Phoebe]  — CXXVIII. LAURINEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 143 
serm, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4271), Kurz, &c. Ninaurgr Hiris, alt. 5-6000 ft., 
Wht, Ke. . ` 
The ferruginous tomentum of the young shoots, usually shorter and broader leaves 
pubescent or even tomentose beneath, with stronger nerves and nervules, best dis- 
tinguish this from P. pallida. The fruit is quite like tbat of P. lanceolata, but 
rather broader.—Very near P, multiflora, Blume, of Java. 
6. P. attenuata, Nees Syst. Laurin. 104 (excl. syn. Blume) ; branches 
very stout, young shoots and leaves beneath rusty-pubescent or -villous, 
leaves oblanceolate acute or acuminate, nerves 15-20 pair, panicles stoutly 
peduncled and flowers tomentose. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1.38. Ocotea 
Cu ata, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar.ii. 71. Laurus attenuata, Wall. 
at. . 
Eastern HIMALAYA ; Sikkim, Gamble, King. Buoran, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 
4254), King. SinnET, Wallich. . 
Well distinguished by the very stout branches, leaves broadening upwards, 5-10 by 
? m., more numerous nerves, and stout petioles, peduncles and „branches of the 
panicle. Flowers i in. diam., shortly stoutly pedicelled. Fruiting perianth jin. 
ong, campanulate, very rigid ; fruit nearly $ in. long, narrowly ellipsoid, 
i: P. opaca, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 927; branches very. stout, leaves 
ngidly coriaceous obovate obovate-cuneate or oblanceolate rarely oblong 
abruptly ,obtusely acuminate subglabrous or puberulous beneath, nerves 
0-12 pair, panicles and flowers rusty-pubescent. Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 
1.909. p. attenuata, Miquel in Herb. Jungh. P. malaccensis, Meissn. in 
De. Prodr. xv. 1. 37. Alseodaphne ? grandis, Mees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 
ll. 72, and Syst. Laurin.183; Meissn.l. c. 98. Laurus grandis, Wall. Cat. 
2504 A, Persea grandis, Nees in Wall. l. c. iii. 82." P. lucida, Blume. 
"aig ACOA, Griffith, Maingay. PENANG, Porter.—DISTRIB. Java, Sumatra, 
Young parts finely rusty-pubescent. Leaves very variable, 5-10 by 2-4 in., 
xi when dry, usually shining above, and sabglaucous beneath, base acute, rarely 
d kase; petiole i-lin. Panicles numerous, usually shorter than the leaves; pedun- 
peni tut, finely pubescent; flowers numerous, à in. diam., pedicelled ; fruiting 
Panicle very stout indeed, a foot long, with thickened branches and pedicels. Chie 
Blue anth broadly campanulate, very rigid. Fruit $ in. long, ellipsoid, P. lucida, 
"me, of Sumatra and Borneo, seems the same. 
8. P. Tavo iol d nerves beneath 
i : yana, Hook. f.; young shoots petioles and n 
ur y Or rust -villous,. loros mien us elongate-lanceolate caudate- 
ap nate pubescent or tomentose beneath, nerves 10-15 pair, panicies 
ei. very slender peduncles and flowers pubescent. Machilus Tavoyana, 
s in DO. Prodr, xv. 1. 4l; Kurz For, Fl. ii. 292. 
ENAS ; King" : Archi | istrib. 4260) ; 
Tavoy, Parish ; King’s Island, Mergui Archipelago, Helfer (Kew Distri ) 
Pparent] tul . 
] y a very distinct species, nearest to P. att 1 . : 
se” 5-10 by 1-2 in., ending in very slender tails, slender petioles sometimes 2} the 
Perianth.. Slender flowering panicles. —The specimens are in bud and young fruit ; the 
ìn the latter is 2 in. long, very rigid, as in the genus. 
enuata, but with membranous 
10. ALSEODAPHNE, Nees. 
Evergreen tr dici the ends of the 
ees. L bverticillate towards the en 
pranches, penninerved, often Kien A P Flowers bisexual, subumbellate on the 
üches of axilary and subterminal panicles. Perianth-tube short ; seg- 
"au 6, subequal or the three outer smaller, deciduous or not at 
