LAtJRINE^ tOl 



PIPERACE/E. 



See Vol. I p. 342, and add under: 



PEPEROMIA. Vol. i p. 345- 



Pcperomia thomsoni Hook. f. ; F.B,I. v 97, III 4. 

 Stem stout naked in lower part. Leaves alternate, 

 elliptic-ovate sub-acute five nerved. Flower spikes 

 slender as long as the leaves, longer in fruit, up to 3 

 inches erect. 



Pulneys, Glen Falls, Kodaikanal, 7,000 feet. Fyson 4^01. 



Gen. Dist. Deccan to Ceylon. 



LAURINE/E. 



See Vol. I p. 346. 



CINNAMOMUM. 



Cinnamomum wightii Meissn. ; Vol. I p. 347. t. 

 476. 



LITS^EA. 



LitsKE wightiana Wall. ; Vol. I p. 349. t. 477. 



LitsaBa ligustrina iV^^5. ; F.B.I, v 158, XII 7. A small 

 tree, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 3 to 4 inches elliptic 

 with very fine reticulations between the pinnate nerves. 

 Umbels axillary or lateral on peduncles of J^ to J4 inch. 

 Bract glabrous or pubescent, filament hairy, t. 478 

 Wight Ic. t. 1835. 



On both plateaus — Nilgiris : Coonoor. Pulneys : Kodai- 

 kanal 7,500 feet, and below to Neutral saddle 5,500 feet. Fyson 

 4328, 65 II. Botir?ie 2381. Fir. summer months. 



Gen. Bist. On ghats from Nilgiris southwards. 



NEOLITS^EA. 



Ncolits88a zcylanica Merril; Vol. I p. 350. t. 479. 



