Alseodaphne.] CXXVI. LAURINER. (J. D. Hooker) . 147 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 
A? LUCIDA, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 72, and Syst. Laurin. 186; branches stout 
lenticellate, leaves 8-12 in. scattered very coriaceous obovate-oblong acuminate base 
obtuse shining above paler beneath, nerves 16-20 pair spreading slender, midrib pro- 
minent above, reticulations beneath very faint, petiole 1-1} in. terete thickened and 
rugose at the base. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 29. Laurus ?? lucida, Wall. Cat. 
2690.— Singapore, Wallich.— Probably not a Laurineous plant. 
11. ACTINODAPHNE, Nees. 
Evergreen shrubs or trees. Leaves subverticillate, rarely scattered or 
Opposite penni- or triple-nerved. Flowers small dicecious, in axillary or 
lateral dense bracteate sessile or peduncled umbels or clusters; bracts 
Imbricating, caducous (not whorled as in Litsea). Perianth-tube short, seg- 
ments 6, subequal, rarely persistent. Perféct. stamens 6-9, filaments of the 
lst and 2nd series eglandular, of the 3rd 2-glandular; anthers all introrse 
and 4-locellate; staminodes of fem. 9. Fruit seated on the usually enlarged 
* 9r concave perianth-tube.— Species about 50, Eastern Asiatic and 
yan. 
__ The inflorescence is abnormal in A. sikkimensis & leiantha. The genus is with 
difficulty separable from Litsea. 
1 M Leaves more or less whorled, penninerved, or if triple-nerved with the 
ded ^» yt nerves very short (sometimes triple-nerved in A. moloehina 
ookeri). 
t Female fl. in sessile or subsessile clusters or umbels. (In A. madras- 
ted and occasionally in a few others the clusters or umbels are pedun- 
ced.) (This is an artificial subdivision, but I can suggest no better, 
these ) perhaps into glabrous and villous styles, if enough were known of 
a. Species of Northern India and the Eastern Peninsula. 
he A. reticulata, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 212; leaves 5-7 in. 
Wiorled penninerved coriaceous linear- or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate young 
aly Pubescent beneath not glaucous, nerves 12-15 pair very slender, 
wets clustered, fruit broadly ellipsoid seated on the cupular quite entire 
°"8-Pedicelled perianth-tube. 
Kuasta Mrs, ; alt. 4-5000 ft, J. D. Æ. & T. T», Clarke. 
L small tree; branches not robust, branchlets when young softly tomentose. 
i prea it whorls of 4-8, 1-1} in. diam., greenish and almost shining above, very finely 
p bressed-retieulate on both surfaces, paler beneath, nerves very faint ; petiole à in. 
E in, diam., pedicels as long, both silky ; bud-scales nearly glabrous. Fila- 
To glabrous. Fruit i in. long, rather longer than broad, black, pedicel 3 in., cup 
J. S „p m.—To a specimen of this in the Hookerian Herbarium, received Ln B 
W, mith about 1821, and no doubt sent by Wallick or Hamilton, the habitat, ' epa 
mich,” was subsequently added by myself, because Smith gave it along with many 
but Plants to Sir W, Hooker at that date. Meissner hence gave Nepal b» a Y a > 
branche the query ; his var. glabra is the same plant with old and therefore glabrou 
E Sikkimensis, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 218; leaves 
vibe d 
Whorleq Penninerved 3-6 in. membranous lanceolate caudate-acuminate 
Slabrous glaucous or not beneath, nerves 10-12 pair very slender, female 
