BARTLETT. — AMERICAN SPECIES OF LITSEA. 597 
III. A SYNOPSIS OF THE AMERICAN SPECIES OF LITSEA. 
By Haruey Harris Bartuert. 
The following synopsis of the American species of Litsea includes the 
SIX species recognized by Mez? in 1889, together with five heretofore 
undescribed species from Mexico and Central America. No attempt 
has been made to cite full synonymy, nor, with one exception, to re- 
describe species recognized by Mez, hence this paper may be considered 
as supplementary to his treatment of the genus. 
For the loan of valuable Central American material, without which 
the new species from Costa Rica must have remained undeseri am 
indebted to Captain John Donnell Smith. Except for the specimens 
from his herbarium, the easiccatae cited are all at the Gray Herbarium. 
Pome Uentitn ee ee eee 
Folia persistentia. 
Inflorescentiae oie aad corymbosae, rarius paniculatae. 
Folia subtus 
Folia basi Susi vel subcordata 
Pedicelli quam flores multo longiores; inflorescentiae fere omnes in 
paniculam terminalem dispositae ..... . 2. L. pedicellata. 
Pedicelli quam flores breviores; inflorescentiae non modo terminales 
orymbosae. 3. L. Pringlei. 
iam in axillis foliorum mediis c 
4. L. glaucescens. 
L. guatemalensis, 
tosa. 6. L. Neesiana, 
naam oe vel fasciculatae. 
Folia basi acu ; 
Folia a ies albeacentia, molliter tomentosa. ... 7. L. Orizabae. 
olia glabra 
Folia plus quam 2 cm. lata. 
Folia subtus glauca . (4) L. glaucescens var. subsol 
Folia haud gisucai 4 4.4 50k 6 456 ee 3 8. L. flavescens. 
axima 1.5 ¢ evecare ce RE RS OL ae 9. L. Schaffneri. 
Folia basi subcordata vel rotundata. 
Folia orbiculari-ovata, apice HORA. bo a ee 10. L. abt ¥ 
Folia ovato-lanceolata, apice acuta. .....- 11. L. novoleont 
* Carl M ricanae monographice descriptae. Jahrbuch 
Museums zu 
Lauraceae 
des kongichen eae "aitens und des ssoteacaenceeas 
Berlin. d V, 1889. 
