294 laurine/k. [Actinodaphne. 



Happy Valley woods, Wilford ? The specimens are in fruit only ; I am therefore not 

 certain of their identity with the species which is frequent in India and the Archipelago. 



7. DAPHNIDIUM, Nees. 



Flowers dioecious. Perianth-segments 6. Stamens 9, the inner ones with 

 2 glands at the base. Anthers 2-celled, all turned inwards. Staminodia none. 

 — Inflorescence in dense axillary sessile clusters, surrounded by imbricated 

 scales. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 



1. D. bifarium, Nees, Syst. Laur. 616. A tree. Branches and under 

 side of the leaves softly pubescent or hairy. Leaves from oval-oblong to ob- 

 long-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 to 4 in. long in the Chinese specimens, 5 to 6 

 in. in some Indian ones, glabrous and shining above, pinnately veined, on 

 very short petioles. Flowers on very short hairy pedicels, in 2 or 3 clus- 

 ters in each axil. Anthers in the male flowers all 2-celled, in the female 

 flowers either 1 -celled or quite abortive. 



In a ravine of Victoria Peak, Eyre, a single female specimen. Also in the Himalaya from 

 Nepal and Kumaou to Assam and Khasia. 



8. LITSJEA, Juss. 



Flowers dioecious. Perianth- segments 4 to 6. Stamens 6, of which 2 to 

 4 with glands at the base. Anthers 4-celled, all opening inwards. Stami- 

 nodia none. Berry seated on the thickened summit of the pedicel. — Leaves 

 3-nerved. Inflorescence in axillary sessile clusters, surrounded by imbricated 

 scales. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 



1. L. ceylanica, Nees, Syst. Laur. 626; Wight, Ic. t. 1844. A tree, 

 the young branches covered with a minute hoary or rusty tomentum. Leaves 

 oval-oblong, acuminate, usually 1^ to 3 in. long, but sometimes 4 in., nar- 

 rowed into a petiole of 3 to near 6 lines, glabrous and shining above, glaucous 

 or white underneath, with the veins silky-pubescent. Flowers rather small, 

 on short hairy pedicels, in a single, or in 2 or 3 clusters in each axil. 



On Victoria Peak and in woods at East Point, but rare, Champion j on Mount Gough, 

 Wilford ; also Wright. In Ceylon and the Indian Peninsula, and if, as is probable, the L. 

 foliosa and L. consimilis are not specifically distinct, it is widely diffused over India and the 

 Archipelago. 



9. CASSYTA, Linn. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth ovoid or tubular, with 3 outer equal 

 lobes and 3 inner minute ones. Stamens 9, the 3 inner ones with 2 glands 

 at the base. Anthers 2-celled, those of the inner stamens turned outwards. 

 Staminodia 3, small. Fruit enclosed in the succulent tube of the perianth. — 

 Parasitical twiners, with the habit of Cuscuta. Leaves reduced to minute 

 scales. Flowers sessile, in axillary spikes. 



A small genus, distributed over the tropical regions of the New and the Old World. 



1. C. filiformis, Linn. ; Nees, Syst. Laur. 642; Wight, Ic. t. 1847. 

 Stems filiform or wiry, glabrous or slightly pubescent when young, twining 

 round and attaching themselves to other plants by means of small protuber- 



