384 116. LAURINEX. 
“15. Litsea? Playfairi, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Species elegans L. pulchelle affnis sed gracilior folis multo 
minoribus. 
Frutex, ut videtur, parvus, omnino glaber, ramulis brevibus 
gracillimis nigrescentibus. Folia sparsa, tenuia simul coriacea, 
graeiliter petiolata, deflexa, lanceolato-caudata, 1-2 poll. longa, 
vix acuta, supra nitida, subtus glauca, triplinervia, eum venis 
transversis et venulis ultimis minute reticulatis. Florum fasci- 
euli pauciflori, axillares, sessiles, bracteis puberulis vel glabres- 
centibus, pedicellis hirsutis. Flores (alabastra tantum visa) 6- 
ameri, perianthii segmentis petaloideis. 
Kwanetune: Pakhoi (P/ayfair!) Herb. Kew. 
Perhaps only a small variety of L. pulchella, Meisn. 
16. Litsea polyantha, Juss. in Ann. Mus. Par. vi p. 211; 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 162; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1878, 
p. 138 ; non Tetranthera polyantha, Wall. 
Tetranthera monopetala, Roxb. Pl. Corom. ii. p. 26, t. 148; Meisn. in 
DC. Prodr. xy. 1, p. 189; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 292. 
Litszea monopetala, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 4. 
Huren: Ichang (4. Henry, 1302!); Howakowe (Wright! 
Harland! Hance!); Hainan (A. Henry! Swinhoe!). Mus. 
Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
North India from the Punjab and Salt Range eastward and 
southward to the Satpura Range, Tenasserim, Penang, and 
Java. 
17. Litsea pulchella, Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 244; 
Hance in Journ. Linn. Soe. xiii. p. 119. 
Litsea ceylanica, var. chinensis, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. v. 
p. 199. 
Litsea ceylanica, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 294, non Nees. 
Howakowa (Champion! Wright! Wilford! Ford!) Mus. 
Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
“18. Litsea pungens, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Arbor parva, 10-20-pedalis, ramulis floriferis gracilibus elon- 
gatis nigrescentibus, floribus sepius precocibus. Folia ad apices 
ramulorum conferta, decidua, membranacea, graciliter breviterque 
petiolata, primum sericeo-pubescentia, demum glabrescentia, lan- 
ceolata vel oblanceolata, 2-4 poll. longa, venis primariis laterali- 
