138 CXXYIII. LATJRINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Marliilus. 



** Panicles pubescent. (The species all want further investigation.) 



5. IK. Gamble!, King in Herb. Valcutt. ; leaves 3-4 in. thinly coria- 

 ceous obovate to elliptic-lanceolate obtuse acute or caudate-acuminate very 

 pale and glabrous or subsilky beneath, petiole slender, panicles few-fld. 

 shorter than the leaves, pedicels slender, flowers silky, fruit small globose. 

 M. odoratissima, /3. canescen.s, Slume Mus. Sot. 330 ; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 

 xv. 1. 41 (the Assam plant only). 



NORTHERN BENGAL ; Cooch Behar, King. ASSAM, Jenkins, Griffith. 



Branches rather slender, dark. Leaves sometimes elliptic or lanceolate, acute at 

 both ends, finely reticulate above ; nerves 8-10 pair, very slender, oblique ; petiole 

 in., glabrous or pubescent. Perianth-lobes linear-oblong, villous or tomentose 

 within. Filaments very slender, nearly glabrous; anthers oblong. Fruit (quite 

 young) \ in. diam. "always globose," King. This looks different from M. odora- 

 tissima in the broad pale leaves with cuneate bases. 



6. IK. Listeri, King in Herb. Calcutt. ; leaves 3-5 in. glabrous oblong 

 or lanceolate rarely obovate glaucous beneath, petiole slender, panicles 

 shortly pednncled shorter than the leaves hoary-pubescent, pedicels long 

 slender, flowers silky, fruit globose 1 in. diam. 



UPPER ASSAM ; Narainpore and Dukrung Valley in the Duphla Hills, alt. 3000 ft., 

 Col. Lister. 



The plants sent me by King as flowering and fruiting* specimens of this are con- 

 siderably different; the first (from Narainpore, which resemble M. Gamblei) have 

 slender branches and elliptic-lanceolate acuminate leaves with very slender nerves ; 

 the fruiting ones have much thicker obovate or oblong leaves with stouter petiole 

 midrib and nerves. Flowers ^ in. long; pedicel twice as long as the perianth, which 

 is about in. long and silkily tomentose without and within; lobes linear-oblong. 

 Filaments short, nearly glabrous ; anthers oblong. Style very slender. 



5. IK. cclulis, King in Herb. Calcutt. ; young leaves and panicles sub- 

 villously tomentose, leaves obovate oblong or oblanceolate substrigose 

 beneath or glabrate with many rigid prominent nerves, tip rounded acute or 

 acuminate, panicles stoutly peduncled appearing with the young leaves, 

 perianth deciduous ?, fruit very large globose. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; near Darjeeling, alt. 6COO ft., Serb. Griffith, King, Lister. 

 Branches of old wood as thick as a swan's quill, woody, with prominent large leaf- 

 scars ; bark rugged. Leaves 5-6 by 2J-2| in, brown when dry, thinly coriaceous, 

 narrowed from above the middle to the base ; nerves 10-12 pair, very oblique, nearly 

 straight; petiole |-f in., rather slender. Panicles densely softly tomentose, 3-4 in. 

 long including the long peduncle ; branches short, stout, few-fld. ; flowers about 

 i in. diam. Perianth-lobes broadly oblong, villous within. Filaments very short, 

 broad, villous ; anthers broad. Fruit nearly 2 in. diam., on a stout woody peduncle, 

 with no trace of a perianth. Young shoots smooth and very stout, terminal leaves 

 and large terminal buds enclosed in imbricating subsilky scales, the outer of which 

 are semicircular, and the inner oblong and \ in. long. 



8. IK. tootanica, jffeitsn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 42; branches leaves 

 beneath and panicles hoary-pubescent, leaves 8-10 in. long-petioled mem- 

 branous obovate abruptly acuminate, nerves slender, panicles long-peduncled 

 few-fld., flowers large. 



BHOTAN ; in woods near Chuka, alt. 4000 ft., Griffith. 



"A moderate-sized tree," Griff. Branches stout, wood rugged with very large 

 leaf-scars. Leaves pale brown beneath when dry ; nerves 15-20 pairs, spreading, 

 nearly straight ; petiole 2-2^ in. Panicles 6-8 in. long, including the long stout 

 peduncle ; branches few and few-fld. ; pedicels long (for the genus) often f in. long ; 



