444 Lmtracece. \Alseodaphne. 



segm. lanceolate, subacute; fil. hairy; fruit nearly '\ in., smooth, 

 dark green dotted with white. 



Moist region from 1500-4000 ft.; rather common. Fl. December- 

 February ; pale yellow. 



Also on mountains of S. India. 



Wood light, soft, pale yellow, or nearly white. 



5. AXiSEODAPKNE, Nees. 



Large tree, 1. alt., crowded at ends of branchlets, penni- 

 nerved ; fl. in lax axillary panicles ; perianth cut almost to 

 base into 6 segm., deciduous ; stam. 9 in three rows, as in 

 Cryptocarya, &.C., staminodes (fourth row) 3, small, sagittate ; 

 fruit large, oblong-oval supported on a thickened swollen 

 stalk, without a supporting persistent perianth. — Sp, 15; 9 in 

 F/. B. Ind. 



AlseodapJme was regarded merely as a section of Persea in Gen. 

 Plant., but has full generic rank in the Fl. B. Ind. 



A. semecarplfolia, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. ii. 72 (1831). 

 W^warani, .V. Ranai, Vavaranai, T. 



Meissn. 1. c. 28. Persea semecarpi/olia., Trim. Syst. Cat. Ceyl. 75. 

 C. P. 2269 (2272). 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 144. Wight, Ic. tt. 1826, 1827. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 297. 



A large tree, much branched, bark thick, vertically fur- 

 rowed, yellowish-brown, branchlets somewhat whorled, twigs 

 numerous, slender, glabrous, lenticellate ; 1. appearing almost 

 verticillate from crowding, 3^-5 A in-» oblong-oval or oblong- 

 lanceolate or somewhat obovate, tapering to base, acute 

 obtuse or rounded at apex, glabrous, rather thick, usually 

 somewhat glaucous beneath, finely reticulate, petiole variable, 

 \-\ in.; fl. on slender ped., panicles exceeding 1. on long 

 peduncles, very lax ; per.-segm. slightly puberulous, oval, 

 obtuse, the outer 3 rather smaller; fruit \-\ in., oblong-ovoid, 

 blunt, smooth, ped. \-\ in., stout, cylindrical, worted. 



Forests of the dry region, common. Fl. Aug., Sept., April ; yellowish- 

 green. 



Also in Southern India. 



Varies in the shape and size of the leaves ; our plant is called var. 

 angnstifolia by Mcissner. Wight's Ic. t. 1827 and Beddome's figures 

 show a still smaller-leaved form from India. There are apparently 

 specimens in Willdenow's Herbarium under the name of Tabenne- 

 7no7ita)ia tenuifolia (see note by Meissncr, 1. c). A specimen of Thwaites's 

 (in Herb. Perad.) is localised Reigam Korale, which must be an error, as 

 the tree is confmed to the dry region. One of our best timber trees. 

 The wood is exported from Trincomalie; it is heavy, durable, straight- 

 grained, pale greyish-orange, and can be obtained of large size. 



