161 cxxvin. LAuniNEjE. (J. D. Hooker.) 



PEGU j at Kangoon, M'CleUand. TENASSERIM, Beddome. 



Very closely allied to L. aniara, differing in the green very acuminate leaves j the 

 perianth is quite the same, as are the 8 stamens, 3 of which are 2-glandular. The 

 female, however, seems distinct in resembling tho male, in being pedicelled, and having 

 a large discoid stigma. Fruit unknown. Meissner's )8. assamica is a totally distinct 

 plant (L. assamica, nob.), with slender nerves and leaves puberulous beneath. 



23. Xi. HLurzii, King in Serb. Calcutt. ; branches stout leaves beneath 

 and inflorescence shortly brown-tomentose, leaves 6-10 in. alternate penni- 

 nerved pale coriaceous oblong or oblanceolate-oblong acute or acuminate 

 smooth and minutely reticulate above beneath with 12-18 pair of very 

 strong rather spreading nerves and strong parallel cross-nervules, male 

 umbels axillary in clusters 5-fld., perianth densely villous, sepals large 

 unequal. 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz, &c. 



An evergreen tree ? Leaves glabrous above except the midrib, with the nerves 

 impressed, base acute or rounded ; petiole^l-1 in., stout. Umbels ^ in. diani. ; bracts 

 rather thin, sparsely tomentose ; flowers" densely villous without and within. Pe- 

 rianth-lobes much larger than in L. amara, and less unequal. Stamens 6-10, 3 2-glan- 

 dular. Fruit unknown. 



Sect. IV. Cylicodaphne, Nees (gen.). Leaves persistent, alternate 

 (rarely opposite in L, Wightiana}, penninerved. Perianth-segments usually 

 6, tube much enlarged disciforrn or cupular in fruit. See also L. Blumei. 

 (The fruit is known in most of the species ; but not in most of the previous 

 section, species of which may hence prove to be referable to this.) 



* Umbels solitary or fascicled, rarely corymbose ; if racemose, the peduncle 

 or rachis is very short. (Some species of the racemose section have the 

 raceme occasionally reduced to an umbel, as L. StocJcsii, Wightiana and 

 others.) 



f Leaves more or less pubescent or tomentose beneath. 



24. Xi. khasyana, Meissn. in DC. Prodr.xv.l. 185 (Tetranthera) ; 

 branchlets leaves beneath and inflorescence finely pubescent, leaves 6-12 in. 

 alternate penninerved oblong or ob long-lanceolate pale above white or 

 glaucous beneath with 10-15 pairs of very strong nerves and slender cross- 

 nervules, umbels 6-8-fld . fascicled or subracemose on a very stout peduncle, 

 fruit oblate much broader than the turbinate fleshy perianth-tube. Tetran- 

 thera glauca, var. ? Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



KHASIA MTS. j on Ladder Hill, near Churra, alt. 2-4000 ft., J. D. H. Sf T. T. 



A tree ', branches long, rather stout. Leaves 2-4 in. broad, above greenish and 

 quite smooth with impressed nerves, beneath white or rather rusty, at length glabrous, 

 base acute; petiole about f-1 in., at first tomentose. Umbels shortly stoutly pe- 

 dicelled, flowering in. diam. ; bracts 4 ; peduncle -| in. Sepals silky without, 

 glabrous within. Stamens (young) 7-9, glabrous. Ovary in male, or very minute. 

 Fruit 1 in. diam., greatly depressed, broadest above the middle, in. diam., ^ in. long 

 with the pedicel. 



Var. Hookeri; umbels larger, pedicel stouter, swollen perianth-tube as broad as 

 the fruit which is larger. L. khasyana, Serb. Calcutt. Tetranthera Wightiana ? 

 Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. Cylicodaphne ? Hookeri, Meissn. 1. c. 209, excl. var. . 

 Sikkim, alt. 6000 ft., King, Kurz. Assam, Mishmi Hills, Griffith (Kew Distrib . 4286, 

 4287). Khasia Mts., at Churra and Amwee, alt. 3-4000 ft., J. D. H. $ T. T. 



25. Ii. martabanica, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 301 ; branchlets and leaves 

 beneath densely tomentose, leaves 4-8 in. alternate penninerved coriaceous 



