Littcea.] cxxvin. LAURINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 167 



reticulated beneath under the pubescence ; petiole \ in. Umlels axillary and at the 

 leaf-scars, in bud in. diam., obscurely pubescent; pedicel ^-\ in., slender; bracts 

 concave; flowers (very young) funnel-shaped, silky below without and within. 

 Sepals oblong, glabrous, small. Stamens 6, apparently glabrous. Fruit and fern. fl. 

 unknown. A well-marked plant (totally distinct from T. nemoralis), of which only 

 two specimens are known, both in young flower ; so the above character will probably 

 require modification. Its nearest ally is L. longifolia. 



31. Zi. long ifolia, Nees Syst. Laurin. 528 (Tetranthera) ; branchlets 

 leaves beneath and umbels rusty-tomentose, leaves 6-12 in. alternate penni- 

 nerved coriaceous elliptic elliptic-lanceolate or obovate obtuse acute or 

 acuminate, beneath strongly reticulate, nerves 6-10 pair, umbels densely 

 clustered shortly peduncled about 10-fld., fruit small globose seated on the 

 expanded concave thickened perianth- tube. L. cauliflora, Moon Cat. 

 Tetranthera longifolia, Nees ex Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 188 (excl. 

 var. /3.) ; Thwaites Enum. 255 (excl. var. y.). 



CEYLON ; common in the Central Province, alt. 4-7000 ft. 



A small sparingly branched tree (Thiuaites}. Leaves very variable in size, the 

 largest 7 in. broad, brownish green when dry and often harshly pubescent above, 

 reticulations beneath broad, base acute or rounded; petiole J-| in., stout. Umbels iu 

 flower in. diam. ; bracts 4, subequal ; flowers rusty-tomentose, villous below. 

 Sepals unequal, sometimes antheriferous. Stamens 12, filaments slender hairy, inner 

 anthers short sometimes 2-celled. Fruit about in. diam., much broader than the 

 entire perianth-tube. The name longifolia is not appropriate. Meissner's var. /3. 

 nitida, from Moulmein, is unknown to me. Thwaites' var. 7. isZ. gldberrima (T. nervosa 

 ft. chartacea, Meissner.) 



32. Xi. nemoralis, Thwaites Enum. 255; branchlets petioles and 

 leaves beneath densely rusty-villous or tomentose, leaves 1-2 ft. alternate 

 penninerved linear- or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, nerves 12-15 pair strong 

 and spreading beneath, umbels small clustered glabrous or very sparsely 

 hairy. 



CEYLON ; about 21 miles from Galle, alt. 1000 ft., under large forest trees, Gardner, 

 Thwaites. 



A bush, 10-12 ft. ; stem erect or sparingly branched ; branches robust. Leaves 

 3-4 in. broad, not thickly coriaceous, green above when dry with tomentose midrib, 

 almost woolly, loosely reticulate and pale beneath between redder villous nerves; 

 petiole 1-2 in., very stout. Flowers and/rw^ not seen. Most of the above descrip- 

 tion is from Thwaites, who says in a note that he has never found flowers or fruits, 

 but that the former were found by Gardner. It is a noble species, and quite unlike 

 any other. 



ff Leaves glabrous beneath or nearly so. (See also L. Stocksii.) 

 a. Species of the Himalaya, Assam, Xhasia and Silhet. 



33. Xi. salicifolia, Eoxb. ex Wall. Cat. 2536 (Tetranthera) ; glabrous 

 or branches and leaves beneath hoary, leaves 3-12 in. alternate penninerved 

 chartaceous broadly or narrowly elliptic or oblong acute or acuminate 

 usually glaucous beneath, nerves 8-15 pair, umbels clustered glabrous rarely 

 hoary 4-6-fld., pedicels short, stamens villous, fruit ellipsoid, perianth-tube 

 hardly enlarged or small and cup-shaped. T. salicifolia, Eoxb. ; Nees in 

 Wall. PI. As. Ear. ii. 66 and 30, and Syst. Laurin. 534. T. glauca, Wall. 

 Cat. 2533 ; Meissn, in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 185 (excl. var. 6\) ; Nees II. c. 66 

 and 531 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 300. T. laurifolia, Eoxb. in Wall. Cat. 2535 

 (not ofFl. Ind.}. T. attenuata, Wall. Cat. 2534 ; Nees in Wall. 1. c. ii. 6 and 

 iii. 30, and Syst. Laurin. 533. T. lancesefolia, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 822 ; Kurz 



