Litucea.] cxxvui. LAUKIXE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 177 



5-fld., in. diam. when flowering ; flowers silky. Perianth turbinate, glabrous within, 

 4-6-partite. Stamens usually 9. Fruit nearly globose, -| in. broad (Thwaites) ; 

 perianth-tube with the very thick pedicel |-1 in. long, and \ in. diam. Quite possibly 

 a form of L. Wightiana. The flowers according to Thwaites are polygamous. 



58. Zi. Beddomei, Hook.f.; branchlets midrib beneath and racemes 

 pubescent, leaves 2-3 in. alternate penninerved coriaceous linear-oblong or 

 -lanceolate obtuse acute or acuminate silvery glaucous beneath with 8-10 

 pair of very faint and slender nerves, male racemes 1-2 in., bracts silvery 

 4-fld. 



SOUTH DECCAN ; Timievelly Hills, Beddome. 



Apparently a small bush ; branches scarred. Leaves -| in. broad, smooth and 

 greenish above when dry with very "faint nerves, obscurely reticulate beneath. 

 Racemes 1-2 in., or less; pedicels \ in., male umbels in. diam. in flower; bracts 

 coriaceous. Perianth-tube pubescent, lobes 6 membranous. Stamens 8; filaments 

 short, glabrous. A very distinct-looking small species, of which the specimens are 

 insufficient for a full character. 



59: X.. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 2557 (Tetranthera) ; branchlets leaves 

 beneath and inflorescence more or less rusty-tomentose or villous, leaves 

 3-9 in. alternate penninerved coriaceous from oblong to elliptic-lanceolate 

 obtuse acute or acuminate, brown beneath with 8-12 pair of strong nerves 

 and reticulations, racemes stout 1-4 in., umbels stoutly pedicelled silky 

 large 4-6-fld., fruit $ in. seated on the turbinate or hemispheric stoutly 

 pedicelled entire or 6-toothed perianth-tube. Cylicodaphne Wightiana, 

 Nees in Wall. PL As. Mar. ii. 68 and iii. 31 ; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 

 200 and 515 (excL var. /3. and y.) ; Dalz. <$f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 222. ? C. nori- 

 bunda, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 387; Meissn. I. c. Tetranthera Wightiana, 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 293. 



Nilghiri and Travancore Hills, alt. 6-8060 ft., Wight, &c. CANAEA, Stocks, 

 Dalzell. 



A rather large tree (Wight) ; branches robust. Leaves very variable iu size and 

 breadth, usually greenish above wih impressed veins and light or dark brown be- 

 neath, rarely purplish and glaucescent ; base acute ; petiole -f in., stout. Racemes 

 suberect or spreading, rachis stout; pedicels -J in., stout; umbels $-f iu. broad 

 when flowering; bracts 4, coriaceous. Perianth turbinate, tube and 6 lobes silkily 

 tomentose. Stamens about 12, filaments hairy. Stigma discoid. Fruit as iu 

 L. Stocksii, but in the Canara specimens the mouth of the perianth-cup has 6 remote 

 erect or spreading teeth. I have under L. Stocksii and Gardneri stated my sus- 

 picions that they are forms of this very variable plant, as may be L. ovalifolia. 

 Meissner's vars. tomentosa and parvifolia have no certain characters; his locality of 

 Assam is founded on an erroneous label, and that of Ceylon refers to L. Gardneri. 



60. Zi. cordata, Jack in Mai. Misc. ex Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. 

 356 ; branchlets leaves beneath and racemes rusty-tomentose, leaves 4-6 in. 

 alternate penninerved thinly coriaceous broadly ovate-oblong cordate acute 

 or acuminate, nerves 10-12 pair spreading with transverse nervules beneath, 

 racemes slender axillary and in terminal panicles drooping, umbels 6-8-fld. 

 Tetranthera cordata, Jack ex Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 196. T. cordifolia, 

 Meissn. 1. c. T. Perrottetii, Blume Mus. Bot. 384 ; Meissn. L c. 



MALACCA, Griffith. DISTBIB. Sumatra, Philippines. 



Branches black when dry. Leaves 3-4 in. broad, brown when dry and polished 

 above with raised nerves and nervules, base always cordate, sometimes unequal; 

 petiole -f in., rather slender. Racemes 1-4 iu., slender; pedicels ^ in.; umbels in 

 flower in.; bracts 4, nearly glabrous; flowers villous. Sepals 6. Filaments 

 hirsute. Fruit in Philippine specimens -f in. loug, ellipsoid, seated on the turbinate 

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