Nectandra LA.URACE.« 215 



Leaves with nerves prominent beneath, otherwise 

 nerves and veins flat or impressed. Filaments 

 wanting or glabrous. 



Flowers 8-10 mm. in diam. Anthers sessile 1. N. antillana. 



Flowers 4-5 mm. in diam. Filaments glabrous . . . 2. N. membranacea. 

 Leaves with nerves and veins prominent on both 

 sides. Filaments hairy. 

 Flowers 4-5 mm. in diam. Filaments of outer ring 



about half as long as anthers 3. N. patens. 



Flowers 6 mm. in diam. Filaments subequalling 



anthers 4. N. martinicensis. 



Flowers 10-12 mm. in diam. Filaments subequalling 



anthers. 



Leaves membranous or chartaceous, axils of 



nerves beneath generally hairy. Inflorescence 



white-strigose-tomentellous, subequalling the 



leaves or shorter 5. N. sanguinea. 



Leaves leathery, glabrous. Inflorescence glabre- 



scent, evidently shorter than the leaves 6. N. coriacea. 



1. N. antillana Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. I, 153 (18b4); 

 leaves, on upper surface nerves flat, beneath prominent, veins 

 impressed above and flat beneath ; inflorescence very sparingly 

 puberulous or subglabrous ; flowers 8-10 mm. in diam. ; anthers 

 sessile ; berry globose. — Mez in Jahrh. Bot. Gart. Berl. v. 425 ; 

 Urh. Symb. Ant. iv. 248. N. leucantha Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 

 282 (1860) (excl. syn. Miq. & var.) (non Nees). Laurus folio 

 longiore &c. Shane Cat. 136 & Hist. it. 21, t. 165. L. foliis 

 oblongo-ovatis &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 213. (Fig. 88.) 



Shingle-wood, White-wood, Long-leaved Sweet-wood. 



In fl. Jan., Apr., May; in fr. May, Sept.; common up to 3000 ft.; 

 Red Hills, Rio Cobre, Sloane Herb. v. 72 ! Wright 1 Dancer ! Macfadyen ! 

 Distin ! Hartwcg ! Woods above Spanish Town, Purdie I also Lane ! 

 Hewardl Wilson \ Wullschlaegel ; Moneague, Priori March I J.P. 723 

 Morris ! Claverty Cottage, Blue Mts., J.P. 1448, Hart I near Castleton ; 

 near Port Morant ; Falls River, Blue Mts.; Content Road, 2000 ft.; 

 Hams 1 Ramble, Claremont, 1700 ft., Fawcett d Harris ! Fl. Jam. 512G, 

 6195, 5198, 5346, 5813, 7027a; near Moneague, Britton, 2653!— Cuba, 

 Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Guadeloupe, Martinique. 



Tree 20-40 ft. high. Leaves 7-20 cm. 1., 2-7 cm. br., glabrous or some- 

 times slightly puberulous on midrib, oblong, oblong-elliptical, oblong- 

 lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, apex acuminate, attenuated to base. 

 Flowers whitish. Perianth-9,egments roundish-obovate, tomentellous on 

 both sides, 4*5 mm. 1., 3*5-4 mm. br. Berry blue-black, 7-9 mm. in diam. ; 

 cupule red, saucer-shaped, 7-8 mm. in diam. ; pedicel slightly thickened. 



When well grown, this tree attains a diameter of 3 ft. ; it splits and 

 saws freely and is therefore used for shingles, staves and boards; the 

 wood is not, however, very durable in exposed situations. 



2. N. membranaeea Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 282 (I860) ; 

 leaves, upper surface smooth with nerves impressed or flat, 

 beneath nerves prominent, veins flat ; inflorescence tomentellous 

 or glabrous ; flowers 4-5 mm. in diam. ; anthers subsessile, with 

 glabrous filaments; berry globose. — Meisn. torn. cit. 161; Mez 



