; Litscá. ) CXXVIII. LAURINEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 161 
penninerved.thinly coriaceous elli tic-oblong-ovate or -lanceolate acuminate 
exquisitely reticulate on both surfaces subglaucous -beneath, nerves strong 
4-6 pair, umbels axillary solitary or clustered, bracts membranous glabrous 
4-fid., stamens glabrous, fruit small ovoidly globose on the persistent 6-lobed 
perianth. Lindera nervosa, Kurz For. Fl.ii. 308. Tetranthera chartacea P, 
Wall. Cat. 2531 B. T. chartacea, 8. ? nervosa, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 
1. 186 and 513. Laurin., Wall. Cat. 7531, the right-hand specimen. 
EASTERN TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Bhotan, Griffith (Kew Distrib, 4290). BURMA ; 
at Amherst, Wallich. ARRACAN and TENASSERIM, Kurz, &c. 
A tree; branches quite smooth. Leaves coriaceous, but flexible, shining, pale 
brown or greenish above when dry, largest 20 by 9 in., the reticulations between the - 
nerves extremely fine, base acute obtuse or (in Bhotan specimens) rounded; nerves 
beneath slender but prominent, often reddish, petiole 3-4 in. Umbels few, } in. diam., 
pedicel 1—1 in.; bracts caducous; male flowers small, glabrous within and without, 
subsessile. Sepals oblong. Stamens 9, 3 inner 2-glandular, anthers oblong. Ovary 
0 or imperfect, with a slender style and small stigma. Fruit j in. long, pedicel 
ig in., thick.—A very handsome species. 
l5. L. mishmiensis, Hook. f; branches black and leaves quite 
glabrous, leaves 4-6 in. alternate penninerved long-petioled thinly coria- 
ceous oblong-lanceolate acuminate base acute smooth above pale brown 
neath, nerves 12-16 pair very slender, umbels solitary axillary and on 
short leafy branches long-pedicelled 10-15-fld., bracts caducous and long- 
pedicelled flowers pubescent or tomentose. 
UPPER Assam; Mishmi Hills at Laim-Planj-thaya, Griffith. 2n 
A large tree, branches smooth ; buds silkily tomentose. Leaves 14-2 in. diam., 
not rigid, faintly irregularly reticulated beneath; petiole slender, 4-3 in. Umbels 
4-4 in. diam. ; pedicel j in., pubescent, not stout; bracts 4-5, very concave, coria- 
Ceous ; pedicels of flowers 4—4 in., and base of male perianth white-tomentose. Sepals 
6, small, oblong. Stamens 9, 3 inner 2-glandular; filaments short, glabrous, anthers 
Square. Ovary minute; style slender, stigma small Fruit unknown.—Quite unlike 
any other species in the long pedicels of the male flowers, whence the inflorescence 
resembles a Lindera. 
16. L. assamica, Hook. f.; branches and leaves glabrous or the 
latter faintly puberulous beneath, leaves 4-6 in. alternate penninerved thinly 
coriaceous greenish when dry very shortly petioled elliptioacuminate at bot 
ends smooth above faintly reticulate and pale beneath with 6-10 very 
slender nerves, umbels axillary solitary and fascicled 4-fld., bracts 4 gla- 
Tous, sepals 6, stamens 9 very villous below. Tetranthera rangoonensis, 
var. assamica, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 188. 
Assam plains, Jenkins, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4309). 
Branches rather slender, tee ‘pale, tips petioles and nerves beneath of very 
young leaves puberulous. Leaves 1-2 in. broad, very symmetrical in all the speci- 
mens, but varying greatly in size, narrowed into the very short (3-1 in.) petiole, 
hardly shining above. Umbels few and scattered (probably the specimens are not in 
good flower), 4 in, diam.; pedicel about as long; bracts very concave ; flowers very 
small, shortly pedicelled, jJ, in. diam., villous at the base without and within, as are 
their pedicels, Sepals oblong. Stamens exserted, filaments villous, 3 2-glandular ; 
anthers oblong. Fruit unknown. 
17. A. venulosa, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 187 (Tetranthera) ; 
quite glabrous, branches very slender, leaves 3-4 in. alternate penninerved 
very membranous oblong-lanceolate obtusely caudate-acuminate g neous 
neath, nerves 6-12 pair very slender, umbe 3-5-fid. male solitary, iem. 
Wan i lender. Myristica glaucescens, 
Wall. Cat” eh p eduncle and pedicels very sien 
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