170 CXXVIII. LAURINEZ, (J. D. Hooker.) [Litsca. 
leaves. Umbels 3-10 in a cluster, in bud 1-1 in. diam., usually finely hoary, some- 
times tomentose or glabrous; pedicel j-1 in., stout; flowers subsessile, about 2 in. 
diam. Sepals oblong, subequal, nearly glabrous. Stamens very unequal and irre- 
gular as to glands, at length far exserted, filaments hairy. Ovary with a large dis- 
coid stigma. Fruit 1 in. diam. ; perianth-tube fleshy, as is its large turbinate pedicel. 
—Meissner’s B. major is only a large-leaved specimen; his y. glauca, from Ceylon, is 
L. glaberrima, Thwaites. A plant called T. læta in Herb. Calcutt. from the Ryang 
River in Sikkim, alt. 2000 ft., differs remarkably in the fruit, which is 2 in. long, 
oblong, mucronatejand nearly white ; its fruiting perianth-tube is subcampanulate, $ in. 
diam., with a sinuately lobed mouth. 
38. L. Thomsonii, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 183 (Tetranthera) ; 
quite glabrous, leaves 5-7 in. alternate penninerved firmly coriaceous linear- 
oblong or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate pale brown above paler beneath with 
6-10 slender nerves very obscurely reticulated, umbels in short subracemose 
corymbs, peduncles and pedicels short stout, young fruit globose. Tetran- 
thera læta, Wall. ? Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. T. 
SILHET; near the station, J. D. H. & T. T. 
A large tree; branches stout. Leaves 2-3 in. broad, base acute, hardly shining ` 
above, not glaucous beneath ; petiole 4-1 in. long, stout. Corymbs axillary and in 
the leafless axils, rounded, about 1 in. diam.; pedicels spreading ; pedicels of very 
young fruit clavate with the truncate perianth-tube of immature fruit 3 in. diam., and 
globose ; young fruit about } in.—Apparently a very distinct plant, but having neither 
ower nor ripe fruit, it is not in a state for satisfactory description. 
39. L. chartacea, Wall. Cat. 2531 (Tetranthera); quite glabrous, 
except the inflorescence, branches slender, leaves 3-5 by 14-14 in. alternate 
penninerved thinly coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate acuminate pale subglaucous 
and reticulated beneath, nerves 6-8 pair slender, petiole very slender, female 
umbels small fascicled peduncled 6-8-fld., flowers stoutly pedicelled, fruit 
ellipsoid on a broad cupular perianth-tube. Tetranthera chartacea, Wall.; 
Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 186 (the Nepal plant only); Nees in Wall. PI. 
As, Rar. ii. 67 and iii. 30, and Syst. Laurin. 546. 
NEPAL, Wallich. SikKkiM; at Rishap, alt. 5500 ft., King. 
A moderate-sized tree (King). Leaves finely reticulate between the nerves be- 
neath, base acute ; petiole j in., more slender than in its allies. Umbels À in. diam. when 
expanded, pedicels about as long, both finely fulvous-pubescent; bracts 4, rounded ; 
flowers 4, in. diam., coriaceous, funnel-shaped. Sepals small, very variable in shape 
and length. Ovary ovoid; style stout, stigma simple. Fruit 3 in. long, obtuse, bla 
when dry; cupular perianth-tube. 4 in. diam., rather suddenly narrowed into the 
thickened clavate peduncle, together }-3 in. long.—Wallich’s specimens from Ne 
are males, King’s from Sikkim are in fruit, but they appear conspecific ; together 
they form very insufficient material. The small umbels and pale leaves with very 
slender petioles are the most prominent characters. The Sikkim plant referred to 
this by Meissner is Dodecadenia paniculata, with a very different flower and fruit. 
Of his Java plant (Zollinger 2853 b) I know nothing. His var. B. ? nervosa (Wall. 
Birm. Herb. 1463, from Amherst) is L. Wallichii, nob. 
b. Species of Pegu, the Eastern Peninsula, Penang and the Andamans. 
40. L. leiantha, Kurz For. Fi. ii. 300 (Tetranthera) ; quite glabrous, 
branches and leaves blackish when dry, leaves 4-6 in. alternate penninerv 
coriaceous elliptic obovate or obovate-oblong obtuse or subacute smo0 
above faintly reticulate beneath with 6-9 pairs of moderately stout perra 
umbels fascicled long-pedicelled glabrous 5-fid., bracts glabrous, periant 
nearly glabrous. 
ANDAMAN Istanps; Mount Harriet, in forests, Kurz. 
