Litscea.] CXXVIIL LAURINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 159 



glabrous. Umbels globose, -| in. diam. ; pedicels | in. Stamens villous. Fruit 

 not seen. Possibly a form of L. ligustrina. 



9. Zi. membranifolia, Hook. f. ; branches stout, shoots petioles 

 leaves beneath and umbels hoary-pubescent, leaves 8-12 by 4-6 in. alternate 

 penninerved very membranous oblong-obovate obtuse or apiculate green 

 when dry hardly glaucous beneath, nerves 10-14 pair slender, cross nervules 

 strong beneath, umbels solitary large long-pedicelled, bracts 4 hoary, 

 flowers numerous pedicelled, perianth incomplete. 



UPPER ASSAM ; Mishmi Hills, and woods at Yen, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 

 4310). 



A medium-sized tree ; bark of branches smooth, red-brown. Leaves with cuneate 

 bases, obscurely pubescent between the nerves, very thin. Umbels (flowering) 1 in. 

 diam. ; pedicel as long, slender ; flowers and pedicels villous. Sepals 3 or more, 

 unequal, small. Filaments very "slender, in. long, sparsely villous. Possibly an 

 extreme form of L. sebifera, but most dissimilar. 



Sect. III. Conodaphne, JBlume. Leaves persistent, alternate or oppo- 

 site, penninerved. Perianth-segments usually 6, equal or subequal, rarely 

 unequal ; tube not or slightly enlarged in fruit, except L. Blumii. (The 

 fruit and fruiting perianth-tube are known in'very few species referred to this 

 section by Blume and Meissner. Some of the following are possibly referable 

 to Sect. Cylicodaphne.) 



* Leaves opposite or subopposite (sometimes alternate on the same spe- 

 cimen). 



10. Zi. lancifolia, Roxb. ex Wall. Cat. 2532 (Tetranthera) (not T. 

 lancecefolia of Fl. Ind.} ; branches slender finely tomentose, leaves opposite and 

 alternate 3-8 in. thin shortly petioled penninerved oblong or elliptic-oblong 

 or -lanceolate acute or acuminate glaucous beneath, nerves 6-8 pair, umbels 

 few small 'in usually very shortly pedicelled clusters villously tomentose, 

 bracts 6 3-fld., fruit globose on the very minute flat perianth- tube. T. lan- 

 cifolia, Roxb. ; Nees in Wall. PI As. Rar. ii. 65, and Syst. Laurin. 509 ; 

 Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 194; Miquel FL.Ind. Sat. i. 944 (excl. var. e. 

 and syn. Rood). Fl. Ind.}. T. chrysantha and T. pusilla, Blume Mus. Sot. 

 i. 376. T. attenuata, Wall. Cat. 2534, in part. 



TEOPICAL EASTERN HIMALAYA ; from Bhotan to- Mishmi, Griffith. SILHET and 

 KHASIA Mxs. , ascending to 3000 ft., Wallich, &e. TENASSERIM, Griffith, &c. 

 DISTRIB. Borneo. 



A bush or small tree ; pubescence grey or rusty. Leaves very variable in size, 

 drying grey or red-brown, not coriaceous, young finely tomentose beneath, smooth 

 above with impressed nerves, nervules faint beneath ; petiole -^-g- in. Clusters \ in. 

 diam. ; umbels very small and shortly pedicelled, in bud | in. diam. ; flowers ^ in. diam. 

 Sepals very unequal, villous. Stamens about 6, usually shorter than the sepals, but 

 very unequal. Fruit in. diam., apiculate. Meissner's vars. glaucophylla, pusilla, 

 borneensis and alternifolia, offer no constant characters ; his var. e. appears to be 

 L. oblong a. 



Var. pedicsllata; pedicels very slender | in. long, branches less tomentose. 

 Tenasserim or 'Andaman Islands, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 4306). 



Var. alternifolia, Meissn. 1. c. ; leaves mostly alternate more glabrous. Sikkim 

 Himalaya, J. D. H. (Herb. Ind. Or., Tetranthera, No. 15). 



11. L. gracilipes, Hooh.f. ; quite glabrous, leaves opposite and sub- 

 orjposite 4-5 in. penninerved thinly coriaceous pale elliptic- or oblong-lan- 

 ceolate acute or subacute smooth above beneath obscurely reticulate and 



