblolly Sweet-wood. 



In fl. April, July-Sept, ; in fr. Aug.-May ; Wright 1 Swartz I Bancroft I 

 Macfadyen ! Wilson I Prior ! March ! J.P. 718 Morris ! Whitfield Hall 



P 2 



