154 . CXXVII. LAURINEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Actinodaphne. 
globose, 1—3 in. diam., scattered along the branches and axillary ; bracts hard, strongly 
ciliate, outer smaller glabrous, inner hemispheric rusty silkily hairy ; flowers pedicelled, 
4 in. diam., and pedicel silkily tomentose. Sepals 4-6, oblong. Stamens 6-9, fila- 
ments short. Fruit about } in. long.—A very distinct species, strangely mixed up 
with others by Thwaites and Meissner. I have adopted Meissner’s specific name 
as the orbicular-leaved state is quite exceptional, and it is certainly not a Litsea. 
Meissner's var. B. lanceolata is a narrower leaved form. 
*** Leaves scattered or alternate more or less triple-nerved. 
23. A. confertiflora, Meissn. in DC, Prodr. xv. 1. 219; glabrous, 
leaves alternate 5-7 in. coriaceous orbicular-ovate or -oblong acute or obtuse 
triple-nerved and with 3-4 pair of strong superior nerves,” pale or sub- 
glaucous beneath and delicately reticulate, flowers very numerous long- 
pedicelled in dense axillary subsessile fascicled clusters, bracts not seen. 
.. Eastern HIMALAYA; Bhotan, near Dewangiri, alt. 2-3000 ft., Griffith (Kew 
Distrib. 433), 
Branches stout, black when dry, smooth. Leaves 3-4 in. broad, pale brown and 
shining above, with slender raised nerves; paler beneath with very strong nerves, of 
which the two lower pair are penninervuled towards the margin of the leaf; base 
acute; petiole 2-1 in. long. Flowers, unexpanded } in. diam., globose, glabrous, oF 
nearly so; pedicels j-j in.; common peduncle 3, in., scarred by the fallen bracts. 
Sepals rounded, coneave, coriaceous. Filaments glabrous, anthers short. Ovary 
subglobose, with three lateral furrows, a subulate style and acute stigma. Fruit 
unknown.—The ovary is remarkable for the genus, i 
24. A. leiantha, Hook. f.; glabrous except the rasty-tomentose 
inflorescence, leaves scattered 5-9 in. coriaceous subtriple-nerved lanceolate 
acute or subacute, nerves 6-8 pair beneath subglaucous not reticulated, 
flowers in axillary and infra-axillary racemes which when young are clothed 
with imbricate rounded silky caducous bracts. Litsæa leiantha, Kurz For. 
Fl. ii. 305. 
TENASSERIM (or Andaman Islands), Helfer (Kew Distrib. 4330). 234 
Branches black, bark smooth. Leaves brown when dry, 2-2} in. diam., rigid, 
margins undulate, base acute, shining above with raised nerves, beneath glaucous 
when young, lowest pair of nerves longest, $-4 the length of the leaf; petiole 1-13 In» 
slender. Flowers d in, diam, clusters arranged on an erect raceme 1-2 in. long ; rachis 
slender, nearly glabrous; pedicels short; bracts 1 in. diam., coriaceous. Perianth 
villous within at the base; segments concave. Filaments and anthers short. Ovary 
and style slender glabrous, stigma discoid. Fruit unknown.—The foliage resembles 
that of A. spherocarpa of Java, in which the flowers are umbelled. The racemose 
inflorescence is unique in the genus. . 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 
ACTINODAPHNE Sp. South Andaman, Kurz in Herb. Caleutt.; branches Very 
stout and petiole and midrib above and beneath brown-tomentose, leaves whorl 
penninerved 12-18 by 4-7 in. oblong-lanceolate acuminate shining above glaucous un 
reticulate beneath, nerves 12-15 pair and cross nerves impressed above raised beneath, 
petiole stout 1-1} in. 
ACTINODAPHNE sp. Beddome in his Ferest Manual (187) alludes to a new and 
fine species called Nattee as forming a lofty tree in the South Canara Ghats. 
ACTINODAPHNE? from Seetakoond, near Chittagong, Clarke; a plant very like 
A, leiantha, having similar racemose inflorescence. Branches slender and leaves 
glabrous. Leaves scattered triple-nerved, thinly coriaceous, 3-5 in., elliptic or elliptic 
lanceolate, obtusely caudate-acuminate, narrowed into a ver long slender petiole 
4-1} in., impressed punctate on both surfaces, subglaucous beneath, lower pair : 
nerves very long, others few or 0. Racemes 4-1 in., solitary or 2-nate, erect, simp'? 
