457 
Arbor v. frutex ramulis apice minute strigoso-tomentellis, teretibus, gemmis 
ferrugineo-tomentosis, cortice dulci. Folia petiolis usque ad 8 mm longis, levissime 
canaliculatis, sparsa, chartaceo-coriacea, praeter costarum axillas subtus manifeste bar- 
bellatas glabra, praesertim supra vernicoso-pernitida , lanceolata v. elliptico-lanceolata, 
basi acuta, apice acuminata, 50 — 85 mm longa, 20 — 30 mm lata, penninervia, utrinque 
manifeste filiformi-prominulo-costata laxeque -reticulata, costis e nervo medio sub angulo 
50 — 65° prodeuntibus , margine recurvulo. Infloresce ntia brevissima, subpauciflora, 
racemoso-thyrsoidea, pilosa, foliis perlonge superata , pedicellis 0 — 1 mm longis, brac- 
teolis deciduis. Flores hermaphroditi, pilosi, diam. 3 — 4 mm. Perianthii tubus 
brevissimus, apice haud constrictus. Limbi segmenta aequalia, obovato - lanceolata, 
obtusiuscule acuta. Filamenta intus parce pilosa, antheris paullo breviora; seriei III. 
basi glandulis binis globosis, sessilibus aucta. Antherae suborbiculares, apice rotun- 
datae. Staminodia maxima, stipitiformia, apice dilatata, glabra. Ovarium glaber- 
rimum, subovoideum, sensim in stylum crassum , 2-plo breviorem attenuatum, stigmate 
obtuso. Bacca ellipsoidea, + 10 mm longa, 6 mm diam., basi cupulae pateriformi, 
simplicimarginatae , in pedicellum conice attenuatae insidens, ad % — % longitudinis 
exserta. 
Hab. in Antillarum insula Cuba occidentali: Wrighl n. 356 (= 2588), 
1076 (= 2587). 
(V. s. in herb. Boiss.-Barbeg , Candoll., Goetting., Holm., Kew., Petrop.) 
75. Nectandra sanguinea Rottb. spec. collect. Folia nervo medio 
subtus nonnunquam sparse strigoso et costarum axillis saepius barbellatis 
ceterum glaberrima, lanceolata v. elliptica v. obovato-lanceolata v. obovata, 
utrinque acuta v. apice breviter acuminata v. rarissime obtusiuscule acuta, 
utrinque perlaxe prominenti - reticulata. Inflorescentia subcorymboso- 
panniculata, albido-strigosa v. tomentella. Flores hermaphroditi, + tomen- 
telli, diam. 10 mm. Filamenta pilosa, antheras subaequantia v. paullo 
breviora. Ovarium glaberrimum, stylo subduplo breviore. 
Nectandra sanguinea Rottb. in ad. Hafn. 1778, p. 279 et PL Surin. 
n. 10; Nees, Syst. p. 318 et in Pinnaea X XI, p. 508 (exclus. syn. plur.); 
Gns. Fl. Br. W. I. Isl. p. 281 (e. p., cf. N. coriacea ) ; Meissn. in DC. 
Prodr. XV, 1, p. 164 et in Mart. fl. Bros. V, 2, p. 276; Hemsl. 
Biol. III, p. 75. 
Laurus exaltata Sw. Prodr. p. 65 et Fl. Ind. occ. II, p. 702; 
Willd. Sp. pl. II, 1, p. 481 ; Pers. Synops. I, p. 449; Poir. Enc. mSth. 
Suppl. III, p. 319. 
Persea exaltata Sprg. Syst. II, p. 268. 
Oreodaphne exaltata Nees, Syst. p. 406. 
Nectandra exaltata Gris. Fl. Br. W. Ind. Isl. p. 281 (e. p. , nec 
Cat. Cub. p. 111); Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 165. 
Laurus sanguinea Sw. Fl. Ind. occ. II, p. 707. 
Laurus Granadensis Forsyth ap. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, 
p. 164. 
