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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



6. N"otaphcebe Bl. 1 — Flowers nearly of Cinnamomum ; 3 outer 

 perianth-leaves shorter, often minute. Stamens 12 (of Cinnamomum). 

 Berry surrounded by 6-lobed persistent perianth, supported on 

 short spreading receptacle and more or less thickened pedicel. — 

 Trees ; leaves alternate penniveined ; leaf-buds imperfect ; inflores- 

 cences axillary or terminal [Continent and Inlands of India-). 



7. Apollonias Nees. 3 — Flowers of Cinnamomum ; anthers 2-celled. 

 Berry surrounded at base by a hardened scarcely enlarged receptacle 

 and perianth. — Trees; leaves alternate penniveined ; leaf-buds naked; 

 inflorescences axillary and subterminal 4 [Canary Islands, India 6 ). 



8. Hufelandia Nees. 6 — Flowers of Apollonias; receptacle and 

 perianth herbaceous deciduous. Berry succulent, supported on 

 small truncate base of receptacle. — Shrubs ; leaves alternate penni- 

 veined ; inflorescences axillary {Tropical America 7 ). 



9. Nesodaphne Hook, f. 8 — Flowers nearly of Hufelandia ; recep- 

 tacle very short. Calyx wholly deciduous. Stamens 9, fertile ; 

 3 innermost 2-glandular extrorse. Berry (dry ?) naked oblong 

 borne on thickened pedicel. — Evergreen trees ; leaves alternate and 

 opposite, coriaceous penniveined ; flowers in slightly branching 

 axillary and terminal racemes (JYeio Zealand 9 ). 



10. Haasia Bl. 10 — Flowers nearly of Hufelandia or Nesodapline ; 

 outer 3 perianth-leaves smaller, usually dwarfed. Stamens nearly of 

 Apollonia ; fertile 9; anthers 2-celled, subrotund; inner 3 extrorse. 



Ear., iii. 32.— Miq., Fl. Ind.-Bat., i. 913.— 

 H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et Spec, ii. 157. — Meissn., 

 in Mart. Fl. Bras., Laurac., 151, t. 46-55. 



1 Mus. Lugd.-Bat., i. 328. — Meissn., Prodr., 

 58. 



2 Species about 8. Nees, Syst., 115 (Phoebe). 

 —Miq., Fl. Lid. Bat., i. 911 (Phoebe) ; in Zoll. 

 Verz., 113, 115 (Lehaasia). 



3 Syst., 95. — Endl., Gen., n. 2025. — 

 Meissn., Prodr., 64, 506. 



4 A genus coming very near Phcebe in fruit, 

 but differing in its 2-celled antbers. 



5 Species 2. One Indian A. Arnottii Xees 

 (Syst., 670); the other from Madeira and the 

 Canaries, often cultivated in France, namely, 

 A. oanariensis Nees (Syst., 96; — Persea cana- 

 riensis Speeng. ; — Laurus Barbusano Cav. ; — 

 L. reticulata PoiE. j — L. Teneriffce Poie. ; — 



Phoebe Barbusana Webb, Phyt. Canar., ii. 223' 

 t. 203). 



6 Syst., 122, 187.— Endl., Gen., n. 2031.— 

 Meissn., Prodr., 65. — Wimmeria Nees (nee 

 alior., ex Meissn., loc. cit.). 



7 Species 3 or 4. Sw., Prodr., 65; Fl. Ind. Ore, 

 ii. 719 (Laurus). — Nees, Lisp., 23. — Geiseb., 

 Fl. Brit. W. Ind., i. 280; PI. Wright., 188. 



8 Fl. N.-Zeal, 217.— Meissn., Prodr., 66. 



9 Species 2. 1. N. Tarairi Hook. F. (Laurus 

 Tarairi A. Cunn.) ; 2. N. Tawa Hook. f. 

 (Laurus Tana A. Cunn. — L. salicifolia Banks 

 & Soland., nee Sw.) [Bkxth. & F. Muei.l. 

 (Fl. Austr., v. 299) add an Australian species, 

 2V obtusifolia Benth.] 



10 Ex Nees, Syst., 372. — Endl., Gen., n. 

 2032.— Meissn., Prodr., 59, 506.— Lehaasia 

 Nees, Syst., 35 1, 675. 



