178 CXXVIII. LAURINEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Litsca. 
shortly thickly pedicelled perianth-tube, which is about j in. diam. at the mouth.— 
Meissner’s locality of ** Penins. Ind. Or., Wight," is erroneous, Wight’s specimen 1s 
from Griffith. 
Sect. V. Neolitss;ea, Benth. Leaves persistent, alternate, triple-nerved, 
sometimes subverticillate. Umbels in sessile clusters. -Perianth-segments 
usually 4, deciduous, tube not or rarely enlarged in fruit. Stamens usually 
6. Fruit small.—Litsma, Nees, Meissner. "TrTRADENIA, Nees. (I think 
Tetradenia, Nees, should be restored as a genus.) 
61. L. lanuginosa, Nees Syst. Laurin. 634; leaves 5-12 in. alternate 
and whorled elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate acuminate triple-nerved 
softly thinly tomentose beneath soon glabrous and glaucous, bracts and 
flowers silkily villous, fruit oblong. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 221; 
Brand. For. Fl. 382; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 319. Tetranthera lanu- 
ginosa, Wall. Cat. 2561. T. Cuipala, Don Prodr. 65. "Tetradenia lanu- 
ginosa, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 64. L.? Cuipala, Mees and Meissn. 
Outer HIMALAYA; from Kashmir, alt. 3000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 6000 ft. (very 
rare in Garwhal). KnasiA Mrs., Herb. Griffith. . 
A small tree, terminal buds often 1 in. long. Leaves variable in size, young 
densely clothed with long soft shining silky hairs, often 8-10 in a terminal whorl; 
basal nerves usually produced far beyond the middle, others 3-4 pair; petiole 4-4 in. 
Umbels in clusters nearly 1 in. diam., 4-fld., male fl. shortly pedicelled, fem. longer 
pedicelled. Filaments of inner stamen with long-pedicelled glands. Fruit } in. long 
acute at both ends, pedicel thickened at the top but not swollen upwards.—1 think 
this is certainly Don’s Tetr. Cuipala. 
62. L. fuscata, Thwaites Enum. 258; leaves 3-4 in. alternate and 
whorled coriaceous elliptic acuminate triple-nerved, beneath white or pale 
brown with appressed hairs at length glaucous, bracts and flowers villously 
silky or tomentose, fruit globose on the much-thickened funnel-shaped 
peranth-tube. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 221. 
CEYLON ; Central Province, alt. 6-8000 ft., Walker, &c. 
A tree, 20 ft. ; branchlets rusty-tomentose. Leaves 11-2 in. broad, smooth above, 
youngest densely clothed with silky hairs; petiole 3-1 in. Clusters of male fl. 3 in. 
broad ; flowers shortly pedicelled. Filaments laxly hairy; glands of inner sub- 
sessile. Fruit } in. diam., pedicel 3-1 in. long.—Beddome (Forest Manual) regards 
this, L. orbicularis and ambigua as vars. of L. zeylanica, but to me they appear 
very distinct. 
63. L. zeylanica, C. & Fr. Nees in Amen. Bot. Bonn. Fasc. i. 58, 
t.5, ex Nees Syst. Laurin. 626 (ceylanica); quite glabrous or branchlets 
and petioles faintly puberulous, leaves alternate 3-5 in. elliptic- or oblong- 
lanceolate obtusely or acutely acuminate triple-nerved with 1-3 pairs O 
nerves above the middle glaucous or not beneath, bracts and flowers silky, 
fruit subglobose or oblong seated on a disciform perianth-tube with & thick- 
ened pedicel. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 956 ; Blume Mus. Bot. 1. 346, ; 
Brand. For. Fl. 382; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 223; Gamble Man. Ind. 
Timb. 311; Thwaites Enum. 257; Beddome Fl. Sylv. t. 294; Wight Tc. 
t. 132 and 1844. L. oblonga, Nees Syst. Laurin. 678; Wight Ic. t. 1849. 
L. striolata, Blume l. c. 347; Meissn. l. c. 223. L. foliosa, Nees l. c. 622; 
Meissn. l. c. 222 (excl. var. B.); Kurz For. Fl. ii. 306. L. furfuracea, Nees 
l. c. 625; Blume. l.c. 347; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. 1.975. L. scrobiculata, 
Meissn. l. c. 233. L. trinervia, Juss. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xxvii. 79. Tetradema 
ceylanica, furfuracea & foliosa, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ji. 64 and 1n. 3 
Tetranthera foliosa, pulcherrima (in part) & furfuracea, Wall. Cat. 2569, 
