Laurus. ENNEANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 307 
ments, sessile, conglobate, and yellow... The other three 
pairs are small, and attached laterally to the very base of 
the inner three filaments. Stamina as in the other species. 
_Germ superior, ovate, one-celled, containing one seed, at- 
tached to the top of the cell, Style about as long as the 
stamina, Stigma three-lobed. Berry sub-globular, size 
and colour of a black currant. Seed solitary. Embryo in- 
verse, without, perisperm, &c, as in the genus, 
USS Pe glaucescens. R. 
Leaves alternate,narrow-lanceolate, triple-nerved. Flow- 
ers in lateral fascicles. ; 
A native of the northern Circar mountains, behind 
Rajamundree, 
Laurus sylvestris. B. H. 
Arboreous. Leaves alternate, lanceolar, acuminate, 
one-nerved, Panicles terminal, tomentose (with a tomen- 
tose scaly bud in the centre.) Nectarial glands, broad- 
cordate-sagittate. Berries spherical, 
_ Orook, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is indi- 
genous, growing to the size of the mango tree. _ It flowers 
in February, and the seed ripens in Apriland May. The 
timber of this tree is made use of by the natives for vari- 
ous economical purposes. 
_° Leaves alternate, short-petioled, broad-lanceolar, and 
though acuminate, tapering most toward the base, en- 
tire, smooth on both sides, but glaucous underneath ; (no 
tendency to the tri or triple-nerve habit,) from three to 
Six inches long, and two broad, Stipules none. Panicles 
terminal, several, round a terminal scaly tomentose bud, 
the length of the leaves, having every part amply clothed 
With soft, light-brown pubescence, and composed of 
alternate, dichotomous branches ; each division three- 
flowered, and one in the fork. Bractes small, villous, 
caducous. Calyx six-cleft. Segments oblong, villous on 
bei sides, permanent, Nectarial glands with short fila 
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