138 CXXVIII. LAURINEEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) (Machilus. 
** Panicles pubescent. (The species all want further investigation.) 
5. M. Gamblei, King in Herb. Calcutt.; leaves 3-4 in. thinly coria- 
ceous obovate to elliptic-lanceolate obtuse acute or caudate-acuminate very 
pale and glabrous or subsilky beneath, petiole slender, panicles few-fid. 
shorter than the leaves, pedicels slender, flowers silky, fruit small globose. 
M. odoratissima, B. canescens, Blume Mus. Bot. 330; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 
xv. 1. 41 (the Assam plant only). 
NORTHERN BENGAL ; Cooch Behar, King. Assam, Jenkins, Griffith. 
Branches rather slender, dark. Leaves sometimes elliptic or lanceolate, acute at 
both ends, finely reticulate above; nerves 8-10 pair, very slender, oblique ; petiole 
4 in., glabrous or pubescent. Perianth-lobes linear-oblong, villous or tomentose 
within. Filaments very slender, nearly glabrous; anthers oblong. Fruit (quite 
young) } in. diam. “always globose,” King.—This looks different from M. odora- 
tissima in the broad pale leaves with cuneate bases. , 
6. M. Listeri, King in Herb. Calcutt.; leaves 3-5 in. glabrous oblong - 
or lanceolate rarely obovate glaucous beneath, petiole slender, panicles 
shortly peduncled shorter than the leaves hoary-pubescent, pedicels long 
slender, flowers silky, fruit globose 1 in. diam. 
UPPER Assam; Narainpore and Dukrung Valley in the Duphla Hills, alt. 3000 ft., 
Col. Lister. 
The plants sent me by King as flowering and fruiting specimens of this are con- 
siderably different; the first (from Narainpore, which resemble M. Gamblei) have 
slender branches and elliptic-lanceolate acuminate leaves with very slender nerves; 
the fruiting ones have much thicker obovate or oblong leaves with stouter petiole 
midrib and nerves. Flowers lin. long; pedicel twice as long as the perianth, whic 
is about 2 in. long and silkily tomentose without and within; lobes linear-oblong. 
Filaments short, nearly glabrous; anthers oblong. Style very slender. 
... 9. M. edulis, King in Herb. Calcutt.; young leaves and panicles sub- 
villously tomentose, leaves obovate oblong or oblanceolate substrigose 
beneath or glabrate with many rigid prominent nerves, tip rounded acute oT 
acuminate, panicles stontly peduncled appearing with the young leaves, 
perianth deciduous P, fruit very large globose. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA; near Darjeeling, alt. 6000 ft., Herb. Griffith, King, Lister. 
Branches of old wood as thick as a swan’s quill, woody, with prominent large leaf- 
scars; bark rugged. Leaves 5-6 by 14-21 in, brown when dry, thinly coriaceous 
narrowed from above the middle to the base; nerves 10-12 pair, very oblique, near y 
straight ; pètiole 1-1 in., rather slender. Panicles densely softly tomentose, 8 
long including the long peduncle; branches short, stout, few-fld.; flowers about 
4 in. diam. Perianth-lobes broadly oblong, villous within. Filaments very short, 
broad, villous; anthers broad. Fruit nearly 2 in. diam, on a stout woody peduncle, 
with no trace of a perianth.—Young shoots smooth and very stout, terminal leave 
and large terminal buds enclosed in imbricating subsilky scales, the outer of which 
are semicircular, and the inner oblong and 3 in. long. 
8. M. bootanica, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 42; branches leaves 
beneath and panicles hoary-pubescent, leaves 8-10 in. long-petioled mem- 
branous obovate abruptly acuminate, nerves slender, panicles long-pedunc 
few-fld., flowers large. 
BOTAN ; in woods near Chuka, alt. 4000 ft., Griffith. 
“A moderate-sized tree," Griff. Branches stout, wood rugged with very larg? 
leaf-scars. Leaves pale brown beneath when dry; nerves 15-20 pairs, spreading, 
nearly straight; petiole 2-21 in, Panicles 6-8 in. long, including the long stout 
peduncle ; branches few and few-fld, ; pedicels long (for the genus) often j in. longi 
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