Oryptocarya.] cxxvin. LAURINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 121 



oblong-ovoid. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 72; Beddome Forest Man. 

 185. 



CEYLON ; in the Saffragam district, alt. 2000 ft., Sir J. Mackenzie, Thwaites. 



A tree of middle size ; branches very slender. Leaves 1^-2 in. diam., hardly 

 shining but beautifully reticulated above, reddish brown, base narrowed into a 

 slender petiole of \-% in. Panicles \-^ in. long, few and lax-fld. ; flowers pedi- 

 celled, ^ in. long. Perianth-tube rather longer than the limb. Fruit (not seen) 

 about in. long, black-purple. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES, 



CEYPTOCAEYA sp., from the Anamallay Hills, alt. 3000 ft., Beddome, closely 

 resembling C. Griffithiana, Wight, but in too young a state for determination. 



CEYPTOCARYA sp., from Tenasserim, alt. 5000 ft*, Beddome, a fragment in 

 flower with very membranous leaves, resembles 0. costata, Blume, of Java. 



2. APOIiXiONIAS, Nees. 



Evergreen trees. Leaves scattered, penninerved. Flowers 2-sexual, 

 small, in axillary and subterminal panicles. Perianth-tube short ; lobes 6, 

 subequal. Perfect stamens 9; filaments filiform, 1st and 2nd series eglan- 

 dular with, introrse 2-celled anthers, of 3rd series 2-glandular with extrorse 

 2-celled anthers, staminodes of 4th series ovoid or cordate. Berry globose or 

 ovoid, with the 6-cleft hardened perianth at its base. Species 2, a Canarian 

 and the following. 



A. Arnottii, Nees Syst. Laurin. 670 ; quite glabrous or young parts 

 sparsely hairy, leaves lanceolate acuminate, panicles few-fid, long-peduncled. 

 Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 65 ; Wight Ic. t. 1819 ; Beddome Forest. Fl. 

 t. 291. 



DECCAN PENINSULA; Malabar, Tiimevelly and Travancore, Wight. 



Leaves 3-5 by f-lj in., thinly coriaceous, young red-brown when dry, with 

 sparse silky hairs .beneath and on the young panicles, old quite glabrous, greenish- 

 brown when dry, both ends very acute ; nerves prominent but very slender on both 

 surfaces; petiole |-| in. Panicles 1-2 in., slender, erect or spreading, sparingly 

 branched ; flowers pedicelled, - in. diam. Fruit - in. long, ovoid, acute, girt fit 

 the base by the hardened perianth. This I should regard as forming (along with 

 the Canarian species) a section of Phoebe with 4-celled anthers, which would, however, 

 upset the present artificial arrangement of the genera in the Order. 



3. BEXXiSCH IKXEDXA, Nees. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite, penninerved. 

 Flowers small, 2-sexual, fascicled or panicled. Perianth-tube short; lobes 

 5, subequal. Perfect stamens 9 ; filaments of 1st and 2nd series eglandular 

 with introrse 2-celled anthers, of 3rd series 2-glandular with extrorse 

 anthers ; staminodes of 4th series ovoid or cordate. Fruit ovoid oblong or 

 globose, perianth wholly deciduous. Species about 20, all tropical. 



Sect. I. Leaves opposite or alternate ; terminal buds very small, pubes- 

 cent or tomentose, not enclosed in coriaceous scales (except B. ClarJcei}. 

 Flowers - in. diam., broadly campanulate or cup-shaped. 



* Perianth cleft nearly to the base into linear or oblong segments. 



1. B. Roxburg-hiana, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. 69, and Syst. 

 Laurin. 198 ; terminal buds and inflorescence tomentose, leaves 7-9 in. 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong obtusely acuminate shining and 

 finely reticulate on both surfaces, panicles short shortly peduncled, fruit 



