386 116. LAURINEE. 
(Callery ); Honexone (Wright! Champion!); Harman (A. 
Henry!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Generally spread in India and Malaya, and extending to 
Australia. 
21. Litsea sericea, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 156. 
Tetranthera sericea, Wall. ex Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. p. 67, et 
Syst. Laurin. p. 565; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 156. 
Huren: Patung (A. Henry, 1452!). Herb. Kew. 
North-eastern India and Muneypore. 
" 22. Litsea variabilis, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Arbor vel frutex ramulis floriferis graciliusculis cinereis 
minute puberulis. Folia sparsa, breviter petiolata, coriacea, 
lanceolata, interdum anguste lanceolata, oblonga, ovata oblanceo- 
lata, obovata, late obovata, vel interdum fere orbicularia, acumi- 
nata, obtusa, vel rotundata, 2-6 poll. longa, concoloria, glabra vel 
glabrescentia, venis primariis paucis inconspicuis, venulis ultimis 
insigniter minute elevato-reticulatis. Umbelle parve, circiter 3- 
flore, breviter pedunculate, sepe 3-8 in axillis foliorum aggre- 
gate, rarissime solitarie, bracteis parvis puberulis tarde deciduis. 
Flores minuti, subsessiles; perianthii segmenta 6, spathulata ; 
stamina 9, filamentis filiformibus parce barbatis exsertis, antheris 
4-loeularibus. Bacca globosa, vix 3 lineas diametro (an matura ?), 
in tubo brevi cupuliformi perianthii sita, pedicello brevissimo 
incrassato articulato. 
Hainan: various localities (A. Henry, 4, 8431, 8540, 8729, 
8761!) Herb. Kew. 
23. Litsea verticillata, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 356. 
Kwanetune: at the village of Yiinhatin about ten miles north 
of Canton (B. C. Henry, hb. Hance, 22051!). Mus. Brit. 
1. Lindera * bifaria, Benth.ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 184. 
Daphnidium bifarium, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. p. 63; Benth, Fl. 
Hongk. p. 294; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 231; S. Moore in Journ. 
Bot. 1875, p. 231. 
* We have provisionally placed all the laurels with involucrate inflorescence 
and 2-celled anthers in Lindera, and those with 4-celled anthers and an involu- 
crate inflorescence in Litsea. Consequent on this arrangement each genus con- 
tains evergreen and deciduous species, species having entire or lobed leaves,species 
having sessile or pedunculate fascicles or umbels of flowers, and species with or 
without a cup-shaped termination to the fruit-bearing pedicels. 
