Tabula 2803. 



PHOEBE HAINESIANA, Brandls. 



Lauraceae. Tribus Perseae. 



Pi Hainesiana, Brandis (sj^. nov.) ; inter species indieas petiolo 

 longiusculo, nervis secundariis recti's apice tantum incurvis, calycis 

 fructiferi segnientis coriaceis patentibus non appressis recognosceiida. 



Arbor 45-metraliSj rannilis ac foliis glabris. Folia ad ramuloruni 

 apices conferta, obovata vel oblanceolata, inte^errima, sed leviter uridu- 

 lata, lamina basi cuneata, inferne glauca, 12-22 cm. longa, netiolo 



2*5-4 cm. longo, nervis secundariis conspicuis utrinque 12-16 rectis 

 tantum apicem versus incurvis. Peduncnli axillares, validi, fob'a vix 

 aequantes, paniculas breves 10-15-flurasgerentes. rtrianthium 5 mm. 

 longum, utrinque cum pedicello griseo-tomentosum ; segrnenta ex- 

 tericra paullo breviora. Stamina perfecta 9, antheris 4-locellatis, 

 filamentis pilosis. Staminodia brevia, crassa, capitnlo cordato antheri- 

 fonni instructa, cum staminibus seriei tertiae basi biglandulosis annulo 

 brevi piloso inserta. Antherarnnt omnium locelb' inferiores a latere 

 superiores tangentes. Ovarium glabrum. Frtictus ellipsoideus, niger, 

 carnosuSj circiter 3 cm. longus, ad dimidium fere calyce coriaceo aucto 

 inclusus. 



India : Sikkim ; lower hills, ascending to 1,500 ni.y IL II. Ilalnes. 



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A valuable timber tree, attains a girth of about 6 m. Near Phoebe 

 indicay Pax {Persea indica^ Sprengel), of the Canaries, and Pltoehe 

 atleriiiata, Nees, of the Eastern Himalaya and Upper Burma, which 

 has short petioles, leaves hairy beneath, the secondary nerves arching, 

 smaller flowers and fruits. The lower anther cells, of both the glan- 

 dular and eglandular stamens, extend to the middle of the upper cells, 

 which according to Mez, Lauraceae Americanae {Jahrhuch des Bof. 

 Gartens Berlin^ vol. v., p. 180), is the principal character which dis- 

 tinguishes /^e^-sea from Phoebe. It seems doubtful wbf^ther this charac- 

 ter can be held to have generic value. Miss Smith, in examining tlie 

 anthers of this species, has found that in those of the first and second 

 series the lower cells are always outside, while in those of the third 

 series the lower anther cells are always inside. This may prove a 

 character of some importance, but the discovery must be followed up 

 by the study of fresh specimens. — Dietrich Bhandis. 



Fi;>. 1, the staminal system; 2, ictrorse Btamen of the outer scries; ^, extrorso 

 Btanien of the inner series with two glands at the hiise a:id two sttm'nodes uext to 

 them; 4, gynaeciuni; 5, frait. Natural size; all the nU enlarged. 



