460 
Nectandra Bredemeyeriana Nees, in JAnnaea XXI, p. 505. 
Nectandra Willdenoviana Nees, Syst. p. 321 (nee 290); Meissn. 
in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 165. 
Nectandra sanguinea Gris. (nec liottb.) Fl. Br. W. Ind. Isl. 
p. 281. 
Laurus cyathifera Vahl ap. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1. 
p. 165 (e. }?.). 
Laurus Catesbyana Mich. Fl. Am. bar. I, p. 244; Pursh, Fl. 
Am. sept. 1, p. 275; Sprg. S. Veg. II, p. 265; Poir. Enc. mkth. 
Suppl. III, p. 321. 
Laurus Catesbaei Pers. Synops. I, p. 449; Nutt. Gen. Am. I, 
p. 258. 
Gymnobalanus Catesbyana Nees, Syst. p. 483. 
Per sea Catesbyana Chapm. Fl. South. Un. St. ed. 2 (1887) p. 393. 
Laurus nervosa Pav. ap. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 165. 
Laurus Carolinensis Mayc. Barbados p. 162. 
Nectandra Cigna A. Rieh, in Ramon de la Sagra, Cuba XI, 
p. 187. 
Laurus aestivalis MM. Dict. n. 8; Wiüd. Sp. pl. II, 1, p. 484. 
Laurus Barhonia a. Lam. Enc. meth. III, p. 450 (ßde Nees). 
Laurus Borbonia hb. Banks ap. Gris. fl. Br. W. Ind. Isl. p. 281 
(fide Gris.). 
Laurus exaltata Willd. herb. n. 7782 ap. Nees, Syst. p. 413. 
Camus foliis salicis etc. Catesb. Carol. II, p. 28, t. 28. 
Laurus baccis etc. Clayt. Virg. No. 485 (ap. Gronov. p. 63.) 
Sweetwood Jamaicensibus (ex WullschlägeU), Cigua Cubensibus 
(ex Ramon!), Avispillo et Canela Portoricensibus (ex Sintenis!, 
Pavon!). 
Arbuscula v. arbor usque ad 10 m alta (ex Eggers!, Jacquemont!, Sintenis!, 
aliis) ramulis novellis subglabris v. + tomentellis, adultis cinereis, teretibus, gemmis 
tomentellis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis usque ad 15 mm longis, canaliculatis, 
sparsa, coriacea, glaberrima, supra pernitida, subtus pallidiora subopaca, elliptica 
v. ovato-elliptica, basi acuta v. breviter acuta, apice acuminata, + 110 mm longa, 
45 mm lata, penninervia, utrinquo manifeste prominulo-costata laxeque prominulo- 
reticulata, costis e nervo medio sub angulo 40 — 50° prodeuntibus, margine recurvulo. 
Inflorescentia multiflora v. submultiflora, breviter effuse subsquarroseque panni- 
culata, glabra, foliis manifeste brevior, pedicellis 3 — 8 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. 
Flores albi antheris luteis, pedicellis roseis (ex Sintenis!, Eggers!, Linden!, Poeppig!, 
aliis), Jasminum fortiter redolentcs (ex Jacquemont!), liermaphroditi , 10 — 12 mm 
diam. Perianthii tubus nullus. Limbi segmenta lanceolato-ovalia, obtusius- 
cula. Filamenta pilosa, antheris paullo breviora; ser. III. basi glandulis binis 
magnis, globosis, sessilibus aucta. Anthorae depresso-orbiculares , super locellos 
exteriores haud v. minute constrictae, apice minute obtusae. Staminodia conspicua, 
glabra, apice globoso-incrassata. Ovarium glaberrimum, globoso-ovoideum, stylo 
