y t 
' above with im 
Litsæa.] CXXVIII. LAURINE®. (J. D. Hooker.) l 159 
glabrous. Umbels globose, 4—4 in. diam. ; pedicels 4 in. Stamens villous, Fruit 
not seen.— Possibly a form of L. ligustrina. . 
9. L. membranifolia, Hook. f.; branches stout, shoots petioles 
leaves beneath and umbels hoary-pubescent, leaves 8-12 by 4-6 in. alternate 
.Penninerved very membranous oblong-obovate obtuse or apiculate green 
when dry hardly glaucous beneath, nerves 10-14 pair slender, cross nervules 
strong beneath, umbels solitary large long-pedicelled, bracts 4 hoary, 
flowers numerous pedicelled, perianth incomplete. 
em Assam; Mishmi Hills, and woods at Yen, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 
). 
A medium-sized tree; bark of branches smooth, red-brown. Leaves with cuneate 
ases, obscurely pubescent between the nerves, very thin. Umbels (flowering) 1 in. 
1am.; pedicel as long, slender; flowers and pedicels villous, Sepals 3 or more, 
unequal, small. Filaments very ‘slender, ł in. long, sparsely villous.— Possibly an 
extreme form of L. sebifera, but most dissimilar, 
- Sect. TIT. Conodaphne, Blume. Leaves persistent, alternate or oppo- 
site, penninerved. Perianth-segments usually 6, equal or subequal, rarely 
unequal; tube not or slightly enlarged in fruit, except L. Blumii. (The 
ut and fruiting perianth-tube are known in'very few species referred to this 
fection by Blumeand Meissner. Some of the following are possibly referable 
to Sect. Cylicodaphne.) 
n pee opposite or subopposite (sometimes alternate on the same spe- 
n 
10. L. lancifolia, Rozb. ex Wall. Cat. 2532 (Tetranthera) (not T. 
| siuceafolia of Fl. Ind.); branches slender finely tomentose, leaves opposite and 
?rnate 3-8 in. thin shortly petioled penninerved oblong or elliptic-oblong 
or “lanceolate acute or acuminate glaucous beneath, nerves 6-8 pair, umbels 
; small in usually very shortly pedicelled clusters villously tomentose, 
racts 6 3-fld,, fruit, globose on the very minute flat perianth-tube. T. lan- 
Sfolia, Roxd.; Nees in Wall. Pl As. Rar. ii. 65, and Syst. Laurin. 509 ; 
“ssn. in DO, Prodr. xy. 1. 194; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 944 (ex cl. var. e. 
dr syn. Roxb, Fl. Ind). T. chrysantha and T. pusilla, Blume Mus. Bot. 
L 376. T. attenuata, Wall. Cat. 2534, in part. 
TROPICAL Eastern HIMALAYA; from Bhotan to Mishmi, Griffth. SILHET and 
HASIA Mrs., ascending to 3000 ft Wallich, &c. TENASSERIM, Griffith, &c.— 
TA to. Borneo ” d «ole in wire 
=» 9USh or small tree; pub r rusty. Leaves very variable in size, 
"yng grey or red-brown, DOE Coria M young finely tomentose beneath, smooth 
iam. - pressed nerves, nervules faint beneath ; petiole 1-4 in. Clusters 4 D 
;; umbels very small and shortly pedicelled, in bud } in. diam, ; flowers yg in. b " 
Pa's very unequal, villous. Stamens about 6, usually shorter than the sepals, bu 
very unequal Frui : e . : ; laucophylla pusilla, 
b An ruit 4 in. diam., apiculate.—Meissner's vars. géaucop you, 
L oblong, and alternifolia offer no constant characters; his var. e. appears to be 
cis a, 
ar, pedicellata; pedicels very slender + in. long, branches less tomentose.— 
Tenasserim 
or Andaman Islands, Hel Kew Distrib. 4306). "M 
ar. alternifolia, Meissn. L e. A AS mostly alternate more glabrous.—Sikkim 
Hi 
Imalaya, J, D. H. (Herb. Ind. Or., Tetranthera, No. 15). 
ll. 2 . ite and sub- 
4,4, STacilipes, Hook.f; quite glabrous, leaves oppost 
oposite 4-5 in, penninarred thai oria seons pale elliptic- or oblong-lan: 
acute or subacute smooth above beneath obscurely reticulate an 
