6. LATJUACEM. \\. Beilscbmibdia. 



Trees. Perfect st. 6-12, anthers 4-celled, all introrse. 

 L. usually sub-verticillate. Fl. bracts densely 



imbricate 2. Actinodaphne. 



L. usually alt. scattered. Bracts forming a 



whorled involucre • .... 3. Litsasa. 



A leafless twining parasite 4. Cassytha. 



1. Beilschmiedia, Nees, 



It. penninerved, opp. or alt. Fls. usually panicled and 

 2-sexual. Perianth tube short. Filaments of innermost 

 series of perfect st. 2-glandnlar at base with extrorse anthers, 

 one whorl of ovoid or cocdate staminodes. Fruit from 

 globose to very narrowly oblong or obovoid unsupported by 

 the perianth. 



1. B. Roxburghiana, Nees. Syn, B. fagifolia, Nees. 

 B. fagifolia. Nees, is included- in B. Roxburghiana by 

 Brandis, working no doubt on a large series of specimens. 

 The two following varieties however look so like distinct 

 species that they are separately described. 



Yar. fagifolia, Nees. (sp.V Katea-Ratam, K. 



A large tree attaining 6 ft. girth with rather smooth light 

 bark, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate obtuse or slightly 

 acuminate leaves 3" by §" to 6'' by 1 J". Fls. in short cymes 

 J-£" long from the leaf- scars. Fr. 1-1 J" long narrowly 

 oblong-obovoid purple-black. 



Along rivers on the Porahat plateau (e.g. Saikata R.), rare. Fl. March 

 when nearly leafless. Fr. ripens May. Nearly evergreen. 



L. tapering at the base, sec. n. 6-12 prs., intermediate very reticulate 

 and fine, raised both sides. Petiole ^-f- ". Per. lobes £-£•" linear-oblong. 

 Perfect st. in 3 or 4 series, usually 12, staminodes about 8 white fleshy soine- 

 times, 2-seriate. Testa rather coriaceous. 



It is said to be a good timber. 



Var. Dalzellii, Meissn. (Sp.) 



A small tree with green branches, alt. and sub-opposite 

 shining ell.-oblong or narrow elliptic gland-dotted leaves 5* 

 by If" to 9 by 3", narrowed both ends, but scarcely acuminate^ 



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