Qryptocarya.] cxxvin. LAURINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 119 



jointed. Flowers T ' n in. ; perianth-tube as long as the lobes. Fruit in. long, very 

 shoi-tly pedicelled, obtuse, quite smooth and even. The Andaman specimens have 

 much longer and more coriaceous leaves, 6-7 in. long, and a more turgid fruit ; they 

 may prove specifically distinct. ' 



7. C. enervis. Hook. f. ; branchlets slender and leaves quite glabrous, 

 leaves 4-5 in. elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate base narrowed into the 

 slender petiole subglaucous beneath, nerves 6-8 pair very faint on both 

 surfaces, fruit globose. 



MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4336). 



Branches black when dry. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 1^-2 in. diam., brownish 

 green, smooth and even above when dry with faintly raised obliquely arching nerves, 

 violet brown beneath, with very faint nerves and obsolete nervules ; petiole in. 

 Panicles apparently slender and shorter than the leaves. Fruit J in. diam., smooth, 

 even, not shining, with an obtuse very short tip. A very distinct species, without 

 flowers, remarkable for the slender branches and very faint nerves of the leaf. 



8. C. Kurzii, HooJc.f.\ branchlets slender black and leaves glabrous, 

 leaves shortly petioled 4-8 in. oblong or linear-oblong or -oblanceolate 

 obtusely acuminate smooth and shining above, glaucous brown beneath, 

 nerves about 8 pair strong beneath, panicles shorter than the leaves nearly 

 glabrous, flowers minute hoary.' C. Wightiana, 8. Griffithii, Meissn. in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. 1. 70 (excl. ihe Canara plant}. C. ferrea, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 295 

 (not of Blume). 



TENASSEKIM; Mergui, Griffith No. 1142 (Kew Distrib. 4274). 



Branchlets black when dry. Leaves 1|-2| in. diam., thinly coriaceous, base 

 acute; nerves oblique, finely reticulated beneath; petiole in., stout. Floivers 

 pedicelled, ^ in. long. This may, as Kurz holds, be referable to C. ferrea, which it 

 is very near ; but in all the (indifferent) specimens of ferrea that I have seen, the 

 branches are stouter and pale. when dry, the panicle pubescent and flowers larger. 

 Without knowing the fruit {which is linear-oblong and f in. long in C. ferrea var. 

 MenteJc) it is impossible to identify this with the Javanese plant. It differs entirely 

 from Wightiana in foliage and pubescence of panicle. 



9. C. ferrea, Blume Bijd. 557 ? ; branchlets stout pale and panicle 

 pubescent or puberulous, leaves 4-8 in. glabrous linear- or elliptic-oblong or 

 lanceolate obtusely acuminate smooth hardly shining above glaucous brown 

 beneath, nerves 8-12 pair strong beneath, panicles often equalling the 

 leaves hoary, flowers minute, fruit (in Java specimens) linear-oblong. 

 Meissner in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 69 ; Nees Syst. Laurin. 216 ; Miguel Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. i. 921. 



MALAY PENINSULA ; Pomerong Johore, Caniley (No. 8). 



Under L. Kurzii I have indicated the differences between that and this, which 

 quite agrees with Javan specimens of ferrea, though it is impossible to identify it 

 certainly without the fruit. 



10. C. caesia, Blume Bijd. 335 ? ; whitish, branchlets petioles and 

 panicles rusty-pubescent, leaves 5-7 in. glabrous oblong or elliptic-oblong 

 acuminate smooth above glaucous white beneath, nerves 6-10 pair arched 

 and strong beneath, nervules very fine, panicles often longer than the 

 leaves, flowers hoary, fruit globose. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 71 ; 

 Miguel jFl. Ind. Bat. i. 925. 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS ; Herb. Hort. Sot. Calc. DISTEIB. Java. 



Branchlets rather stout. Leaves firmly coriaceous, 2-3 in. diam., base rounded 

 or acute, midrib and nerves beneath sometimes slightly pubescent ; petiole -f in. 

 Panicles large with spreading branches; flowers in. long, pedicelled. Fruit fleshy, 



