Cryptocarya. | CIII. LAURINER. 295 
with the oid ord leaves very small or deficient. —— 
globular ovoid or oblong, having the appearance of infe 
chiefly rur with a few species from S. Africa and S. America. The 
Australian wie appear to be all endemic 
ees and Meissner veins Car. yodaphne from Mil aeu cs by the Wiplinerma 
leaves and the adherence of the fruiting perianth-tube to the pericarp, bu + I can find n 
Poeni in the latter respect between the fruits of the typical C. glaucescens ‘aiid those 
w 
an 
and in some leaves of C. triplinervis, passes gradually into the penrvuinéd arrange- 
ment in other leaves of Pe latter species, and in no case draws any natural line of 
emis y xn bs ween the t a 
. Mue ragm. v. 170, observes that the generic name 0 ocarya must give 
Z. "fime of Peu i Eien ral History of 
Chili; but if he had turned to that work, he would have at once seen why the so-ca ed 
a py proposed are in most ca -— inadmissible. Molina gives no generic cha- 
in the present instance er the name of Peumus he includes three or 
fr species belonging to at least Ties genera kad two natural orders 
Inflorescence pubescent 
Leaves penniveined, with the Tetioulations very conspicuous 
Panicles very villous, ee " Leaves 6 to 10 in. long. 
Fruit n nearly globular . 1. C. Murrayi. 
Panicles tomentose-pubescent, loose and many flowered. : i 
eaves 4 to 8 in. long. Fruit ovoid . 2. C. Mackinnoniana. 
Panicles tomentose-pubescent, peg few-flowered. Leave 
5 in. long, p bescent paian d till old, Ker 
reticnlations less raised than in the two asi uid 
I species. Fruit rem 8. C. patentinervis. 
| Leaves penniveined, the reticulations faint or equally promi- 
| nent on both sides. Fruit globular 
Leaves thickly coriaceous, smooth a nd shining hag Bon the 
rimary veins very prominent underneath, the reticu- 
| fations inconspicuou Pen 4. C. obovata. 
Leaves more or less coriaceous, the reticulations fine, c con- : 
; "on Spicuous or obsolete on both sides 5. C. glaucescens. 
| Lear more ordes s triplinerved or quintu uplin nerve i 
a ag usually pubes dent onde ernea ath, triplinerve passing ed ; 
Ig en vo gla size d. it F ^. 6. C. triplinervis. 
1s — eoa DM anderen, prominently tripli- 1. -C. tiasahomifilia: 
orescence glabrous.» M s es small and loo 
ves penniv ; . 8. C. Meissneri. 
eM codem "o abusi eser pi prominent 9^0 dutitals. 
l. C. Murrayi, F. Muell. Fragm. v "170. A large tree, the young 
L ranches stout xg softly tomentose-villous, more or less ferr aon 
aves ey petiolate, oblong oval or elliptical, obtuse or shortly 
te, 6 to 10 in. long, glabrous above when full grown 0 al 
| nil minutely pubescent, very prominently penniyeined and reticulate 
i underneath, the veins ru usty- pubescent, somewhat glauc me between 
| Stipita K 
globular, shining "itg tre 1am 
saka Rockingham Bay, Dal 
