Alseodaplme.] cxxvm. LAURINE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 145 



bisexual and agree with Nees' description except in that the anthers are decidedly 

 4-celled. The slender habit and thin leaves are unlike its congeners. 



3. A. decipiens, HooJc. f. ; nearly glabrous, leaves subverticillate 

 rigidly coriaceous cuneately obovate or lanceolate very obtusely acuminate 

 glaucous beneath, nerves 8-10 pair sunk above very strong beneath, panicles 

 shorter than the leaves shortly peduncled, perianth minutely hoary, outer 

 segments rather smaller. 



SIXGAPOEE, N. Cantley. 



Branches rather robust, bark brown. Leaves 4-6 by l^-2 in., base very acute, 

 smooth, brown above and not reticulated, finely reticulate and bluish beneath ; 

 petiole \-\ in. Panicles rather stout, loosely branched, branches and pedicels ob- 

 scurely puberulous ; flowers T ' 2 in. diam., subglobose. Perianth-segments hairy within, 

 as are the stamens and staminodes. Very similar to Dehaasia cuneata, Bl. 



4. A. petiolaris, Hook. f. ; branches very stout subverticillate, 

 leaves very large thickly coriaceous long-petioled oblong or oblong-obovate 

 obtuse or subacute not narrowed into the petiole glabrous, nerves 8-10 pair 

 very strong, panicles very stout longer or shorter than the leaves sparsely 

 scurfy, fruit 1 1 in. oblong much longer than the cylindric pedicel. Notha- 

 phoebe ? petiolaris, Meissn. in DO. Prodr. xv. 1. 59. 



ASSAM ; on the Nuku Hills, Simons. CACHAR, Keenan. DISTEIB. Burma ; in 

 the Hookhoom Valley, at Camein, Griffith. 



A large tree, branchlets as thick as the little finger. Leaves 8-12 by 4-6 in., 

 shining and reticulated above, brown on both surfaces, young glaucous beneath, base 

 acute or cuneate ; petiole very stout, 1|-2| in. Panicles about half the length of 

 the leaves, loosely branched often from near the base ; branches stout, ascending, 

 when fruiting as thick as a duck's quill and soft ; flowers shortly pedicelled, -^ in. 

 diam. Perianth scurfy, segments' short, subequal, obtuse. Fruit apparently very fleshy, 

 top rounded, pedicel \-\ in. long. 



** Outer segments of the perianth muck smaller than the inner. (See 

 also A. semecarpifolia.) (NOTHAPHCEBE, Blume-} 



5. A. umbelliflora, ILoolc.f.; nearly glabrous, leaves scattered very 

 coriaceous elliptic-oblong or lanceolate caudate-acuminate shining above, 

 panicles much shorter than the leaves, fruit oblong much longer than the 

 short cylindric pedicel. Nothaphoebe umbelliflora, Blume Mus. Sot. i. 328 ; 

 Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 58. Ocotea umbellifera, Blume Bijd. 573. 

 Phoebe ? umbelliflora, Nees Syst. Laur. 115 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 1. 911. 

 Euphoebe umbelliflora, Blume in Herb. Luqd. Bat. Haasia nitida, Meissn. 

 I. c. 61. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1247, 1247/2). DISTEIB. Sumatra, 

 Java, Borneo. 



Branches rather stout, leafy, bark dark. Leaves scattered (not subverticillate at 

 the ends of the branches), 4-6 by 1^-2 in., very dark brown above, red-brown beneath 

 when dry, base acute ; nerves strong, oblique ; petiole ^-1 in. Panicles 1-2 in., 

 shortly peduncled, faintly rusty-hoary ; flowers globose, -,L in. diam., glabrous, shortly 

 pedicelled. Perianth-lobes nearly glabrous within, outer about half the length of the 

 inner. Stamens very short, anthers broad. Fruit \\ in. long, top rounded ; pedicel 

 in., woody. This is the plant mentioned by Wight (under tab. 1831) as having the 

 habit of Haasia, but 4-celled anthers. 



6. A. panduriformiSj Hoolc.f. ; leaves large very shortly petioled 

 glabrous thinly coriaceous panduriform obtuse base cordate, nerves 16-18 

 pair, panicles shorter than the leaves, branches short mauy-fld., perianth 



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