370 115. CHLORANTHACES. 
1. Ciremaster agrestis, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 346; 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 101. 
KawsvH: western alpine regions at 7500 feet (Przewalski). 
Herb. Kew. 
Western Himalaya in Kumaon, at about 8000 to 11,000 feet, 
where Mr. Duthie has recently collected it in quantity. 
116. LAURINEZE *. 
1. Cryptocarya chinensis, Hemsl. 
Beilschmiedia chinensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 79. 
Kwaxaruxa: Lofaushan and other localities (Ford!) ; Hoxa- 
Kona: Happy Valley woods (Ford!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
2. Cryptocarya concinna, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 79. l 
Kwaxaruxa : without locality (Ford, 324 !), var. foliis minori- 
bus cinereis; Hoxakowa: Happy Valley woods (Ford !). Mus. 
Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
1. Beilschmiedia assamica, Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 64; 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 124. 
YuNNAN (Anderson !). Herb. Kew. 
Assam, Muneypore, and Burma. 
Specimens in young flower, with foliage exactly like Griffith's 
specimens from Burma, referred to this species in the ' Flora of 
British India.’ 
2. Beilschmiedia fagifolia, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. p. 69, 
et Syst. Laur. p. 200; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 122. 
Yunnan (Anderson!); Honexona: Victoria Peak (Ford, 4, 
6!). Herb. Kew. 
Silhet, and doubtfully recorded from Assam and Muneypore. 
The Yunnan specimen is the same as Dr. Watt’s n. 6263 froin 
Muneypore. 
* The limits of several of the genera of this order are far from satisfactory. 
We have combined Persea with Machilus, the appressed or recurved perianth- 
segments in the fruiting condition being too trivial a distinction. We have also 
reduced Actinodaphne to Litsea, as there is a gradual transition from sessile 
fascicles of flowers to the distinctly pedunculate umbellate inflorescence. Lindera 
differs from Litsea only in having 2-celled anthers. Both genera exhibit the 
same kind of variation in foliage and inflorescence. A study of the whole of 
the Asiatic species might lead to a better classification. 
