184 cxxvm. LAURINEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Lind'-ra. 



ASSAM; at Goalpara, Wallich , Griffith (Polyadenia grandis, Keio Distrib. 4278). 

 SILUET, De Silva. 



Branches very stout, woody, pale, furrowed. Leaves brown when dry, very 

 variable in form and breadth, 2^-4 in. diam., rather shining above with slender sunk 

 nerves, base acute ; petiole |-| in., very stout, tomentose. Umbels in. diam., bracts 

 coriaceous concave; flowers minute, shortly pedicelled, hirsute. Sepals 6, unequal. 

 {Stamens 6-12, filaments short, villous, ' most or all with stipitate glands. Fruit 

 ellipsoid or oblong, ^ in. long, smooth, shortly pedicelled. 



7. I*, venosa, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 164; branchlets stout and 

 leaves glabrous, leaves 6-10 in. long-petioled narrowly elliptic-lanceolate 

 shining above, nerves 12-15 pair rather strong beneath, with distant reticu- 

 lations, umbels 15-fld. very large sessile or stoutly pedicelled clustered and at 

 first enclosed in many broad imbricate hard rounded scales, bracts 7 coria- 

 ceous pubescent. Daphnidium venosum, Mleissn. inJ)C. Prodr. xv. 1. 231. 

 Tetranthera, Griff. Itin. Notes 144 n. 692, and Notul. iv. 355, and Ic. PI. 

 Asiat. iv. t. 353. ' 



BHOTAN ; near Oongar Bridge, alt. 6000 ft., Griffith (Ketv Distrib. 4308). 



A medium-sized tree, nearly leafless in winter, Griffith ; branches stout, pale, fur- 

 rowed. Leaves towards^ the ends of the branches, spreading and deflexed, rather 

 membranous, brown above, with slender impressed nerves, paler beneath ; base acute ; 

 petiole 1-1^ in., slender. uds enclosing umbels |-| in. long, ovoid, axillary and on 

 the branches, solitary or 2-3 together. Umbels nearly 1 in. diam. ; bracts concave, 

 coriaceous, pubescent ; flowers villously silky, shortly pedicelled. Sepals 6-8, unequal. 

 Stamens 9-12, filaments villous, 3 inner or more with one or two long-pedicelled cup- 

 shaped glands ; sometimes of 12 stamens 6 are eglandular, 4 2-glandular and 2 1- 

 glandular. Fruit unknown. 



8. Xi. bifaria, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 164; branchlets and leaves 

 beneath finely brown-tomentose or villous, leaves persistent 1^-6 in. pale 

 brown coriaceous shortly petioled elliptic ovate-lanceolate acuminate, nerves 

 5-10 pair strong beneath with faint or strong cross-nervules, umbels small 

 sessile 6-10-fld. solitary or clustered, bracts 6-8 imbricate, fruit small glo- 

 bose. Daphnidium bifarium, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. ii. 63, and Syst. 

 Laurin. 616 ; Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 231 ; Brand. For. Fl. 383. 

 Tetranthera bifaria, Wall. Cat. 2530. Laurus Nasusua, Don Prodr. 64. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Kumaou, alt. 5000 ft., BlinTcworth, Strachey fy Win- 

 terbottom. NEPAL, Wallich. UPPER ASSAM, Mishmi Hills, Griffith. KHASIA MTS., 

 alt. 3-4000 ft., Wallich; &c. DISTRIB. Yunan, China, Munnipore. 



A small tree with very pale-brown branches and foliage when dry ; branches rather 

 stout. Leaves very variable in size and amount of hairiness, nerves and cross-ner- 

 vules beneath very strong and midrib often villous, above smooth and minutely im- 

 pressed-punctate ; base acute or cuneate, rarely obtuse ; buds scaly, youngest leaves 

 densely clothed with fulvous long shining silky wool ; petiole % in., very stout. Umbels 

 solitary or clustered, globose, *- in. diam. before opening ; bracts rounded, coriaceous, 

 concave, brown, more or less pubescent ; flowers very small, axillary in the upper 

 bracts, shortly pedicelled, pedicel and perianth^tube velvety. Sepals 6, mem- 

 branous, subequal. Stamens 9, short, filaments glabrous. Ovary glabrous, with a 

 stout style and discoid stigma. Fruit \ in. diam., seated on the very small shallow 

 cup-shaped perianth-tube. Griffith's 2464 from Bhotan referred to bifaria by 

 Meissner is not that plant; it has deciduous leaves and different branches and flowers. 

 The ^pecific name bisona quoted by Nees as that of Wall. Cat. 2550 is simply a mis- 

 reading of bifaria which is indistinctly written. 



Sect. III. Daphnidium. Leaves persistent, triple-nerved. 



9. Zi. caudata, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 164; branchlets slender and 



