Spathegaster q. laurifoliae n. sp.
The Cherry Stone Leaf Gall
This popularly designates a unique gall that appears early in February and March, on the tender new leaves--frequently three on a leaf.
Galls.--Green, globular, hollow galls, growing through the leafy expansion of the newly formed leaf, projecting about equally from the upper and on the under surface of the leaf, the size of a cherry stone and when removed not unlike it in shape, containing a yellowish, slightly elongated kernel, which rolls freely about. Length .20 to .25 inch, .15 or more through.
”- William Ashmead: (1881) On the CYNIPIDOUS GALLS of Florida (1881)©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32798#page/311/mode/1up