Litsea.] CIII. LAURINEX. 307 
Flowers in sessile or mA sessile clusters surrounded by several very 
deciduous imbricate bra 
The g extends over or Asia. Of vet two Australian species one is 4 
common Bidian on one, the other appears to be endem 
Glabrous or the inia slightly pubescent. ‘tie perianth 
entire M segments deciduo at 1. L. zeylanica. 
= A 88 ferruginous-villous, a t least the ‘young shoots and inflo- 
Fruiting pe toothed PM os: —: or "T 
tially persistent) . 2. L. dealbata. 
l. L. zeylanica, Nees Tu Cinnam. Disput. in Amen. Bot. Bonn. j 
t9. Alarge tree, the branches and inflorescence quite jasat or 
ely h ary with a very minute tomentum. Leaves ovate-elliptical 
or elliptical- long, i mend vers at the base, 3 ng, 
paria and green above laucous irit th, penniveined 
obtuse. Filaments exserted, 
W hairs about the base ; lan A of the two inner ones stipi itate. Berry 
globular or slightly ovoid, arger than in Z. dealbata, resting on the per- 
: Manth-tube expanded into an entire or slightly angular flat 
disk ot 2) to 3 lines puce the segments — deciduous.— 
Meissn, in DC. Prod. xv. 226; Wight, 4 t. 132 and 1844 
Shae eensland, — isand, Banke and Solander (the ee ee — and 
be Tefore omitted by R. Brown) ; "Port en wor yas W Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; 
age Cleveland and bate dele Bays, W. ; Rockham mpton, ei Mai 
. re species has a wide t 1A luding L. foliosa, Nees, Meissn. 
à De. Stee 299, D. consimilis Neca M tsin, ic ET alia , Meissn. Le. 
ves probably some others of the Prodromus. ccs details of the flower in Nees's 
Plate are very indiffe rent, and rather coarse in Wight's figure 
2. L. dealbata s. Syst. Laurin. hs A moderate-sized tree, the 
young shoots softly apfel vey bi Leaves petiolate, ovate-ellip- 
T almost oblong, acuminate, contracted at the base, 3 to 6 in. long, 
a the prinia eh slightly prominent, glau- 
Rockin = Ba ; Da llach 
3 S Wales awke sbur D and Dalai. river, Beckler ; Hastings river, Beckler ; 
hm; Sydney Henderson, Fawcett ; Clarence river, C. Moore; neuen A. Cunning- 
p Woods, Paris Exhibition, 1855, M* Arthur, n. d 
