BARTLETT. — AMERICAN SPECIES OF LITSEA. 599 
florum lateralium aliquanto breviores. Perianthium tubo brevi, seg- 
mentis ovatis obtusis 3.2 mm. longis. Stamina 9, filamentis glabris 
antheris aequilongis vel eis paulo brevioribus, tribus interioribus big- 
landuliferis, glandulis majusculis convolutis. Antherae subrectangu- 
la pra mediam paulo angustatae, apice ginatae, loculis omnibus 
introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium abortivum. ores Q quam mas- 
culi multo parviores. Perianthii tubus brevis ; segmenta ovata obtusa 
2.2 mm. longa. Staminodia 9, interiora 3 glandulifera, glandulis eis 
florum @ similibus. Stylus 1.2 mm. longus. Stigma discoideum sub- 
reniforme. Fructus ignotus. — On limestone ledges in the Sierra Madre 
above Monterey, State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, alt. 850 m., 8 March, 
1906, Pringle, no. 10,238 (type, in hb. Gray). 
4. LirsEA G@Laucescens HBK. The following specimens, all from 
the State of Vera Cruz, are in the Gray Herbarium: Orizaba, Botteri, 
nos. 7 & 549 (error for 945%); Orizaba, 10 April, 1867, Bilimek, no. 
359; hills near Jalapa, 16 April, 1899, Pringle, no. 8156. Since the 
Pringle specimen shows a strong habital resemblance to Litsea guatem- 
alensis Mez, it may represent the Litsea glaucescens var. major (Meissn.) 
Hemsl., from which Mez segregated his species. 
ar. SUBSOLITARIA (Meissn.) Hemsl. — Mexico, 1848~'49, Gregg, no. 
639. Leaves much more glaucous beneath than in the typical form. 
None of the inflorescences arranged in axillary corymbs. : 
5. LItszA GUATEMALENSIS Mez.— Mexico. Chiapas: “ Bergwald 
zwischen Huitztan und Oxchue,” 11 March, 1896, Caec. & Ed. Seler. 
GuaremaLa. Department of Quiché: San Miguel Uspantan, alt. 2440 
m., Heyde & Lux. Department of Zacatepequez: San Rafael, alt. 1980 
m., John Donnell Smith, no. 1276. 
6. Lirsza Nexstana (Schauer) Hemsl. Nothing has been seen 
which answers to the description of this species. The plant cited by 
Mr. John Donnell Smith as Litsea Neesiana in his Enumeratio Plant- 
arum Guatemalensium is Litsea guatemalensis. 
7. Lirsza Ortzapaz (Mart. & Gal.) Mez.—State of Vera Cruz: 
This shrub has 
