Litsea.| CXXVIII. LAURINEEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 177 
5-fid., 4 in, diam, when flowering ; flowers silky. Perianth turbinate, glabrous within, 
4-6-partite. Stamens usually 9. Fruit nearly globose, j-i in. broad (Thwaites) ; 
perianth-tube with the very thick pedicel 3-1 in. long, and 3 in. diam.—Quite possibly 
a form of L. Wightiana. "The flowers according to Thwaites are polygamous. 
58. L. Beddomei, Hook. f.; branchlets midrib beneath and racemes 
pubescent, leaves 2-3 in. alternate penninerved coriaceous linear-oblong or 
-lanceolate obtuse acute or acuminate silvery glaucous beneath with 8-10 
"rd of very faint and slender nerves, male-racemes 1-2 in., bracts silvery 
Sour DECCAN; Tinnevelly Hills, Beddome. 
Apparently a small bush 3 branches scarred, Leaves j-j in. broad, smooth and 
greenish above when dry with very faint nerves, obscurely reticulate beneath. 
cemes 1-2 in., or-less ; pedicels 3 in., male umbels } in, diam. in flower; bracts 
coriaceous, Perianth-tube pubescent, lobes 6 membranous. Stamens 8; , filaments 
sho rt, glabrous.—A very distinct-looking small species, of which the specimens are 
insufficient for a full character. 
59. L. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 2557 (Tetranthera) ; branchlets leaves 
beneath and inflorescence more or less rusty-tomentose or villous, leaves 
1n. alternate penninerved coriaceous from oblong to elliptic-lanceolate 
obtuse acute or acuminate, brown beneath with 8-12 pair of strong nerves 
and Teticulations, racemes stout 1-4 in., umbels stoutly pedicelled silky 
la e 4-6-fld., fruit 4 in. seated on the turbinate or hemispheric stoutly 
celled entire or 6-toothed perianth-tube. Cylicodaphne Wightiana, 
ees in Wall, Pl. As. Rar. ii. 68 and iii. 31; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 
00 and 515 (excl. var, B. and y.); Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 222. ? C. flori- 
bunda, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 387; Meissn. l. c. Tetranthera Wightiana, 
Bedd. Fi, Sylv. 293. 
Dap ighiri and Travancore Hills, alt. 6-8000 ft., Wight, &c. Canara, Stocks, 
Zell. , 
A rather large tree (Wight); branches robust. Leaves very variable in size and 
breadth, usually MAN ight); bra impressed veins and light. or dark brown be- 
Death, rarely purplish and glaucescent; base acute; petiole 4-4 in., stout. eme 
Suberect or spreading, rachis stout; pedicels 1-1 in. stout; umbels j-$ in. broa 
maen flowering ; bracts 4, coriaceous. Perianth turbinate, tube and 6 lobes silkily 
tomentose, Stamens about 12, filaments hairy. Stigma discoid. Fruit as in 
 Stocksii, but in the Canara specimens the mouth of the perianth-cup bas 6 remote 
erect or Spreading teeth.—I have under L. Stocksii and Gardneri stated my sus- 
Pions that they are forms of this very variable plant, as may be L. ovalifolia. 
*issner’s vars. tomentosa and parvifolia have no certain characters; his locality of 
“sam is founded on an erroneous label, and that of Ceylon refers to L. Gardneri, 
ase. L. cordata, Jack in Mal. Misc. ex Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. 
al ; branchlets leaves beneath and racemes rusty-tomentose, leaves 4-6 in. 
ied omen nate, nerves 10-12 pair spreading with transverse nervules beneath, 
m “mes § itr 
Tetranthera cordata, Jack ex Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 196. T. cordifolia, 
ssn. die. T, Perrottetii, Blume Mus. Bot. 384; Meissn. l. c. 
Matacca, Griftth.—Dt matra, Philippines. 
abo anches black when dry dens 3-4 in. broad, brown when dry and polished 
Ned With raised nerves and nervules, base always cordate, sometimes unequal ; 
Vt 1-1 in., rather slender. Racemes 1-4 in., slender; pedicels } in.; umbels in 
eta m. ; bracts 4, nearly glabrous; flowers villous. Sepals 6. Filaments 
v Fruit in Philippine specimens 4-3 in. long, ellipsoid, seated on the turbinate 
L. y, N 
