Litsea.'] Lauvocece. 453 



perianth-tube campanulate, segm. 4, rounded, deciduous, 

 stam. usually 8 ; fruit -J- in., oblong-ovoid, purplish-red. 

 Var. /3, ang-ustata, Meissn. 1. c. 208 (in part). C. P. 360. 

 L. narrower, sometimes reaching 10 in., linear-lanceolate, 

 very acuminate, glaucous beneath, fruit over \ in., crimson. 



Montane zone, 4000-6000 ft. ; rather common. Hantane ; Dimbula ; 

 Adam's Peak ; Haputale. Var. /3, also in moist low country. Ambaga- 

 muwa; Morawak Korale ; Madagatte, S. Prov.; Lunugala, Uva. Fl. 

 Jan.-April ; greenish-white. 



Endemic. 



Very variable in foliage ; possibly two different plants are included in 

 var. ;8. There is doubt as to this being the T. iteodaplme of Nees, Syst. 

 Laur. 542 (from Ceylon), as he describes 6 segm. to the perianth. Of 

 C. IValkeri, Meissn., I have seen only 2 leaves (from Walker, n. 1832) 

 kindly sent me by Sir J. Hooker. 



10. Ii. Gardner!, Thtu. Emim. 255 [Tetrantherd) (1861). 

 Cylicodaphne zeylanica and C. rigida^ Meissn. 1. c. 201. C. P. 40. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 176. 



A tree, 40-50 ft., bark grey, branchlets stout, marked with 

 l.-scars, young parts pubescent; 1. large, 4-12 in., oval or 

 oblong-oval, acute at base, obtuse or rounded at apex, 

 glabrous above, minutely white-tomentose beneath, stiffly 

 coriaceous, with many prominent lat. veins, pale violet- 

 coloured when young, petiole \-\ in., very stout, umbels 

 about \ in., on long stout pubescent stalks arranged in 

 axillary racemes shorter than 1., bracts rotundate, silky ; fl. 

 few, sessile ; per. -segm. 6 or 4, white-silky outside, deciduous, 

 stam, usually 9 ; fruit | in,, ovoid. 



Montane zone, 4000-6000 ft.; rare. Hewahette ; Nuwara Eliya; 

 Maturata. Fl. Jan. ; pale yellow. 



Endemic. 



This is near Z. Wightiana^ Wall., of the S. Indian mountains, figured 

 in Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 293 and Wight, Ic. t. 1833. 



11. Ii. fuscata, Thw. Etimn. 258 (1861), 

 Meissn. 1. c, 221. C. P, 413, 



Fl. B, Ind, v, 178. 



A small tree, bark smooth, young shoots finely rufous- 

 tomentose, bud-scales conspicuous, obtuse, silky ; 1. 2^-4 in,, 

 lanceolate or oval, acute at base, shortly acuminate, subacute, 

 quite glabrous and light green above when mature, very 

 finely white-tomentose and glaucous beneath (when young 

 ferrugineo-tomentose on both sidesj, coriaceous, 3-nerved at 

 base ; umbels small, nearly sessile in clusters in axils of 

 present and fallen 1., fl. small, on very hairy ped.; per.-tube 

 very hairy, segm. deciduous ; fruit J in., globose, on large 

 thickened flat circular per.-tube. 



