Flora of Dominica, Part 2 - Smithsonian Institution Libraries

NUMBER 77 LAURACEAE 125
Reserve (Stehle 6102), Freshwater Lake (Ernst 1773, 21 77,
Stern & Wasshausen 2575), Magua (Taylor s.n.), Pegoua River
(Stehle 7176).
Beilschmiedia Nees
Flowers bisexual; stamens 9, bilocular; inner staminodia
present; fruit without cupule.
Beilschmiedia pendula
Beilschmiedia pendula (Swartz) Hemsley, 1887, 3:7O.-Kostermans,
1938:843.-Little & Wadsworth, 1964:110, pl. 42.
Lam pendda Swam, 178865.
Hufelandia pendula (Swam) Nees, 1833a:22.
Laurier madame.
Tree to 20 m; leaves glabrous, broadly elliptic to k obovate,
to 18 cm x 8 cm; inflorescence and flowers pubescent;
filaments pilose; drupe ellipsoid, to 3 cm long.
West Indies; in Dominica in rainforests at 650 m: Laudat
(Hodge 1958), Sylvania (Beard 636,1454).
Endlicheria Nees, nom. cons.
Flowers unisexual; stamens 9, bilocular, staminodes absent;
fruit with accrescent cupule.
Endlicheria sericea
Endlicheria sericea Nees, 1833b:38.-Kostemans, 1937545.
Aydendron sericewn (Nees) Grisebach, 1860:284.
Bois marble, laurier bord de mer, marbuy, laurier caca,
laurier p&6.
Tree to 15 m or more; leaves elliptic or elliptic-ovate, the
blades to 3.2 cm x 11.5 cm, glabrous above, short-sericeous
below, the hairs giving a silky appearance to the leaves;
inflorescences and flowers yellow, short-sericeous.
Lesser Antilles and northern South America; in Dominica
frequent in rainforest from 150-750 m: Carholm (Ernst 1950),
Castle Bruce (Beard 628), Laudat (Eggers 403), Magua (Stehle
6339, Morne Anglais (Hodge 2252), Morne Colla Anglais
(Hodge 400), South Chiltem (Err? 1869, Sylvania (Hodge
1123, 1317, 3843), Syndicate (Whirefoord 3533, Trace
(Cowun 1624), sine loc. (Imruy 334 at GOET, 185 at GH).
Flowering July-August, fruiting February-May.
Licaria Aublet
Flowers bisexual; stamens 3 (third series), bilocular, extrorse,
biglandular at base, the first and second series of minute
foliaceous staminodia, fourth series absent; fruit cupular,
2-margined.
Licaria sericea
Licariu sericea (Grisebach) Kostemans, 1937597.
Acrodiclidium sericeum Grisebach, 1860:280.
Acra[iclidium dominiceme Meisner in A.P. Candolle, 1864, 15(1):86.
Tree to 20 m; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, to 12 cm x 3 cm;
inflorescence multiflorous; filaments free.
Guadeloupe to St. Lucia; in Dominica: sine loc. (Imay s.n at
K, GOET).
Ocotea Aublet
Flowers bisexual or unisexual; fertile stamens 9, quadrilocular,
the locules paired; staminodes none; cupule truncate.
I go along with those who treat Nectandra as a subgenus but
grant that I have had as much difficulty as others in deciding
how to apply the stamen character (lead 1 below). I tried
Howard’s key but found it no better than mine. It appears that
it is hopeless to go on hying to identify taxa in herbaria and
strongly recommend learning the taxa in the field.
1. Locules of each anther in 2 pairs, one pair located directly
above the other (Ocotea sensu stricto).
2. Peduncles, pedicels and perianth glabrous.
3. Flowers unisexual; leaves long-acuminate ......
....................... 0. cernua
3. Flowers bisexual; leaves obtuse to short-acuminate
..................... 0. imrayana
2. Peduncles, pedicels and perianth pubescent.
4. Leaves without domatia; flowers unisexual .....
..................... 0. leucoxylon
4. Leaves with domatia in axils of midrib and lateral
veins beneath.
5. Flowers unisexual; leaves to 4 cm wide ......
................... 0. eggersiana
5. Flowers bisexual; leaves to 9 cm wide. ......
.................. 0. martinicensis
1. Locules of each anther in a linear row or arc, not paired
(Nectandra sensu stricto).
6. Veinlets not or only weakly elevated; plants pubescent
(particularly when young).
7. Flowers large (almost 1 cm across); plants rustytomentose;
fruit ellipsoid . ........ 0. krugii
7. Flowers small (to 0.5 cm across); plants graypuberulent;
fruit globose . .... 0. membranacea
6. Veinlets strongly elevated, particularly on lower leaf
surface.
8. Domatia (hairy tufts) in vein axils on lower leaf
surface. .................. 0. patens
8. Plants glabrous; domatia absent.
9. Leaves -10 cm long, rarely 15 cm; flowers
bisexual; fruit k globose, slightly longer than wide;
plants of dry northwest area. .... 0. coriacea
9. Leaves >10 cm long, rarely less; flowers unisexual;
fruit ellipsoid, about twice as long as broad, plants
of moist interior. ......... 0. dominicana