118 cxxvui. LAUBINE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) \Cryptocarya. 



short toinentum, much smaller leaves opaque above, with short points, petioles twice 

 as long, long loose panicles, and smaller flowers. The fruit is undescribed. King 

 regards this as C. crassinervia, Miquel, of Sumatra, and he may be right. I have 

 seen no authentic specimens of either impressa or crassinervia. 



3. C. andamanica. Hook. f. ; branchlets inflorescence and leaves 

 beneath densely rusty-tomentose, leaves 3-5 in. coriaceous linear-oblong acute 

 shining flat and even above subglaucous beneath, nerves 10-14 pair strong 

 beneath, panicles peduncled compound shorter than the leaves, flowers 

 pedicelled, fruit long-pedicelled narrowly ellipsoid. C. tomentosa, Herb. 

 Hort'. Calc., not ofBlume. 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Herb. Hort. Calcutt. 



Branchlets stout. Leaves H- 2| in. broad, very pale on both surfaces when dry, 

 margins flat, nervules beneath very fine. Panicles sometimes as long as the leaves ; 

 branches erecto-patent, rather deuse-fld. Flowers pale when dry, ^ in. long ; tube of 

 perianth shorter than the lobes. Fruit 1-1 in., subacute at both ends, quite smooth ; 

 peduncle in., swollen. This differs from C. tomentosa in the more numerous nerves 

 and shape of the leaves. 



4. C. rugrulosa, HooTc.f'.\ branchlets and leaves beneath finely rusty- 

 pubescent, leaves 3-5 in. linear-oblong acute or acuminate rugose and 

 shining above, beneath with 5-8 pairs of strong nerves, panicles hoary 

 rather slender much branched as long as the leaves, flowers pedicelled 

 minute, fruit globosely flask-shaped. 



MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distril'. 1262). 



A very distinct species, allied to C. Griffithiana, but much smaller in all its parts, 

 not villous, with slender much-bran.ched panicles of very small pedicelled flowers ; the 

 fruit is of nearly the same shape, but only in. long. : King takes this to be Miquel's 

 C. impressa of Sumatra ; he may be right, but it differs from the description. 



5. R. Ferrarsi, King in Herb. Hort. Calcutt. ; branchlets and leaves 

 beneath very finely rusty-pubescent, leaves 6-9 in. thinly coriaceous nar- 

 rowly linear-oblong narrowed into the petiole acute or acuminate flat and 

 smooth above subglaucous beneath, nerves 12-15 pair tomentose beneath, 

 panicles very long-peduncled, fruit small narrowly ovoid. 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Herb. Hort. Bot. Calc. 



A shrub ; branches elongate. Leaves about 2 in. broad, pale above, not shining ; 

 base very acute; petiole ^-f in., pubescent. Fruiting panicle 4-6 in. Fruit \ in. 

 long, smooth, even, obtuse ; peduncle | in., stout. 



** Adult leaves quite glabrous beneath. 



6. C. amyg-dalina, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. ii. 69, and Syst. 

 Laurin. 208 * branchlets and inflorescence hoary-pubescent, leaves 3-8 in. 

 coriaceous elliptic or oblong acute or obtuse quite glabrous shining above 

 opaque beneath with 6-10 pair of strong straight very oblique nerves, 

 panicles as long as the leaves long-peduncled, fruit elliptic or cylindric- 

 oblong. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 72 and 507. C. floribunda, Nees I. c. ; 

 Meissn. I. c. 71. Laurus amygdalina, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 2585. L. flori- 

 bunda, Wall Cat. 2593, in part. 



NEPAL, Wallich. SIKZIM ; at the foot of the hills, King. ASSAM, SILHET and 

 the KHASIA Mrs., Hamilton, Wallich, Griffith. ? ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Herb. Hort. 

 Bot. Calc. 



A tree ; branches spreading. Leaves rigid, pale brown (not glaucous) beneath ; 

 base acute or obtuse ; nervules faint, costa sometimes faintly hairy ; petiole \-\' in., 

 hoary. Panicles long-peduncled, often very large and much branched, pedicels 



