PuaTE 2784. 
LINDERA AROMATICA, Brandis. 
LAURACES. 
L. matica, Brandis (sp. nov.); species LZ. assamice, Kur 
i ea we, He ie oo ab illa antheris 4-locularibus, ab hac foliis 
— distin 
Frutex glaber, erectus, valde aromaticus. Jolia baer ices coriacea, 
basmaciargs integerrima, lamina 2-6 poll. longa, petiolo $—3 poll. longo, 
nervis secundariis utrinque 6-10, arcuatis, ~ debi libus, intermediis ac 
tertiariis reticulatis. Flores masculi albi ; : epee eee glabri, 
4-6 lineas longi, in ay fasciculati vel breviter racemo Umbelle: in- 
volucrate, 5- (rarius 4-) flore, involucri bracteis 4 persstentius basi 
minute pilosis, ceterum glabris, pedicellis sericeis. Sepala 14-2 lin. 
longa, hyalina, intus dense pilosa ; anther 4- Gexcieiints shane 2-) 
loculares, introrse ; filamenta pilosa. 
Flores feminei ignoti. Drupe subglobose, in racemis brevibus axil- 
sum ; cotyledones carnose ; radicula supera 
Burma: Hills east of Toungoo at 2,000 ft., and Donat ol between 
the Thaungyin and Haundrow valleys at 4, 000 ft., D. Brandis 
e 4-celled anthers * would, at first sight, iis this species in 
Liteon In t e, however, LZ. citri ; msl citri- 
at, me, Benzoin citriodorum, Si Zuce.), ought also to 
removed from L ese two species, with of others, 
: se a number 
belong to that section of Lindera which has penninerved entire 
leaves, and which eventually it may be convenient to establish as a 
distinct genus. 
The following are some of the more prominent East-Asiatic species 
of this group :— 
A. Bracts of involucre 4, large concave, persistent until the flowers 
open or longer. 
a) Anthers 2-celled, leaves deciduous. 
1. L. precox, Blume, umbels 3—5-flowered. 
* The upper pair of ant in LZ. aromatica is sometimes yery minute, giving the 
appearance of 2-celled anther 
