PhcebeJ] cxxvm. LAURINE^J. (J. D. Hooker.) 143 



Tenasserim, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4271), Kurz, &c. NILGHIBI HILLS, alt. 5-6000 ft, 

 Wight, &c. 



The ferruginous tomentum of the young shoots, usually shorter and broader leaves 

 pubescent or even tomentose beneath, with stronger nerves and nervules, best dis- 

 tinguish this from P. pallida. The fruit is quite like that of P. lanceolata, but 

 rather broader. Very near P. multiflora, Blume, of Java. 



6. P. attenuate^ Nees Syst. Laurin. 104 (excl. syn. Blume) ; branches 

 very stout, young shoots and leaves beneath, rusty-pubescent or -villous, 

 leaves oblanceolate acute or acuminate, nerves 15-20 pair, panicles stoutly 

 peduncled and flowers tomentose. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 38. Ocotea 

 attenuata, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. ii. 71. Laurus attenuata, Wall. 

 Cat. 2600. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA; Sikkim, Gamble, King. BHOTAN, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 

 4254), King. SILHET, Wallich. 



Well distinguished by the very stout branches, leaves broadening upwards, 5-10 by 

 1^3 in., more numerous nerves, and stout petioles, peduncles and branches of the 

 panicle. Flowers ^ in. diam., shortly stoutly pedicelled. Fruiting perianth in. 

 long, campanulate, very rigid ; fruit nearly f in. long, narrowly ellipsoid. 



7. P. opaca, Blume Mus. Sot. i. 327 ; branches very stout, leaves 

 rigidly coriaceous obovate obovate-cuneate or oblanceolate rarely oblong 

 abruptly obtusely acuminate subglabrous or puberulous beneath, nerves 

 10-12 pair, panicles and flowers rusty-pubescent. Miquel Fl. Ind. Sat. i. 

 1. 909. P. attenuata, Miquel in Serb. Jungh. P. malaacensis, Meissn. in 

 DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 37. Alseodaphne ? grandis, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. 

 ii. 72, and Syst. Laurin. 183 ; Meissn. I. c. 28. Laurus grandis, Wall. Cat. 

 2594 A. Persea grandis, Nees in Wall. 1. c. iii. 32. P. lucida, Blume. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. PENANG, Porter. DISTBIB. Java, Sumatra, 

 Borneo. 



Young parts finely rusty-pubescent. Leaves very variable, 5-10 by 2-4 in., 

 brown when dry, usually shining above and subglaucous beneath, base acute, rarely 

 obtuse ; petiole |-1 in. Panicles numerous, usually shorter than the leaves; pedun- 

 cles stout, finely pubescent; flowers numerous, in. diam., pedicelled; fruiting 

 panicle very stout indeed, a foot long, with thickened branches and pedicels. Fruit- 

 ing perianth broadly campanulate, very rigid. Fruit f in. long, ellipsoid. P. lucida, 

 Blume, of Sumatra and Borneo, seems the same. 



8. P. Tavoyana, SooJc.f. ; young shoots petioles and nerves beneath 

 silky or rusty-villous, leaves membranous elongate-lanceolate caudate- 

 acuminate pubescent or tomentose beneath, nerves 10-15 pair, panicles 

 with very slender peduncles and flowers pubescent. Machilus Tavoyana, 

 Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 41 ; Kurz For. Fl.ii. 292. 



TENASSEKIM ; King's Island, Mergui Archipelago, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 4260) ; 

 Tavoy, Parish. 



Apparently a very distinct species, nearest to P. attenuata, but with membranous 

 leaves 5-10 by 1-2 in., ending -in very slender tails, slender petioles sometimes 2J in., 

 and very slender flowering panicles. The specimens are in bud and young fruit ; the 

 perianth in the latter is in. long, very rigid, as in the genus. 



10. ALSEODAPHNE, Nees. 



Evergreen trees. Leaves usually subverticillate towards the ends of the 

 branches, penninerved, often obovate. Flowers bisexual, subumbellate on the 

 branches of axillary and subterminal panicles. Perianth-tube short ; seg- 

 ments 6,. subequal or the" three outer smaller, deciduous or not at all 



