158 oxxviu. LAURZNE2B. (J. D. Hooker:) [Litscea. 



which represents the perianth of 6 equal lobes toothed at the tips ; which is totally 

 unlike anything I have met with in the large suite of specimens examined. 



Var. 1. L. sebifera proper ; leaves 3-6 in. thin oblong glabrous above sparingly 

 pubescent beneath. L. sebifera & tetranthera, Pers. Synops. ii. 4. L. multiflora, 

 Bhime Eijd. ii. 564. L. chinensis, Lamk. 2)ict. iii. 574. Tetranthera laurifolia, 

 multiflora, raceinoso-umbellata & Roxburghii, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 373, 374, and in- 

 cluding Var. Jacquinii, Meissn. in DC. JProdr. xv. 1. 178, 179. T. laurifolia (? Jacq. 

 Hort. Schoenl. i. 59, t. 113) ; Roxb. Fl. 2nd. iii. 823 ; Sot. Reg. t. 893 ; Blume 

 Mus. Bot. i. 372 ; Wall. Cat. 2555 A, D ; Brand. For. Fl. 319 ; Gamble Man. Ind. 

 Timb. 310. T. Roxburghii, Nees in Wall. PI. As.. Ear. ii. 65 and iii. 30, and Syst. 

 Laurin. 515 ; Thwaites Enum. 255. T. apetala, Eoxb. Cor. PL ii. 25, t, 147, and 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 819 ; Gartn. f. Fruct. iii. 226, t. 222 ; Wall. Cat. 2554 B, C. T. capi- 

 tata, Herb. Eoxb. Tomex tetranthera & sebifera, Willd. Sp. PL ii. 839, 840. 

 Sebifera glutinosa, Lour. Fl. Coch, ii. 783. Liurus involuci'ata, ILoenig in Eetz. Obs. 

 vi. 27. Gaja nippeli, Jones in Asiat. Ees. iv. 303. Widely distributed. 



Var. 2. glabraria ; leaves usually larger more ovate and acute usually more to- 

 mentose beneath. L. glabraria & Isevis, Juss. in Ann. Mus. vi. 212. L. geminata, 

 Elume Eijd. 564. L. platyphylla, Pers. Synops. Tetranthera geminata, glabraria & 

 platyphylla, Nees Syst. Laurin. 559, 569, 570. T. citrifolia & tersa, Spreng. Syst. 

 Veg. ii. 266, 267. T. apetala, Wall. Cat. 2554, in part. T. polycephala, 

 Wall. mss. T. laurifolia, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. 66 and iii. 30,. and Syst. 

 Laurin. 519 ; Benth. Fl. Austral, v. 305. T. litoralis, Blume Mus. Bot. i, 375, and 

 0. glabrescens, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 180. T. laurifolia, vars. citrifolia, 

 platyphylla & attenuata, Blume L. c. 374, and (including var. lougifolia) Meissn. 

 L c. 179. Glabraria tersa, Linn. Mant. 276. G. tersa & litoralis, Miguel Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. i. 941, 943. Widely distributed. 



Var. 3. tomentosa ; leaves ovate or oblong acute and branches densely) softly to- 

 mentose on both surfaces or sparingly above. Tetranthera tomentosa,. Nees in Wall. 

 PL As. Rar. ii. 65, and Syst. Laurin. 511 (not of Eoxb.]. T. laurifolia ? Wall. Cat. 

 2550 C. Western Himalaya ; Sirmore, Wallich ; Kumaon and Garwhal, alt. 2- 

 3000 ft. Birma and Tenasserim, Wallich, &c. Except by the compound umbels 

 this is undistinguishable from L. tomentosa, and favours the view taken by Dalzell 

 and Gibson, that tomentosa and sebifera are forms of one species. 



7. Xi. lignstrina, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. 65, and Syst. Laurin. 

 513, 677 (Tetranthera) ; glabrous or the shoots pubescent, leaves 3-4 in. 

 persistent alternate penninerved shortly petioled elliptic oblong or obovate 

 obtuse or acute shining and reticulated above, nerves 6-8 pair, umbels 

 solitary or clustered many-fld., bracts glabrous, perianth very incomplete 

 or 0. Tetranthera ligustrina, Nees ; Meissn. in DG. Prodr. xv. 1. 180 ; 

 Wight -Ic. t. 1835; Wall. Cat. 2555 C, E. T. celastroides, Miq. in PL 

 SoJienack. n. 1336. 



DECCAN PENINSULA.; on the Ghats, from the Nilghiri Hills and southward. 



A bush or small tree, similar at first sight to states of L. sebifera, but more 

 glabrous, leaves always small, with very fine reticulation above, shorter petioles 

 rarely ^ in., and simple umbels, with slender pedicels and glabrous bracts. Fila- 

 ments villous. Fruit not seen. The Ceylon plant referred here by Thwaites is the 

 following. 



8. Zi. undulata, Hoolc.f. ; branchlets petioles and inflorescence hoary- 

 pubescent, leaves 3-6 in. alternate penninerved coriaceous linear-oblong 

 obtuse glabrous except the midrib beneath, margins waved, umbels solitary 

 and clustered stoutly pedicelled, bracts pubescent, perianth very incomplete. 

 Tetranthera ligustrina, Thwaites Enum. 254, not of Nees. 



CEYLON; in the Central Province, Walker, Macrce. 



Branches robust. Leaves \-\\ in. broad, shining and not reticulated above, 

 pale grey-brown beneath, nerves 10-12 pair, slender; petiole -f in., at length 



