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In fl. July; in fr. April, July; Silver Hill; Woodcutters Gap, near 

 Newcastle ; Harris I Fl. Jam. 5114, 5267. 



A tree or shrub. Leaves, base wedge-shaped, apex more or less 

 acuminate, 6-16 cm. 1., 2 -5-5 5 cm. br. Flowers small, scarcely 2 mm. 1. 

 Perianth, tube very short ; segments scale-like, roundish. Anthers broadly 

 roundish. Berry 1"4 cm. 1., -8- '9 cm. br. 



4. 0. martinieensis Mez in Jahrh. Bot. Gart. Berl. v. 270 

 (1889); leaves elliptical or oblong-elliptical or obovate^lliptical, 

 nerves and veins slightly prominulous above, prominent beneath, 

 glabrous except usually hairy in the nerve-axils beneath ; 

 inflorescence above more or less tomentellous, shorter than the 

 leaves ; flowers hermaphrodite, tomentellous ; filaments hairy ; 

 berry ellipsoidal ; cupula saucer-shaped, simple-margined, with 

 perianth-segments deciduous, attenuated into the very thick 

 pedicel. 



Wright ! Dancer ! — Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique. 



A very large tree. Leaves, base wedge-shaped, apex acute or very 

 shortly acuminate, 10-19 cm. 1., 5-5-12 cm. br. Flowers 3 mm. 1. 

 Perianth, tube very short ; segments ovate, acute. Anthers broadly sub- 

 rectangular. i^'iZamen^s of the inner ring bi-glandular. JSerri/ 2*5 cm. 1., 

 1 • 4 mm. br. 



5. 0. staminea Mez in Jahrh. Bot. Gart Berl. v. 240 (1889) ; 

 leaves oblong to elliptical, on upper surface nerves impressed or 

 flat and veins obscure or prominulous, beneath nerves promi- 

 nulous and veins prominent ; inflorescence white-puberulous or 

 tomentellous, generally shorter than the leaves ; flowers herma- 

 phrodite, sparingly puberulous ; outer anthers sessile, oblong- 

 elliptical with cells much below apex ; staminodes linear, hairy ; 

 berry oblong-ellipsoidal ; cupule cup-shaped, 2-margined, perianth- 

 segments enlarged and persistent ; pedicel enlarged above to 

 diameter of cupule. — Nectandra staminea Griseh. op. cit. 282 

 (1860). Oreodaphne fragrans Meisn. torn. cit. 127 (1864). 

 Synandrodaphne antillana Meisn. torn. cit. 176 (1864). Persea 

 sp. Benth. in Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. Hi. 158 (1880). 

 P. staminea Fawc. Fl. PL Jam. 33 (1893). 



Lignum dorum. Spice wood. 



In fl. Jan., Feb., June, July, Sept. ; in fr. Jan. ; McNab ; Kew, West- 

 moreland, Purdiel Priori March I Ramble, Claremont, 1700 ft., Fawcett 

 & Harris ! Schwallenburg, St. Ann, 2300 ft. ; Lapland ; Peckham, 

 Clarendon, 2500 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7029, 7169, 7689, 9184, 10,959, 

 11,187. 



A tree 20-40 ft. high. Leaves, base generally wedge-shaped, apex acute 

 or very shortly acuminate, 7-24 cm. 1., 2 -5-8 "5 cm. br. Floivers about 

 9 mm. in diam., white, very fragrant. Perianth, tube none ; segments 

 roundish-elliptical, outer nearly 3 mm. 1., inner 2 mm. 1. Stamens 

 1*5 mm. 1., those of the inner ring dehiscing extrorsely and laterally, 

 with 2 large glands at the base ; staminodes linear, hairy, more than 

 1 mm. 1. jBerri/ oblong-ellipsoidal, mucronate, 2 "5-2 "7 cm. 1., about 1 cm. 

 br. ; cupule cup-shaped, formed of the enlarged base of the perianth, with 



