124 CXXVIII. LAURINEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Beilschmiedia. 
Matacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib, 1248). . 
Branches rather stout. Leaves 7-8 by 241-9] in., usually broadest above the middle, 
pale greyish green above, beneath pale brown, nerves oblique, 10-12 pair; petiole 
stout, j-3 in. Panicles axillary, 5 in. long, erect, narrow ; peduncle and rachis 
rather stout, branches very short, few-fld.; flowers 7, in. diam. ; pedicel short, stout. 
Perianth cup-shaped, cleft to about the middle. Filaments pubescent, glands sessile; 
staminodes minute. Ovary glabrous, style minute. Fruit unknown.—In the absence 
of fruit the genus is doubtful. 
Sect. II. Leaves usually opposite; terminal buds enclosed in large gla- 
brous coriaceous concave scales. Flowers about 4, in. diam., subglobose. 
(I suspect that this section may constitute a genus.) 
10. E. oppositifolia, Benth. in Gen. Pi. ii. 152; quite glabrous, ter- 
minal buds lanceolate, leaves opposite lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate obtuse 
shining and reticulate on both surfaces, panicles long-peduncled slender, 
branches spreading, flowers minute, fruit cylindric-oblong, pedicel thickened 
clavate. Haasia oppositifolia, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 61; Beddome 
For. Man. 184. Apollonias zeylanica, Thwaites Enum. 253. 
CEYLON; Central Province, alt. 3-4000 ft., Thwaites. f 
A tree, 50-60 ft. ; branches rather slender, bud-scales linear-oblong concave, Very 
rigid. Leaves 5-7 by 1-2i in., thinly coriaceous, alike in colour &c. on both sur- 
faces; base acute ; nerves 6-8 pair, very slender and oblique; petiole 3-3 in. Panicles 
4-6 in.long, and flowers nearly black when dry; branches divaricate; pedicels 2-3 
times as long as the subglobose flower, which is about 4-4; in. diam. Perianth wholly 
deciduous ; lobes rounded, obscurely pubescent. Stamens glabrous, glands and stam! 
nodes sessile, Fruit 3-11 in. long, sometimes subclavate, pedicel } in. long. 
11. B. Wightii, Benth. in Gen. Pl. iii. 152; quite glabrous, terminal 
buds lanceolate, leaves opposite elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acu- 
minate shining and reticulate on both surfaces, panicles long-peduncle 
slender, branches spreading, flowers minute. Haasia Wightii, ees 
No Laur. 676; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 61; Beddome Forest Fi. 
ovra DECCAN PENINSULA; Travancore, Tinnevelly and Anamallay Hills, 
Wight, Beddome. 
Except in the form of the leaves this seems to be B. oppositifolia, but without 
seeing fruit 1 hesitate before uniting them. l 
12. B. assamica, Meissn. in DC. Prodr, xv. 1. 64; quite glabrous, 
terminal buds lanceolate, leaves opposite elliptic-ovate or lanceolate obtusely 
acuminate shining and reticulate on both surfaces, fruit 1} in. long very 
shortly pedicelled elliptic- or ovoid-oblong tip rounded or subacute basé 
shortly contracted pericarp thick. 
Assam, Jenkins.—Distris. Burma (Griffith), Munnipore. . 
Branches rather slender, terminal compressed ; buds } in. long, scales very corn 
ceous, linear-oblong, quite glabrous. Leaves 5-6 in., firmly coriaceous, pale brow? 
when dry, base cuneate ; nerves about 10 pair, very slender, equally prominent on bo 
surfaces; petiole 3 in., slender. Flowers unknown. 
,19. B. Gammieana, King in Herb. Hort. Calc.; quite glabrous, tt- 
minal buds ovoid, leaves opposite elliptic-oblong or -ovate obtusely acum 
nate shining and reticulate on both surfaces, fruit 3 in. long shortly pedi- 
celled globosely obovoid apiculate or mammillate. 
East Neraz, on the north sl f Phull SIKE 
at T e elevation, King. "ope o IT epee? E 
smalltree; branchesstout; terminal buds 3 in., scales glabrous ver riaceous: 
tree ; 3 ; . . y co 
Leaves 4-6 in., firmly coriaceous, variable in breadth, colts (palé brownish ye 
when dry) and reticulation the same on both surfaces; base cuneate; nerves V 
