170 oxxvm. LAuniNEzE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Litscea. 



leaves. Umbels 3-10 in a cluster, in bud i-j^ in. diain., usually finely hoary, some- 

 times tomentose or glabrous ; pedicel -1 in., stout ; flowers subsessile, about in. 

 diain. Sepals oblong, subequal, nearly glabrous. Stamens very unequal and irre- 

 gular as to glands, at length far exserted, filaments hairy. Ovary with a large dis- 

 coid stigma. Fruit 1 in. diain. ; perianth-tube fleshy, as is its large turbinate pedicel. 

 Meissner's )8. major is only a large-leaved specimen ; his y. glauca, from Ceylon, is 

 L. glaberrima, Thwuites. A plant called T. Iceta in Herb. Calcutt. from the Hyang 

 River in Sikkirn, alt. 2000 ft., differs remarkably in the fruit, which is f in. long, 

 oblong, niucronateand nearly white ; its fruiting perianth-tube is subcarnpanulate, in. 

 diam., with a sinuately lobed mouth. 



38. L. Thomson!!, Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 183 (Tetranthera) ; 

 quite glabrous, leaves 5-7 in. alternate penninerved firmly coriaceous linear- 

 oblong or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate pale brown above paler "beneath, with 

 6-10 slender nerves very obscurely reticulated, umbels in short subracemose 

 Corymbs, peduncles and pedicels short stout, young fruit globose. Tetran- 

 thera Iseta, Wall. ? Herb. 2nd. Or. S.f. $ T. 



SILHET ; near the station, J. D. H. fy T. T. 



A large tree; branches stout. Leaves 2-3 in, broad, base acute, hardly shining 

 above, not glaucous beneath ; petiole -1 in. long, stout. Corymbs axillary and in 

 the leafless axils, rounded, about 1 in. diam. ; pedicels spreading ; pedicels of very 

 young fruit clavate with the truncate perianth-tube of immature fruit J in. diam., and 

 globose ; young fruit about ^ in. Apparently a very distinct plant, but having neither 

 flower nor ripe fruit, it is not in a state for satisfactory description. 



39. Zi. chartacea, Wall. Cat. 2531 (Tetranthera) ; quite glabrous 

 except the inflorescence, branches slender, leaves 3-5 by li-l in. alternate 

 penninerved thinly coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate acuminate pale subglaucous 

 and reticulated beneath, nerves 6-8 pair slender, petiole very slender, female 

 umbels small fascicled peduncled 6-8-fld., flowers stoutly pedicelled, fruit 

 ellipsoid on a broad cupular perianth-tube. Tetranthera chartacea, Wall. ; 

 Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 186 (the Nepal plant only} ; Nees in Wall. PI, 

 As. S,ar. ii. 67 and iii. 30, and Syst. Laurin. 546. 



NEPAL, Wallich. SIKKIM ; at Rishap, alt. 5500 ft., King. 



A moderate-sized tree (King}. Leaves finely reticulate between the nerves be- 

 neath, base acute ; petiole | in., more slender than in its allies. Umbels in. diara. when 

 expanded, pedicels about as long, both finely fulvous-pubescent ; bracts 4, rounded ; 

 flowers yj in. diam., coriaceous, funnel-shaped. Sepals small, very variable in shape 

 and length. Ovary ovoid; style stout, stigma simple. Fruit in. long, obtuse, black 

 when dry; cupular perianth-tube * in. diam., rather suddenly narrowed into the 

 thickened clavate peduncle, together -f in. long. Wallich's specimens' from Nepal 

 are males, King's from Sikkim are in fruit, but they appear conspecific ; together 

 they form very insufficient material. The small umbels and pale leaves with very 

 slender petioles are the most prominent characters. The Sikkim plant referred to 

 this by M.eissner is Dodecadenia panieulata, with a very different flower and fruit. 

 Of his Java plant (Zollinger 2853 b) I know nothing. His var. ft. ? nervosa (Wall. 

 Birm. Herb. 1463, from Aniherst) is L. WallicUi, nob. 



b. Species of Pegu, the "Eastern Peninsula, Penancj and the Andamans. 



40. 1*. leiantha, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 300 (Tetranthera) ; quite glabrous, 

 branches and leaves blackish when dry, leaves 4-6 in. alternate penninerved 

 coriaceous elliptic obovate or obovate-oblong obtuse or subacute smooth 

 above faintly reticulate beneath with 6-9 pairs of moderately stout nerves, 

 umbels fascicled long- pedicelled glabrous 5-fld., bracts glabrous, perianth 

 nearly glabrous. 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS ; Mount Harriet, in forests, Kurz. 



