169 
Obs. Divo nostro Chamissoni, sagacissirao et acuratissimo rerum naturalium 
perito, poetae e reliquis suavi, die quo monuraentum Berolinense ad lucem prodiit, pie 
dedicata species. 
38. Persea Lingue Nees. Folia petiolata, adulta supra glabra v. 
subglabra, subtus cinerea et insuper + ferrugineo-pilosa, ovata v. elliptica, 
basi + acuta, apice acuta v. brevissime obsoleteque acuminata. In- 
florescentia subpauciflora , tomentosa v. villosa, longe pedunculata, sub- 
corymbosa, foliis brevior. Limbi segraenta exteriora interioribus 2|-plo 
breviora. Androeceum seriebus 3 fertilibus. Filamenta pilosa, antheris 
tertia parte longiora; ser. III. glandulas in | altitudinis gerentia. An- 
therae 4-locellatae, apice obtusae. Ovarium glaberrimum stylo sub- 
aequilongo. 
Persea Lingue Nees, Syst. p. 157 et in Linnaea XXI, p. 491; 
Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 48. 
Persea Ligi Nees ap. Meissn. I. c. 
Laurus Linge Ruiz ap. Meissn. I. c. 
Laurus Lingue R. et P. Flor. Per. IV, t. 358, Laurogr. t. 1, f. b. 
Laurus Lige Domb. ap. Nees, l. c. 
Laurus Linguy Miers, Cruiksh. ap. Ilook. Mise. II; Bertero in 
Merc. Chil. 1829, Jim. p. 686. 
Laurus Lingi herb. Am. ap. Nees, Syst. p. 674. 
Laurus palustris Poepp. ap. Nees l. c. 
Lingue, Lige, Line, Litcki. 
Arbor 10 — 30 in alta (ex Bridges!, Philipp! !, aliis) ramulis ferrugineo-tomentosis, 
subteretibus, gemmis subvillosis, cortice subaromatico. Folia petiolis usque ad 15 mm 
longis, leviter canaliculatis, sparsa, coriacea v. rigide coriacea, supra juniora ferrugineo- 
tomentella, adulta glabra v. subglabra nitida, subtus cinerea et insuper + ferrugineo- 
pilosa v. tomentosa, ovata v. elliptica, basi + acuta v. obtusiusculc acuta, apice acuta 
v. brevissime obsoleteque obtusiuscule acuminata, 65 — 105 mm longa, 36 — 50 mm lata, 
penninervia, supra immerse costata minuteque foveolata, subtus promi nulo-costata reticu- 
lataque, costis e nervo medio sub angulo 45 — 55° prodeuntibus, marginc minute recurvo. 
Inflorescentia subpauciflora, ferrugineo-tomentosa v. subvillosa, corymboso-panniculata, 
foliis multo brevior, pedicellis 2 — 6 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores ferrugineo- 
tomentosi, 5 — 6 mm longi. Limbi segmenta exteriora interioribus angustc ellipticis, 
acutis 2 '/ 2 -plo breviora. Androeceum seriebus 3 fertilibus. Filamenta antheris 
V 3 -plo longiora, flaccide pilosa; ser. III. glandulis binis globosis, sessilibus, in ’/s altitu- 
dinis ortis aucta. Antherae 4-locellatae, subrcctangulo-ovatae , margine non con- 
strictae, apice obtusae v. minute emarginatae; ser. III. lateraliter dehiscentes. Stami- 
nodia magna, cordato-sagittata, apice glabriuscula, filamento longiore, margine longe 
fimbriato-piloso stipitata. Ovarium glaberrimum, subglobosum, stylo subaequilongo, 
stigmate discoideo. Bacca ovoidea, 12 mm longa, 9 mm diam., basi perianthii lobis 
insidens, apice stylo mucronata. 
