280 LAURINE^. 



3. PEKSEA, G. 



Cali/x e-partite, at length wholly deciduous. Fertile stamens 9 (-12) : authers 4-celled. 

 Beny naked, supported by the thickened pedicel. — Trees; leaves alternate, arch-nerved ; 

 flower-fascicles panieulate. 



3. P. ^atissima, 6. Branchlets and panicles pubescent ; leaves elliptical-oblong or 

 elliptical, glahrate and pale heneath : primary veins 5-6-jugal, prominent heneath ; pedicels 



(f^ shorter than the flower ; calyx-segments nearly eqnal; berry large, obovate. — SI. t. 222./. 

 ' 3 ; Tuss. Ft. S.t.3; Dese. Ft. 8. t. 579.— Lauras Persea, i.— Leaves 4"-7", calyx %'", 

 berry 5"'-6"' long. — Hab. Jamaica 1, i'a)., Al., Sist., naturalized, common; Antigua!, S. 

 Vincent ! ; Trinidad Ij Siei. Trin. 69 j [Mexico I to Peru ! and Brazil ; naturalized in Ma- 

 deira 1] . 



4. P. alpigena, Spreng. Branchlets and racemes pubescent ; leaves elliptical, puberu- 

 lous and pale beneath : primary veiijs 4-5-jngal, alternate, prominent beneath ; flowers in 

 simple or once compound, peduncled racemes ; cahjx tomentose : 3 exterior segments mi- 

 nute, roundish, thrice shorter than the inner ones ; berry . . . . — Lauras, Sw. — Alhed to P. 

 pyrifolia, Ns., but fruit unknown. A middle-sized tree ; leaves 4"-2", inner calyx-segments • 

 3'" long.— Hab. Jamaica I, Sw., Maqf., in the high mountains. 



4. HUFELANDTA, Ns. 



Calyx 6-fid, wholly deciduous. Fertile stamens 9 : anthers 3-celled. Berry naked, sup- 

 poi-ted by the disc. — Trees; leaves alternate, arch-nerved ; flower-fascicles ^a»«c«^a<e. 



5. H. pendula, Ws. Branchlets and panicles slightly puberalous or glahrescent ; leaves 

 elliptical or elliptical-oblong, with a bluntish point, glabrous, glaucous beneath : primary 

 veins prominulous beneath, distant ; panicle lax : fascicles distant ; calyx long-pedicellate, 

 glabrescent, villous within ; herry oval-oblong, cernuous : disc minute. — Laurus, Bw. I — 

 15'-20'high; leaves 5"-3", pedicels 3'", calyx 1'", berry 10"'-1 2'" long; interior fertUe 

 stamens biglandulose, sterile 3 ; berry rounded at both ends, 6"',.diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Sm., March, in mountain woods ; [Cuba 1]. ■ 



5. ACRODICLIDIUM, Ns. 



Calyx 6-fid or 6-dentate : limb deciduous. Fertile stamens 3, contiguous : anthers 2- 

 celled, subsessile, bursting with 2 terminal valves. Berry supported hy a truncate, margined 

 cupule. — Trees ; leaves alternate, archnerved ; flower-fascicles paniculate. 



6. A. jamaicense, iVi. / Glabrous (or glabrate at the summit); leaves lanceolate- 

 oblong or elliptical-oblong, shining, reticulated-veiny beneath ; flower-fascicles umbelliform : 

 pedicels purpurascent, as long as the turbinate 6-fld calyx ; 6 exterior stamens wanting ; 

 berry ovoid, scarcely twice as long as the rugulose cupule. — -Laurus triandra, Ste. I L. par- 

 viflora, Fmpp. Cub. I [non Phoebe cubensis, Ns.). — 30' high ; leaves 3"-4", calyx 1'", fruit 

 6"'-8''' long ; flowers white, at length purple ; disc filling up the calyx-tube, pubescent, 

 bearing 6 exterior glands, but no interior or exterior sterile stamens ; cupule at length 6'" 

 diam. : exterior margin exceeded by the appressed, interior one, which is formed by the 

 disc ; herry dry, at first pointed, sabglohose, at length rounded at the top, but often the 

 fruit remains small, and included within the cupule. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., Macf., Wils., 

 HTNab, Al., Wils., March, in mountain woods. 



7. A. sericeum, Gr. {n.sp.). Branchlets and panicles sericeous; leaves lanceo- 

 late, pointleted-acuminate, tapering at the base, sericeous with scattered hairs, at length 

 glabrate above : veins delicate, reticulated ; pedicels as long as the 6-dentate, globose, sei-i- 

 ceous calyx ; 6 exterior stamens roundish, sterile, devoid of valves ; ben-y . . . . — Leaves 

 3"-4" long, 10"'-14"' broad ; petiole 3"'-4"' long ; panicles racemiform, spreading, exceeded 

 by the leaves ; calyx 1'" diam., filled up with sericeous bristles between the stamens ; 3 fertile 

 stamens with short filaments : anthers globose) with 2 minute, terminal valves ; ovary ta- 

 pering into the style : stigma minute. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. 



8. A. salicifolium, (Tr. Branchlets rusty-pubescent ; leaves xi^i, lanceolate, or oh- 



