BSa LAURINE^. 



ened, clavate pedicel ; berry . . . . — Lauras, &. / {non. Phoebe, Ns.). L. latifolia, Eh. Bis. 

 —A middle-sized tree ; leaves variable, 6"-3" long, 3"-l J" broad, shortly tapering into the 

 petiole ; calyx 2"' diam., greenish-white ; cupule 1'" high, 2'" diam. : clavate pedicel 4'" 

 iong.-T-HAB. Jamaica !, Sw., Macf., Pd., M'Nab, Al., in mountain woods. 



** Leaves mostly polished above ; primary vems costate, distant, prominent beneath and 

 forming lengthened arches, secondairy transverse. 



13. W. membranacea, Gr. Branchlets purple, pnberulous, glahrate ; leaves charta- 

 ceous, ovate-oblong or elliptical, shortly acuminate, glatrom, shining, polished above : pri- 

 mary veins 4-6 on each side of the midrib, impressed above, prominent beneath, secondary 

 delicate ; panicles axillary, exceeded by the leaves, pubernlous ; calyx-segments ovate, blunt; 

 anthers equal, sessile, roundish, interior biglandular : sterile stamens . . . , berry . . . . — Lauras, 

 Sw.! {non Phoebe, iVJ.).— A high tree; leaves 6"-4," long, a"-l|" broad ; calyx 2'" diam., 

 white. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., in high mountains, [Haiti]. 



14. W. leucantha, Ns. I Branchlets purple, glabrate ; leaves subcoriaceous, lanceolate- 

 oblong, oblong or ovate-oblong, acuminate (rarely blunt), early glabrous, polished, and 

 usually opaque above : primary veins rasty-coloured, 8-5 on eafib side of the midrib, often 

 impressed above, prominent beneath, secondjary, delicate ; panicles corymbiform, divaricate- 

 spreading, pubernlous : pedicels as loiig as the flower ; caiyx-segments oval, subtomentose 

 inside ; anthers roundish, equal, subsesaile, 3 interior with a biglandular filament : sterile 

 stamens obconical, eglaudular ; mtpule short, scutellate, spreading from the globose berry, 

 thrice exceeded by it. — SI. t. 165. Miq. Surin. t. 59 A. 60. — Lauras Borbonia, Sw. Fl. p. 

 714. N. pallida, Miq.! {non Ns.). N. ¥'m, Miq. — A middle-sized tree; leaves often 

 rusty, 9"-4" long, 3"-l" broad; calyx whitish; anthers thidcish; cupule distinct from the 

 thickish pedicel, li"'-2"' high, at length nearly flat, 4'" diam. ; ben-y exactly globose, p'" 

 diam., dark-blue. 



o. Calyx 4'" diam. ; leaf-ribs 8-6 (-5). 



p. Bodiaei, Schomb. ! Calyx 2"'-3"' diam. ; leaf-ribs 5- {6).— Miq. I. c. t. 58.— The 

 fruit of iS is still unknown. 



Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common in the lower hills (a) ; Dominica !, Imr. (3) ; Trini- 

 dad I, Cr. {0) ; [Haiti to Guiana !, Brazil!]. 



15. Iff. discolor, Ns. Branchlets and panicles rusty-tomentose ; leaves subcoriace- 

 ous, large, oblong, acuminate, glabrescent and polished above, rusty-pubescent chiefly on the 

 ribs beneath : primary veins 9-10 on each side of the midrib, impressed above, strongly 

 prominent beneath, secondary less prominulous, transverse ; calyx-segments ovate-oblong, 

 blunt ; anthers subsessile, equal, 6 exterior roundish, 3 interior obovate : " sterile stamens 

 ovate-lanceolate:" cupule globose-urceolate, sp^reasei : berry (immature) globose, included. 

 — Ocotea, Kth. — Habit of N. villosa, Ns. I, but ribs less numerous. Leaves rusty-coloured, 

 10"-6" long, 3"-3" (-14") broad; calyx 4'", cupule ' 5'" diam.— Hab. Dominica !, /mr. ; 

 [New Granada]. 



16. W. mollis, Ns. Branchlets and panicles rusty-tomentose ; leaves coriaceous, el- 

 liptical-oblong or elliptical, pointed, glabrate and shining above, rusty-pubescent beneath : 

 primary veins 9-12 on each side of the midrib, strongly prominent beneath, secondary 



U' arcuate-transverse, tertiary networh slightly prominulous on both sides ; calyx-segments 

 ovate-roundish I anthers roundish, 6 exterior with a short, 3 interior with a biglandular 

 filament : sterile stamens obsolete ; cupule . . . . — Ocotea, Kth. — Allied to the preceding and 

 to N. rigida, Ns., from both of which it differs by the minute network of the veins pro- 

 minulous above. Leaves rusty, 7"-5" long, 3"-l" broad ; calyx 2"' diam., pubescent.— Hab. 

 Trinidad I, Cr.; [Mexico to Brazil]. 



Sect. 2. Macbandea. — Anthers ovate-oblong, much exceeding the calyx-tube ; cells of the 

 6 exteritir in superimposed pairs. 



17. N. staminea. Or. {n. sp). Branchlets grey, glabrescent; leaves subcoriaceous, 

 oblong, bluntish, glabrous, reticulated-veiny : network angular, prominulous on both sides, 

 stronger beneath ; panicles pubernlous, lax, spreading, pednncled, infraterminal : pedicels 

 shorter than the flower ; calyx-segments ovate-oblong, bluut, pubernlous, Juilf as long again 

 as the stamens ; anthers sessile, equal, pubernlous, 3 interior biglandular : 3 interior sterile 



