184 CXXVII. LAURINEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Lindera. 
Assam; at Goalpara, Wallich, Griffith (Polyadenia grandis, Kew Distrib, 4278). 
SILHET, De Silva. 
Branches very stout, woody, pale, furrowed. Leaves brown when dry, very 
variable in form and breadth, 21—4 in. diam., rather shining above with slender sun 
nerves, base acute; petiole }- in., very stout, tomentose. Umbels è in. diam., braes 
coriaceous concave; flowers minute, shortly pedicelled, hirsute. Sepals 6, unequa-- 
Stamens 6-12, filaments short, villous, most or all with stipitate glands. Fruit 
ellipsoid or oblong, 3 in. long, smooth, shortly pedicelled. . 
7. In venosa, Benth. in Gen. Plant. ii. 164; branchlets stout and 
leaves glabrous, leaves 6-10 in. long-petioled narrowly elliptic-lanceolate 
shining above, nerves 12-15 pair rather strong beneath with distant reticu- 
lations, umbels 15-fld. very large sessile or stoutly pedicelled clustered and at 
first enclosed in many broad imbricate hard rounded scales, bracts 7 coria- 
ceous pubescent. Daphnidium venosum, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 291. 
Tetranthera, Grif. Itin. Notes 144 n. 692, and Notul. iv. 355, and Ie. Pl. 
Asiat. iv. t. 353. 
Broran ; near Oongar Bridge, alt. 6000 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4308). 
A medium-sized tree, nearly leafless in winter, Griffith ; branches stout, pale, fur- 
rowed. Leaves towards the ends of the branches, spreading and deflexed, rather 
membranous, brown above, with slender impressed nerves, paler beneath; base acute ; 
petiole 1-1} in., slender. Buds enclosing umbels j-$ in. long, ovoid, axillary and on 
the branches, solitary or 2-3 together. Umbels nearly 1 in. diam.; bracts concave, 
coriaceous, pubescent ; flowers villously silky, shortly pedicelled. Sepals 6-8, unequal. 
Stamens 9-12, filaments villous, 3 inner or more with one or two long-pedicelled cup- 
shaped glands; sometimes of 12 stamens 6 are eglandular, 4 2-glandular and 2 1- 
glandular. Fruit unknown. 
8. L. bifaria, Benth. in Gen, Plant. iii. 164; branchlets and leaves 
beneath finely brown-tomentose or villous, leaves persistent 13-6 in. pale 
brown coriaceous shortly petioled elliptic ovate-lanceolate acuminate, nerves 
5-10 pair strong beneath with faint or strong cross-nervules, umbels small 
sessile 6-10-fld. solitary or clustered, bracts 6-8 imbricate, fruit small glo- 
bose. Daphnidinm bifarium, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 63, and Syst. 
Laurin. 616; Meissn. in DO. Prodr. xv. 1. 231; Brand. For. Fl. 389. 
Tetranthera bifaria, Wal. Cat. 2530. Laurus Nasusua, Don Prodr. 64. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; Kumaon, alt. 5000 ft., Blinkworth, Strachey & Win- 
terbottom. NEPAL, Wallich. UPPER AssAM, Mishmi Hills, Griffith. KHASIA MTs., 
alt. 3-4000 ft., Waliich, &c.—DisTRIB. Yunan, China, Munnipore. 
A small tree with very pale-brown branches and foliage when dry ; branches rather 
stout. Leaves very variable in size and amount of hairiness, nerves and cross-ner- 
vules beneath very strong and midrib often villous, above smooth and minutely 1M- 
pressed-punctate; base acute or cuneate, rarely obtuse; buds scaly, youngest leaves 
densely clothed with fulvouslong shining silky wool; petiole 1 in., very stout. Umbels 
solitary or clustered, globose, 1-4 in. diam. before opening ; bracts rounded, coriaceous, 
concave, brown, more or less pubescent; flowers very small, axillary in the upper 
bracts, shortly pedicelled, pedicel and perianth-tube velvety. Sepals 6, WEM- 
branous, subequal. Stamens 9, short, filaments glabrous. Ovary glabrous, with a 
stout style and discoid stigma. Fruit } in. diam., seated on the very small shallow 
cup-shaped perianth-tube.—Griffith’s 2464 from Bhotan referred to bifaria by 
Meissner is not that plant; it has deciduous leaves and different branches and flowers. 
The specific name isona quoted by Nees as that of Wall. Cat. 2550 is simply & miS- 
reading of bifaria which is indistinctly written. 
Sect. III. Daphnidium. Leaves persistent, triple-nerved. 
9. L. caudata, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 164; branchlets slender and 
