122 CXXVII LAURINEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Beilschmiedia 
2in. long cylindric-oblong. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv.1. 68 (excl. 8) ; Wight 
Te. t. 1828; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 293; P Brandis For. Fl. 378; Gamble Man. 
Ind. Timb. 309. Laurus bilocularis, Roxb. FI. Ind. ii. 311. 
Assam; at Negrigam, &c., Griffith. TIPPERA, Rowburgh, TENASSERIM, Helfer 
(Kew Distrib, 4335). 
A deciduous tree, branches woody. Leaves 24-34 in. broad, firmly coriaceous; 
nerves 10-12 pair, slender and prominent on both surfaces; base acute, rarely rounded, 
sometimes unequal-sided ; petiole }-14 in. Panicles 1-1} in., subsilkily tomentose ; 
bracts small, broad, caducous ; pedicels as long as the flowers. Perianth 3 in. diam. 5 
segments linear-oblong obtuse, hairy on both surfaces. Stamens pubescent 3 stami- 
nodes conical, tomentose. Ovary glabrous, stigma simple. Fruit pruinose, purple.— 
Wight’s figure, copied from Roxburgh’s drawings, represents the sepals as acute. 
Brandis and Gamble give Sikkim, ascending to 8000 ft., as its locality, and Kurz 
adds the Andaman Islands; the latter is likely, but not the former; and these Lau- 
rinee are so very difficult of discrimination, that I suspect all unlikely habitats, to 
which may be added those of the Forests of Kumaon, Oude, and Nepal, mentioned by 
Brandis. (See B. sikkimensis.) 
2. B. fagifolia, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 69, and Syst. Laur. 
200; terminal buds and inflorescence pubescent, leaves 3—4 in. elliptic or 
elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acuminate, panicles very short crowded sub- 
sessile, iue flowers enclosed in broad silky caducous.scales, fruit 1 in. 
ellipsoid-oblong. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 64. Tetranthera fagifolia, 
Wall. Cat. 2539. 
SILHET, De Silva. ? Assam, Jenkins.—DisTRIB. ? Munnipore. 
A little known tree, very closely allied to B. Roxburghiana, but it has smaller 
more elliptic leaves on shorter petioles, very small panicles, and the bracts are ap- 
parently much larger and broader. The Silhet specimens are in flower only, they bave 
very glabrous shining leaves 24-3 in. long; the Assam ones are in fruit only, they have 
leaves 3-44 in. long, sparsely puberulous beneath; the Munnipore ones (in flower) 
have more lanceolate shining glabrous leaves with shorter thicker petioles. The fol- 
lowing variety strengthens my suspicion (shared by Kurz), that fagifolia and Roz- 
burghiana are forms of a wide-spread Indian forest tree. . 
Var. ? Dalzellii, Meissn. in DO. l.c. (excl. the Assam plant); leaves 4-7 in. 
oblong or lanceolate very coriaceous and shining, base acute or obtuse, nerves more 
numerous, fruit 1-1} in. ellipsoid-oblong or globose. B. fagifolia, Beddome, For est. 
Fl. t. 263. B. Roxburghiana, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 222.—Deccan Peninsula, 1 
forests of the Western Ghats from the Conean southwards.—The flowers of this are 
identical with those of B. fagifolia, but if the Assam specimens of the latter plant 
are true, the fruit is considerably larger and broader. Dalzell describes it as a large 
forest tree. The Assam plant referred here by Meissner, is, I think, typical fagifolia. 
3. B. Clarkei, Hook. f.; terminal buds and inflorescence tomentose, 
leaves 5-7 in. subopposite membranous elliptic-lanceolate acuminate not 
shining reticulate on both surfaces, panicles 3—4 in. peduncled lax-fld. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Reinak, alt. 4500 ft., Clarke. : 
A tree, 80 ft. ; branches slender, rough, tips tomentose ; bud-scales lanceolate, ¢ 1n 
long. Leaves thinner in texture than in any other Indian species, 14-2 in. diam» 
very acute at both ends, beautifully reticulated with 10-12 pairs of nerves, aU 
green when dry; petiole 1-1 in., slender, pubescent. Panicles 12-20-fld., suberect, 
not densely tomentose; peduncle short and branches rather stout ; flowers pedicelled. 
Perianth cup-shaped, 4 in. diam., cleft nearly to the base; ents oblong, obtuse. 
Filaments broad, hairy; staminodes ovate-hastate, glabrous. Fruit not seen. 
4. B. sikkimensis, King in Herb. Hort. Calc.; terminal buds 
pale tomentose, leaves 3-4 in. opposite elliptic oblong obtuse or subacute 
e obtuse or rounded opaqne above, nerves strong beneath, fruit ellipsoid. 
