Litswa.'] cxxviu. LAURINE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 161 



penninerved thinly coriaceous elliptic-oblong-ovate or -lanceolate acuminate 

 exquisitely reticulate on both surfaces subglaucous beneath, nerves strong 

 4-6 pair, umbels axillary solitary or clustered, bracts membranous glabrous 

 4-fld., stamens glabrous, fruit small ovoidly globose on the persistent 6-lobed 

 perianth. Lindera nervosa, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 308. Tetranthera chartacea ?, 

 Wall. Cat. 2531 B. T. chartacea, /3. P nervosa, Meissn. in DC. Pro dr. xv. 

 1. 186 and 513. Laurin., Wall. Cat. 7531, the right-hand specimen. 



EASTERN TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Bhotan, Griffith (Kew Distr'ib. 4290). BURMA j 

 at Ainherst, Wallich. ARRACAN and TENASSERIM, Kurz, &c. 



A tree ; branches quite smooth. Leaves coriaceous, but flexible, shining, pale 

 brown or greenish above when dry, largest 20 by 9 in., the reticulations between the 

 nerves extremely fine, base acute obtuse or (in Bhotau specimens) rounded; nerves 

 beneath slender but prominent, often reddish, petiole \-\ in. Umbels few, \ in. diam., 

 pedicel |-| in.; bracts caducous; male flowers small, glabrous within and without, 

 subsessile. Sepals oblong. Stamens 9, 3 inner 2-glandular, anthers oblong. Ovary 

 or imperfect, with a slender style and small stigma. Fruit \ in. long, pedicel 

 -j in., thick. A very handsome species. 



15. Zi. mishmiensis, Hook. f. ; branches black and leaves quite 

 glabrous, leaves 4-6 in. alternate penninerved long-petioled thinly coria- 

 ceous oblong-lanceolate acuminate base acute smooth above pale brown 

 beneath, nerves 12-16 pair very slender, umbels solitary axillary and on 

 short leafy branches long-pedicelled 10-15-fld., bracts caducous and long- 

 pedicelled flowers pubescent or tomentose. 



UPPER ASSAM ; Mishmi Hills at Laim-Planj-thaya, Griffith. 



A large tree, branches smooth ; buds silkily tomentose. Leaves 1^-2 in. diam., 

 not rigid, faintly irregularly reticulated beneath petiole slender, j-f in. Umbels 

 |- in. diam. ; pedicel % in., pubescent, not stout ; bracts 4-5, very concave, coria- 

 ceous ; pedicels of flowers -| in., and base of male perianth white-tomentose. Sepals 

 6, small, oblong. Stamens 9, 3 inner 2-glandular ; filaments short, glabrous, anthers 

 square. Ovary minute ; style slender, stigma small. Fruit unknown. Quite unlike 

 any other species in the long pedicels of the male flowers, whence the inflorescence 

 resembles a Lindera. 



16. L. assamica, HooTc. f. ; branches and leaves glabrous or the 

 latter faintly puberulous beneath, leaves 4-6 in. alternate penninerved thinly 

 coriaceous greenish when dry very shortly petioled elliptic acuminate at both 

 ends smooth above faintly reticulate and pale beneath with 6-10 very 

 slender nerves, umbels axillary solitary and fascicled 4-fld., bracts 4 gla- 

 brous, sepals 6, stamens 9 very villous below. Tetranthera rangoonensis, 

 var. assamica, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 188. 



ASSAM plains, Jenkins, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 4309). 



Branches rather slender, terete, pale, tips petioles and nerves beneath of very- 

 young leaves puberulous. Leaves 1-2 in. broad, very symmetrical in all the speci- 

 mens, but varying greatly in size, narrowed into the very short (-| in.) petiole, 

 hardly shining above. Umbels few and scattered (probably the specimens are not in 

 good flower), in. diam.; pedicel about as long; bracts very concave ; flowers very 

 small, shortly pedicelled, T ' 2 in. diam., villous at the base without and within, as are 

 their pedicels. Sepals oblong. Stamens exserted, filaments villous, 3 2-glandular; 

 anthers oblong. Fruit unknown. 



17. It. venulosa, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 187 (Tetranthera); 

 quite glabrous, branches very slender, leaves 3-4 in. alternate penninerved 

 very membranous oblong-lanceolate obtusely caudate-acuminate glaucous 

 beneath, nerves 6-12 pair very slender, umbels 3-5-fld. male solitary, fem. 

 often racemed, peduncle and pedicels very slender. Myristica glaucescens, 

 Wall. Cat. 6790. 



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