52 LAURACEA. { PH@sBeE. 
1,P. lanceolata, Nees Syst. Laurin. 109, F. B. I. v, 141; 
Brandis For. Fl. 377 ; Ind. Trees 532 ; Watt E. D. ; Kanjilal For. 
Fl. (ed. 2), 328 ; Gamble Man. 568 ; Collett Fl. Siml. 432 ; Prain 
Beng. Pl. 900. Laurus lanceolaria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. vi, 808.—Vern. 
Haulia (Hind.), tumri (Dehra Dun). 
Asmall evergreen tree with yellowish-white bark, quite glabrous except 
the very young parts and the perianth inside. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 
usually crowded towards the ends of the branches, 6-9 in. long, 
. elliptic-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, narrowed below into a short 
petiole; main lateral nerves 6-10 paiis. Flowers pale-yellow, 2- 
sexual, or sometimes polygamous. -5-} in. long, arranged in lax 
axillary panicles 2-4 in. long.; peduncles slender, about 2 in. long when 
in flower, elongating in fruit. Perianth-segments broad, obtuse, 
villous inside, erect in fruit. Fruit narrowly ellipsoid, clasped at the 
base by the hardened perianth, black when ripe. 
Sub-Himalayan tracts from Dehra Dun (Gamble) to the forests of N. 
Oudh (Brandis). Flowers Feb.-June. DistTris.: Outer Himalayan 
ranges from Simla to Bhutan up to 6,000 ft.; also on the Khasia 
Hills and in Burma. The wood is hard and close-grained and is said 
to be used for planks. 
2. P. pallida, Nees Syst. Laurin. 112 ; Brandis For. Fl. 377 ; 
Ind. Trees 532 ; F. B. I. v. 142 ; Gamble Man. 567. 
A small tree with finely puberulous shoots. Leaves coriaceous, 6-9 in. 
long, elliptic-lanceolate, or oblanceolate, acuminate, pubescent be- 
neath when young; main lateral nerves 8-10 pairs, very oblique, 
deeply impressed above, prominent beneath. Panicles long-pedun- 
cled. Flowers puberulous. 
Moist ravines in the forests of E. Oudh (Brandis). Flowers in June. 
Distris. : Kumaon Himalaya up to 5,000 ft., and eastwards to Nepal 
and Sikkim. Perhaps too closely allied to P. lanceolata to be regarded 
as more than a variety. ‘ 
4. LITSEA, Lamk.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v, 155. 
Trees or shrubs, usually evergreen. Leaves alternate, rarely 
opposite or subopposite, penninerved, rarely 3-nerved from the 
base, buds naked or scaly. Flowers small, dicecious, usually 
umbellate; umbels 4-6 (rarely more)- flowered, sessile or shortly 
peduncled ; peduncles clustered, rarely solitary, axillary or in the 
