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. 



11. L; glaucescens. R. 



ifai;esalternate,narrow-lanceolate, triple-nerved. Flow- 

 ers in lateral fascicles. 



A native of the northern Circar mountains, behind 

 Rajamundree. 



Laurus syluestris. B. H. 



Arboreous. Leaves alternate, lanceolar, acuminate, 

 one-nerved. Panicles terminal, toraentose (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 April and 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 

 both sides, permanent. Nectarial glands with short fila- 



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