Litsæa.] CXXVIII. LAURINE®. (J. D. Hooker.) . 157 
A bushy tree, branches terete; buds scaly, glabrous. Leaves 2-3 in., rather mem- 
branous, greenish when dry, not glaucous beneath, base rounded or cuneate ; petiole 
j in., very slender. Umbels in bud 1 in. long, erect on a rather stout pedicel } in. 
long. Flowers very young, 9?, filaments villous; anthers 4-celled.— Meissner de- 
scribes this as a Lindera, but I find that I many years ago made a note that the 
anthers are 4-celled, and on a second examination I am confirmed in this. I am 
not positive as to the leaves being deciduous, judging from appearance only. 
Sect. II. Bulitseea, Benth. Leaves persistent, alternate, penninerved. 
Perianth-segments very incomplete or 0, tube not or slightly enlarged in 
fruit. Stamens often more than 12. 
5. L. tomentosa, Herb. Heyne, ex Wall. Cat. 2550; densely softly 
tomentose except the leaves above, leaves 3-7 in. alternate penninerved 
coriaceous elliptic or oblong obtuse acute or acuminate, nerves 8-10 pair, 
umbels large solitary many-fld., perianth incomplete or 0, fruit globose on 
the small thickened perianth-tube. Tetranthera tomentosa, Roxb. ex Walt. 
Cat. 1. c. A, B; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 177 (excl. habitat of Sirmore 
and citat. of Nees); Wight Ic. t.1834; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 297 (description 
only). T. apetala, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 222. T. japonica fem., Herb. 
Wight. Laurinez, Wall. Cat. 7455. 
Deccan PENINSULA; on the Western Ghats, from the Concan southwards. 
EYLON ; Central Province, ascending to 4000 ft. . 
n evergreen tree; branchlets stout. Leaves pale when dry, finely reticulated 
above, laxly beneath, base acute or rounded ; petiole 3-4 in. Umbels } -$ in. diam. ; 
pedicel as long, stout; bracts 4, tomentose on both surfaces; flowers very shortly 
Pedicelled. Stamens 18-20, filaments long, s'ender, villous; glands long-pedicelled. 
Fruit 4 in. diam.—Griffith’s Mergui plant, and Wallich’s 2550 C (not A as quoted 
y wcissner), are flowerless specimens of D. sebifera, as is probably Meissner's 
yt: 8.? birmaniea, which I have not seen. Kurz, who introduces the latter in his 
Forest Flora on Meissner’s authority, never saw it. I have no idea what Gamble's 
g (omentosa from Sikkim, alt. 6-8000 ft., is (Man. Ind. Timb. 310); his Birman 
T tomentosa is doubtless L. sebifera, var. tomentosa, Wallich’s lithographed ticket, 
No. 745 > Laurin.," is attached to a sheet without a specimen ; but another sheet, 
80 marked 7455 in pencil, contains a specimen of L. tomentosa. 
99° L. sebifera, Pers. Syn.ii.4; glabrous or tomentose, leaves alternate 
rounded, nerves 8-10 pair, umbels corymbose or racemose usually long- 
pedicelled few- or many-Ad., perianth iln incomplete or 0, fruit globose on 
? small thickened perianth-tube. 
An evergreen tree, 20-50 ft., of protean habit foliage and inflorescence. Leaves 
subterminal on the branches, pale when dry; petiole 3-1 in. Umbels few or many, 
in. diam, ; pedicels clustered on a stout or slender common peduncle 3-3 in. d E 
vill ts 4, more or less tomentose. Stamens 9-20 or more, filaments more or " 
mous. Fruit tho size of a pea, pedicel sometimes thickened.—I recognize three 
Principal forms of this variable plant: 1, leaves usually thin, glabrous or nearly so, 
Small, oblong, tip rounded ; 2, leaves much larger, more pubescent beneath, and 
mare or less acute; 3, leaves large, ovate or oblong, acute, thickly tomentose beneat 
dug both Surfaces (as in states of L. tomentosa, for which flowerless specimens have 
m taken by Nees and Meissner). The varieties proposed by „Blume and Meissner 
y be grouped as follows, I am compelled to query Jacquin’s plate of laurifolia, 
