* entire Perianth-tube,—T 
Litsea.] CXXVIII. LAURINEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 167 
reticulated beneath under the pubescence; petiole 4 in. Umbels axillary and at the 
leaf-scars, in bud à in. diam., obscurely pubescent ; pedicel 4-4 in., slender; bracts 
Concave; flowers (very young) funnel-shaped, silky below without and within. 
Sepais oblong, glabrous, small. Stamens 6, apparently glabrous. Fruit and fem. fl. 
unknown,—A well-marked plant (totally distinct from 7. nemoralis), of which only 
Wo specimens are known, both in young flower ; so the above character will probably 
Tequire modification. Its nearest ally is L. longifolia. 
9l. In longifolia, Nees Syst. Laurin. 528 (Tetranthera); branchlets 
ves beneath and umbels rusty-tomentose, leaves 6-12 in. alternate penni- 
herved coriaceous elliptic elliptic-lanceolate or obovate obtuse acute or 
acuminate, beneath strongly reticulate, nerves 6-10 pair, umbels densely 
clustered shortly peduncled about 10-fld., fruit small globose seated on the 
expanded. concave thickened perianth-tube. L. cauliffora, Moon Cat. 
Tetranthera longifolia, Nees ex Meissm. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 188 (exel. 
var. B.); Thwaites Enum. 255 (excl. var. y). . 
CEYLON; common in the Central Province, alt, 4—7000 ft. . Zn 
A small sparingly branched tree (Thwaites). Leaves very variable in size, the 
largest 7 in. broad, brownish green when dry and often harshly pubescent above, 
reticulations beneath broad, base acute or rounded; petiole 4-3 in., stout. Umbels in 
ewer 4 in. diam. ; bracts 4, subequal; flowers rusty-tomentose, villous below. 
pals unequal, sometimes antheriferous. Stamens 12, filaments slender hairy, inner 
anthers short sometimes 2-celled. Fruit about 4 in. diam., much broader than the 
he name longifolia is not appropriate. Meissner’s var. B. 
4, from Moulmein, is unknown to me. Thwaites’ var. y.is L. glaberrima (T. nervosa 
chartacea, Meissner.) 
32. Lh. nemoralis, Z/waites Enum. 255; branchlets petioles and 
leaves beneath densely rusty-villous or tomentose, leaves 1-2 ft. alternate 
Penuinerved linear. or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, nerves 12-15 pair strong 
lan, Pending beneath, umbels small clustered glabrous or very sparsely 
TI ETION ; abont 21 miles from Galle, alt. 1000 ft., under large forest trees, Gardner, 
es, 
A bush, 10-12 ft. ; stem erect or sparingly branched; branches robust. Leaves 
Imo Proad, not thickly coriaceous, green ‘above when dry with tomentose midrib, 
petiole Y eolly, loosely reticulate and pale beneath between redder villous nerves; 
ion i 2-2 in. very stout. Flowers and fruit not seen.—Most of the above descrip- 
ut at from Thwaites, who says in a note that he has never found flowers or fruits, 
üy a the former were found by Gardner. It is a noble species, and quite unlike 
Other, 
Tt Leaves glabrous beneath or nearly so. (See also L. Stocksii.) 
à. Species of the Himalaya, Assam, Khasia and Sithet. 
88. L. salicifolia, Roxb. ex Wall. Cat. 2536 (Tetranthera) ; glabrous 
oh branches and leaves beneath hoary, leaves 3-12 in. alternate pe mpinekved 
te artaceous broadly or narrowly elliptic or oblong acute or acuminat 
hue Y glaucous beneath, nerves 8-15 pair, umbels clustered glabrous rare y 
baay 46-fid., pedicels short, stamens villous, fruit ellipsoid, perianth-tub 
ly enlarged or small and cup-shaped. T. salicifolia, Roxb. ; Nees it 
Cat Sb. As. Rar. ii. 66 and 30, and Syst. Laurin, 534. T. glauca, Wall. 
i e 2593; Meissn, in DO. Prodr. xv. 1. 185 (excl. var. 8.) ; Nees lI. A 66 
(mt 9l; Kurz For. Fl, ii. 300. T. laurifolia, Roxb. in Wall. Cat. a 
ii, gg Ti Dd). T. attenuata, Wall, Cat. 2534; Nees in Wall. 1. c. ii Gand 
>and Syst, Laurin, 533. T. laricewfolia, Rowb. FL Ind. iii, 822; Kurz 
