Beilschmiedia.] cxxvm. LAURINEJ-:. (J. D. Hooker.) 123 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA and EAST NEPAL ; alt. 4-5000 ft., J. D. H., King. 



Possibly a form of B. Roxburghiana, but the brandies and leaves are all opposite , 

 and the leaves much smaller and more rounded at both ends; the fruit is 1 in. long. 

 Dr. King's specimens are in fruit only, mine gathered in E. Nepal I noted as being 

 exactly like a small plum. This is probably the tree referred to B. Roxburghiana by 

 Gamble and Brandis, and stated to grow at 8000 feet elevation in Sikkim. 



5. B. malaccensis, HooJc. f. ; terminal buds and young panicles 

 rusty-pubescent, leaves 6-9 in. thickly coriaceous glabrous elliptic-oblong 

 obtuse or subacute, nerves very strong beneath, panicles short axillary, 

 peduncle and divaricating branches very stout, perianth deeply cleft, seg- 

 ments linear -oblong sparsely pubescent. B. Eoxburghiana . ? malac- 

 censis, Meissn. in DC. Pro dr. xv. 1. 63. 



MALACCA; Griffith, Maingay (Keiv Distrib. 1260). 



Branches very stout, woody. Leaves 2|-5 in. broad, rather shining above, 

 beneath red-brown with 8-10 very stout arched nerves; petiole - in., very stout. 

 Panicles horizontal, 2-3 in. long, very stout, shortly peduucled; flowers in. diam., 

 broadly campanulate, stoutly pedicelled. Filaments hairy ; staminodes stipitate. 

 Ovary glabrous, style rather slender. Fruit not seen. An. imperfect specimen of a 

 plant much resembling this is in Kurz's Andaman Herbarium. 



6. B. macrophylla, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1.63; branches very 

 stout with terminal bud and petioles rusty-pubescent, leaves 10-12 in. 

 alternate thickly coriaceous elliptic-oblong obtusely acuminate, nerves strong 

 beneath, panicles very short, fruit globose. Xurz For. Fl. ii. 294. 



TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Griffith. 



Very near B. malaccensis, and possibly only a large-leaved form of that plant, but 

 without fruit of the latter they cannot be identified. 



ff Perianth-lobes short, rounded. 



7. B. IVXaingayi, HooJc.f. ; branchlets terminal buds and inflorescence 

 densely tomentose, leaves 8-10 in. alternate thinly coriaceous elliptic-oblong 

 brown and opaque on both surfaces, nerves beneath rather slender, panicles 

 short stout very dense-fid., flowers mixed with short broad coriaceous tomen- 

 tose deciduous bracts, perianth shortly cleft, lobes rounded densely pubescent. 



MALACCA, Maingay (Ke^v Distrib. 1268). 



Branches very stout. Leaves red-brown when dry, base acute; petiole stout, 

 | in. Panicles 1-1| in., peduncle very short and branches stout. Flowers (in bud 

 only) \ in. diam. Filaments hairy ; staminodes stipitate. 



8. B. Brandisii, Hook. /.; leaves alternate 6-10 in. elliptic-oblong 

 acuminate glabrous, panicles short pubescent, perianth with 5 rounded 

 lobes, fruit 2-2| in. long oblong. 



ASSAM ; in the Naraber Forest, Golaghat, Brandis. 



A moderate-sized tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous, base acute ; nerves 8-10 pair, 

 very slender ; petiole 1-1 in. Flowers about \ in. diam., almost tomentose. Ovary 

 glabrous. Fruit "stoutly peduncled, obtuse, smooth. Flowering state imperfect, but 

 anthers clearly 2-celled, glabrous, otherwise it a good deal resembles Alseodaphne 

 petiolaris. 



9. B. ? longipes, Hook. f. ; terminal buds and panicle and leaves 

 beneath ashy-pubescent, leaves 5-7 in. coriaceous elliptic -lanceolate acumi- 

 nate base cuneate shining above, nerves beneath very strong, panicles 6 in. 

 long stout, branches distant few-fld., perianth shortly cleft, lobes rounded 

 densely tomentose. 



