Oryptocarya. | CIII. LAURINEJE. 299 
9. C. australis, Benth. A large shrub or small tree, quite gla- 
brous in all its parts. Leaves ovate elliptical or almost oblong, acumi- 
nate, contracted into a short petiole, coriaceous or thin, ale underneath 
but not at all white, prominently triplinerved, 2 to 4 n. | 
very loose, few-flowered, a shorter 
ite glabrous. Pedicels rather long. Perianth-tube turbinate, nearly 
Ww omiei, Hook. Journ 
alp. Ann. i, 070; Laurus australis A. Cun 
A » 3931; Caryodaphne australis A. Braun; 
ningan Bay Lae river, Moreton Pr A, Cunningham and "aT others ; 
- S. Wales. Clarence river, Beckler; Richmond river, Henderson. 
ot. iv. 419. t. 23; Oreodaphne Bomiei, 
n.; Hook. Bot. Mag. 
Meissn. in DC. Prod. 
Pii specific name Bowiei was originally given to this plant under a mistake as to 
as origin of the seeds from which it was raised at Kew, and was therefore afterwards 
ppressed by Hooker himself, and Cunningham’s name adopted. 
2, NESODAPHNE, Hook. f. 
m hermaphrodite. Perianth-segments 6, equal or nearly so. 
ens of the outer series 6, all perfect with introse anthers, of the 
slight] 3 E e fr ü o 
TES y thickened peduncle.— Trees or tall shrubs. Leaves alternate. 
ers small in broad cymes Tia Dio in panicles either terminal or 
ong. 
ü Is t, appears 
an intrusion of the testa. The West In ian Hufelandia i ps still 
clo : 
Ser to or even inseparable from Nesodaphne. 
L btusifoli 
ro rs olia, Benth. A large and handsome tree, the young: 
Wise u inflorescence sprinkled with minute ap ressed hairs, other- 
obtusel y rous. Leaves elliptical oblong or OV -oblong, obtuse or 
acuminate, narrowed at the base into a $ ] 
Tote on both sides, penniveined and loosely reticulate, 2 to 
0 
line l mo e 
he above the small bracteoles. a. very short and 
“mente hen Segments 1 line long. Stamens OP to rs 
x ae , those opposed to the inner ones narrow ; glands stipitate 
| ost sessile, attached to the inner stamens ; staminodia sessile, 
