Laurelia


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Read about Laurelia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Laurelia (from Laurus, because of resemblance in leaves). Monimiacea. Aromatic forest trees, 2 in Chile and 1 in New Zeal.: leaves coriaceous, opposite, mostly serrate: flowers in axillary cymes or racemes, dioecious or polygamous, apetalous; perianth or calyx of male flowers with a short tube and 5-12 lobes in 2 or 3 series, and 4-12 stamens; perianth of other flowers narrower- tubed and elongating after fertilization, 3-5-cleft, the stamens reduced to scales or the outer ones perfect; carpels numerous, with solitary erect ovules: achenes small, included in the perianth. CH


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Read about Laurelia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

L. novaezealandiea, A. Cunn. Tree, to 80 or 120 ft. high, and trunk 4—6 ft. diam., with radiating buttresses: leaves to 3 in. long, oblong to obovate, coarsely and bluntly serrate: flowers in axillary racemes 1/2-1 in. long on silky pedicels: leaves and young branches aromatic when bruised.—L.semperivirens, Tul. (L. aromatica. Poir.). Chilean Laurel. leaves undulate-serrate with appressed teeth: infl. longer than in L. serrata and lax, periantn-segms. differing or subequal, fertile stamens usually exceeding 4; pedicels exceeding the flowers CH


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