1. Beilschmtedia ] 6. LAV R ACE M. [3. Litsasa. 



Along streams in the S. P. Fl. and Fr. not seen. 



Sec. n. distant about 7 prs, tertiaries obscure until the leaf is dried, 

 when they stand out both sides as very fine reticulations as in the last, 

 midrib strong. Petiole £"' puberulous above and buds shortly pubescent. 

 It greatly resembles B. assamica, Meissn. in leaf and can only be distin- 

 guished in the absence of inflorescence by its short, pubescent buds, 

 while the former has lanceolate glabrous ones. 



2. Actinodaphne, Nees. 

 l. A. angustifolia, Nees. 



A. inod.-sized tree with large i ibverticillate elliptic-lanceo- 

 late to oblanceolate leaves glaucous beneath and shining above. 

 Fls. Y diam. dioecious in silky crowded shortly-peduncled 

 umbels below the leaf -whorls. Fr. J -J" diam. globose 

 seated on the cup-shaped swollen perianth tube. 



Valeys, esp. in the Saranda tract of Singbhum, not common. 



Fl. Aug. Fr. Nov.-Dec* Evergreen. 



Shoots tomentose. L. 5" -12'' by H-2£'' acuminate with 4-10 prs. very 

 oblique sec. n., the intermediate venation very obscure. Petiole §~f". 



3. Litsatea, Lamk. 



L. nearly always scattered and alternate. Fls. several in 

 an umbel surrounded by an involucre of 4-6 concave sepal- 

 like bracts, umbels pedicelled, again umbelled, or racemed or 

 fascicled, axillary or from leaf or bract scars. Perianth 

 lobes usually 6 but sometimes very incomplete or absent, 

 base or tube sometimes greatly enlarged in fruit. Filaments 

 of th# 3rd (and 4th, if present) whorl of stamens. 2-glandu- 

 lar. 



I. Perianth segments incomplete or rudimentary. 



Umbels clustered or corymbose, rarely racemose . 1. sebijera. 



II. Perianth segments well-developed. 



Umbels clustered or corymbose. Per. base not much 

 enlarged in fruit, tertiary nerves of L. strong 

 parallel 2. polyantha. 



Umbels racemed. Fr. invested by the enlarged 

 perianth ........ 3. nitida. 



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