Tetrantkera.'] laurine^. 293 



dense axillary or lateral clusters, with scarcely any common peduncle. Flowers 

 5 or 6, sometimes more, in each involucre, on pedicels of scarcely 1 line. Peri- 

 anth-tube cup-shaped, with 6 small petal-like deciduous segments. Filaments 

 slender, very hairy. Berry ovoid ; the disk-shaped base of the perianth en- 

 larged to about 3 lines diameter. 



Hongkong, Hance, Harland, Wright. Frequent in India. 



2. T, citrifolia, Ju88. A small evergreen tree ; the young branches, 

 petioles, and inflorescence softly pubescent or hoaiy. Leaves obovate or ob- 

 long, 3 to 4 in. long and very obtuse in the Chinese specimens as in some of 

 the Indian ones, slightly acuminate in others, more or less hoary or pubescent 

 underneath, glabrous above, except the midrib. Involucres full 3 lines dia- 

 meter before opening, in small umbels on a common axillary or lateral pe- 

 duncle of \ in. or more. Flowers numerous in each involucre, on short pu- 

 bescent pedicels, without any perianth. Stamens usually 9. Berries globular, 

 on the thickened but scarcely dilated summit of the pedicel. 



lu the Happy Valley woods, Champion and others. Frequeat iu India. 



3. T. polyantha, Wall.; Nees, Syst. Laur. 545. A handsome tree, 

 quite glabrous except a slight silky-hoariness on the young shoots. Leaves 

 deciduous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 or 4 in. long, narrowed into a 

 petiole of \ in. Involucres on slender pedicels of 2 to 4 lines, in numerous 

 clusters or short racemes along the previous year's branches, usually appear- 

 ing before the young leaves. Flowers of a pure white, about 6 in each in- 

 volucre. Perianth-segments 6, obovate. Stigma very broad. 



Common in the Happy Valley woods, Champion, and others. Also on the mainland and 

 in northern India. 



6. ACTINODAPHNE, Nees. 



Characters of Tetrantkera, except that the flowers are either in sessile clus- 

 ters, surrounded by imbricate scales, or in racemes or panicles uithout in- 

 volucres. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 



Leaves oval-oblong, 1 to 2 in. long I. A. chinensis. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 4 or 5 in. long 2. A. angustifoHa. 



1. A. chinensiSy Nees, Syst. Laur. 600. A much-branched shrub or 

 small tree, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves oval-oblong, obtuse or very shortly 

 acuminate, 1 to 2 in. long, on very short petioles, usually glaucous under- 

 neath. Flowers small, in closely sessile axillary clusters, surrounded by de- 

 ciduous imbricated scales. Perianth-segments 6, about 1 line long. Stamens 

 9, with hairy filaments. Beriy globular, on the unenlarged base of the peri- 

 anth. — Camellia iutegrifolia, Chois, Mem. Ternstr. et Camell. 60. 



Very common on hiUs and in ravines, Champion and others. Not known out of S. China. 



2. A. angustifolia, Nees, Syst. Laur. 594 ; JriyJd, Ic. if. 1 841. A tree, 

 glabrous except a slight silky-hoariness on the young shoots. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 4 to 5 in. long, very coriaceous, contracted at the base 

 into a petiole of \ in. or more. Flowers in sessile axillary chisters. Berry 

 ovoid-oblong, 8 or 9 lines long, on a thickened pedicel of 2 or 3 lines, ter- 

 minated by the enlarged disk-shaped base of the perianth. 



