52 LAUEAGEM. [PHCEBE. 



I.P. lanceolata, Nees Syst. Laurin. 109, F. B.I. v, 141 ; 



Brandis For. Fl. 377 ; Ind. Trees 532 ; Watt E. D. ; Kanjilal For.. 

 Fl. (ed. 2), 328 ; Gamble Man. 568 ; Collett Fl. Siml. 432 ; Prain 

 Beng. PL 900. Laurus lanceolaria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 308. Vern. 

 Haulia (Hind.), tumri (Dehra Dun). ^ J,_.L..J 



A small evergreen tree with yellowish -white bark, quite glabrous except 

 the very young parts and the perianth inside. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 

 usually crowded towards the ends of the branches, 6-9 in. long* 

 elliptic-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, narrowed below into a short 

 petiole ; main lateral nerves 6-10 paiis. Flowers pale-yellow, 2- 

 sexual, or sometimes polygamous, T 1 Q-J in. long, arranged in lax 

 axillary panicles 2-4 in. long.; peduncles slender, about 2 in. long when 

 in flower, elongating in fruit. Perianth- segments broad, obtuse,, 

 villous inside, erect in fruit. Fruit narrowly ellipsoid, clasped at the 

 base by the hardened perianth, black when ripe. 



Sub-Himalayan tracts from Dehra Dun (Gamble) to the forests of N. 

 Oudh (Brandis). Flowers Feb.-June. DISTRIB. : Outer Himalayan 

 ranges from Simla to Bhutan up to 6,000 ft.; also on the Khasia 

 Hills and in Burma. The wood is hard and close-grained and is said 

 to be used for planks. 



2. P. pallida, Nees Syst. Laurin. 112 ; Brandis For. FL 377 ; 

 Ind. Trees 532 ; F. B. I. v. 142 ; Gamble Man. 567. 



A small tree with finely puberulous shoots. Leaves coriaceous, 6-9 in. 

 long, elliptic -lanceolate, or oblanceolate, acuminate, pubescent be- 

 neath when young; main lateral nerves 8-10 pairs, very oblique, 

 deeply impressed above, prominent beneath. Panicles long-pedun- 

 cled. Flowers puberulous. 



Moist ravines in the forests of E. Oudh (Brandis). Flowers in June. 

 DISTRIB. : Kumaon Himalaya up to 5,000 ft., and eastwards to Nepal 

 and Sikkim. Perhaps too closely allied to p. lanceolata to be regarded 

 as more than a variety. 



4. LITSEA, Lamk. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v, 155. 



Trees or shrubs, usually evergreen. Leaves alternate, rarely 

 opposite or subopposite, penninerved, rarely 3-nerved from the- 

 base, buds naked or scaly. Flowers small, dioecious, usually 

 umbellate ; umbels 4-6 (rarely more)- flowered, sessile or shortly 

 peduncled ; peduncles clustered, rarely solitary, axillary or in the- 



