4S8 LauracecS. [Cryptocarya. 



3-8 usually 6, often deciduous ; stam. 6-20, usually 9 in 3 

 rows, inserted on the per.-tube (only 3 in Hernandid), a fourth 

 inner row of 3 staminodes sometimes added, fil. flattened, 

 sometimes with 2 large lateral appendages (glands) near the 

 base, anth. 2- or 4-celled, opening by up-curving lids ; ov. 

 superior, I -celled, with a solitary ovule pendulous from top; 

 fruit dry or fleshy, indehiscent, often surrounded at base 

 by (in Cryptocarya included in) persistent per.-tube ; seed 

 solitary, pendulous, embryo large, cotyledons plane-convex, 

 endosperm o. 



Trees or shrubs ; anth.-cells of 3rd row (if present) 

 extrorse {Perseecp). 



Fruit enclosed in per.-tube i. Cryptoc.\RYA. 



Fruit not enclosed in per.-tube. 



Anth. 2-celled 2. Beilschmiedia. 



Anth. 4-celled. 



Per. with persistent tube and usually deci- 

 duous segm 3. CiNNAMOMUM. 



Per. with persistent reflexed segm. . . 4. Machilus. 



Per. wholly deciduous 5. AlseodaphnE. 



Trees or shrubs ; all anth.-cells introrse {Litseece). 

 Anth. 4-celled. 



Bracts several, membranous, deciduous ; per.- 



segm. 6 6. ACTINODAPHNE. 



Bracts 4, leafy, forming an involucre ; per.- 



segm. 4 or 6 7. LiTSEA. 



Anth. 2-celled 8. Lindera. 



Trees; anth.-cells opening laterally . . . .10. Hernandia, 



Leafless parasitic herbs 9. Cassytha. 



Our 33 species are all, with the exception of Alseodaphne, found only 

 in the moist region, and are about equally divided between the low 

 country and the hills. Species of Ctnnamomum, Aciinodaphnt\ and 

 Litsea are very characteristic of the montane forests, nearly all being 

 endemic. Herna?tdia is a seashore plant. Many of the species are but 

 little known, and some of the woods especially need examination as to 

 their value. 



I. CRVPTOCARYA, Br. 



Trees, 1. alt., entire, penniveined and reticulate, fl. small, 

 in axillary or subterminal panicles; perianth-tube turbinate, 

 segm. 6, concave; stam. 9 in 3 rows, anth. 2-cclled, fil. of first 

 and second rows without glands, anth. introrse, fil. of third 

 row with glands, anth. extrorse; style long, stout; fruit com- 

 pletely enclosed in (and often adnate to) the persistent per.- 

 tube. — Sp. 40 ; 14 in Fl. B. Ind. 



L. coriaceous, pubescent beneath . . i. C. Wightiana. 

 L. thin, glabrous 2. C. MKMBRANACEA. 



