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1, BEILSCHMIEDIA, Nees ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v, 121. 
Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite, penni- 
nerved. Flowers small, 2-sexual, usually in panicles. Perianth- 
tube short; lobes subequal. Stamens 9, perfect, those of the two 
outer series with eglandular filaments and with the anthers in- 
trorsely 2-celled ; those of third series with 2-glandular filaments 
and with the anthers extrorsely 2-celled ; anthers of the inner- 
most series replaced by ovoid or cordate staminodes. Ovary 
sessile, free from the perianth, narrowed into the style, stigma 
obtuse. Fruit an oblong ovoid or globose berry ; pedicel not or 
slightly thickened, the perianth quite deciduous. Seed with a 
membranous testa.—Species about 20, all tropical. 
B. Roxburghiana, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii, 69 ; Brandis For. 
Fl. 378; Ind. Trees 528; F. B. I. v, 121; Watt. BE. D. ; Gamble 
Man. 559 ; Prain Beng. Pl. 897 ; Haines For, Fl. Ch. Nagpur 151. 
B. fagifolia, Nees ; F. B. I. v, 122. Laurus bilocularis, Roxb. Fl. 
Ind. ii, 311.—Vern. Konhaia (Oudh). 
A large or medium-sized almost evergreen tree. Bark ash-coloured. 
Branches many, spreading horizontally and forming a dense shady 
head. Leaves coriaceous, 6-10 in. long, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 
obtuse or bluntly acuminate, glabrous, dark-green and shining ; base 
cuneate ; main lateral nerves 6-12 pairs, prominent on both surfaces 
and finely and distinctly reticulate between ; petioles }-1 in. long. 
Peduncles axillary and from the base of the young shoots, a little 
shorter than the petioles, pubescent, bearing a raceme or panicle of 
6-12 flowers ; bracts ovate, caducous. Perianth 6-partite ; segments 
spreading or reflexed, } in. long, linear-oblong, hairy on both sides. 
Filaments hairy ; anthers bilocular. Berry 1-14 in. long or more and 
about | in. in diam., narrowly oblong-obovoid, dark-purple when ripe 
and covered with a whitish-grey bloom which is easily rubbed off. 
Forests of N. Oudh in the districts of Gonda and Bahraich, in shady 
ravines (R. Thompson). Flowers Mar.-April when the old leaves are 
falling. DisTrip.: From Kumaon to Assam, Tipperah and Burma, 
also in Ch. Nagpur. The wood is white rather hard and even-grained, 
and is said to be used in Assam for making boats. I have not seen 
the specimens from N. Oudh. 
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