LAUBINE^. 279 



fundibular, at length campannlate : lobes bluntiah, recurved ; lerry ellipsoidal, pointed, much 

 longer than the very short pedicel. — D. tinifolia, Meirn., a. — Habit of the preceding ; leaves 

 usually narrower ; peduncles several times dichotomoua ; S calyx-tube 2"'-3"', $ 2"'-l 4'", 

 beriy 3'", its pedicel scarcely 1'" long, and nearly equalling the spreading involncel. — Hab. 

 Antigua !, Wullschl., Dominica!, Imr., S. Vincent !, GhiiM. 



3. LAGBTTA, Jms. 



Calyx campannlate, fleshy, 4-dentate. Anthers 8, subsessile. Hypogynous scales 0. 

 Ovary hirsute, tapering into a short terminal style: stigma truncate. Pericarp " Ay:\VQ&- 

 ceous." — A tree: liber formed of interlaced fibres ; leaves alternate ; flowers white, in lax, 

 ebracteaie spikes. 



5. Ii. liutearia, Lam.— SI. t. 168./. 1-3 ; Hook. Journ. %.t.i; Bot. Mag. t. 4502. 

 — Daphne Lagetta, Sio. — 25'-30' high, glabrous ; leaves broad-ovate, pointed, shortly pe- 

 tioled, evergreen, 3"-5"long; calyx 4"'-5"' long.^HAB. Jamaica !, Pd., Wils., in the south- 

 western districts of Vere, Clarendon, Manchester, and S. Elizabeth, on limestone rocks, often 

 in almost inaccessible places ; [Haiti]. 



LXXV. LAUEINE^. 



Flowers apetalous. Calyx-divisions 6 (-4), imbricative. Stamens definite, perigyuous : 

 anthers dehiscent by valves. Ovary superior, simple : ovule 1, pendulous : style simple! 

 Sbed exalbuminous. Embryo straight ; radicle superior. — Leaves exstipulate, quite entire. 



All organs abound in essential oils. The Cinnamon {Oinnamomwn) and China-Camphor 

 {Camphora) are the produce of Asiatic Lawrinem, naturalized in America. The fruit of 

 the Avocado Pear {Persea gratissima) is much eaten. The embryo of Laurinets is rich 

 in fixed oil. Many are timber-trees, e.g. Nectandra exaltata and sanguinea, Jcrodiclidium 

 jamaicense, Oreodaphne coriacea. 



All the West Indian Laurineae belong to those genera in Which the three interior anthers 

 are extrorse, and the six exterior introrse. 



1*. CINNAMOMUM, Bl. 



Calyx 6-partite : limb at length deciduous above the base of the segments. Fertile sta- 

 mens 9 : anthers 4-ceUed. Berry supported by a 6-fid or subtruucate, hardened cupule. — 

 Trees ; leaves S-triplinerved, nearly opposite ; flower-fascicles paniculate. 



1*. C. zeylanicnm, Bl. Branches subtetragonal, glabrous ; leaves ovate or oblong : 

 3 nerves prominulous on the nearly veinless, glaucous under-side ; calyx sericeous, circum- 

 seissile at the middle; berry ovoid-oblong.— -Jaej'. Amer. Pict. t. 117. — ^Laurus Cinna- 

 momum, L. L. Cassia, L. .- the oblong-leaved form. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica I, Al. 

 and the Caribbean Islands ! ; [introduced team the East Indies]. 



2. PH(EBE, Ns. 



Calyx 6-pi»rtite, wholly persistent. Fertile stamens 9 : anthers 4-eelled. Berry sup- 

 ported by a 6-fid, hardened cupule. — ^Trees; leaves alternate, archnerved ; flower-fascicles 



2. v. montaua, Gr. Branchlets and panicles pubescent ; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, puberulous (or glabrate) beneath : primary veins prominulous beneath, the lowest pair 

 opposite ; pedicels as long as the flower; sterile stamens 3, oblong ; berry ellipsoidal-oblong, 

 blunt, much longer than the spreading cupule. — Laurus, Sw. I Cinnamomum, Ns. — Allied 

 to P. cinnamomifolia, Ns., and equally variable in the leaves. A large tree ; leaves bluntish 

 or'bluntly acuminate, about 3" long : opposite vein-pair valid, 2"'-3"'^ distant from the base; 

 calyx 1'" long ; anthers oblong, as long as the filament : interior 3 filaments biglaudular at 

 the base, as long as the sterile, puberulous stamens ; berry 6'" long, 3'" broad : cupule flat, 

 l"'high, tapering into the turbinate pedicel. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw,, Macf., Al., March, in 

 fldountain woods ; [Cuba!]. 



