u 



Leaves uniformly green ; branchlets sharply angular, T. nitida, 



t t InJIoreBcence imherulous to tomenlom'. 



Leaves' slightly glaucous beneath, shortly acuminate ; racemes elongate, tawny tomentose ; 



fruiting oup entire ; berry oblong, T. Pananwtu/a. 



Leaves whitish or glaucous beneath and strongly net-veined, shortly acuminate ; racemes 



shortened, tawny puberulous ; fruiting cup lobed ; berry oblong, T. albicans. 



Leaves not glaucous beneath, blunt or nearly so ; racemes short and tomentose ; fruiting 



cup entire ; berry obovate-globular T. ncmccarpifolia. 



LITSAEA. 



Leaves whorkd hy 3 to 5, penninerved from the very base ; the female flowers in small 



clustered umbels, the males simply clustered. 



Branchlets tomentose ; leaves 4-4J in. long (doubtful species), L. concolor. 



Branchlets and shoots densely tawny villous ; leaves 6-8 in. long, very soon turning 

 glabrous, L. angustifolia. 



As former, but leaves 1-1^ ft. long, elongate, also when adult pubescent be- 

 neath, L. macrophylla, 



* L'^aves scattered, alternate, triplinerved nboce the base and penninerved further up. 



Leaves etc. quite glabrous ; flowers in short tawny tomentose racemes, L. leiophylla. 



Leaves etc quite glabrous, glaucous beneath ; flowers in sessile iuvolucred umbels, L.foliosa. 

 DAPHNIDIUM. , 



X Leaves triplinerved. 



Leaves glabrous, glaucous beneath, D. pulcherrimum. 



Leaves densely and sliortly tawny pubescent beneath, D. caudatum. 



X X Leaves jienninerved. 



Leaves beautifully appressed silvery pubescent beneath ; flowers in very short ra- 

 cemes, ... .D. argenteum. 



II Leaves chartaceous or almost coriaceous, elegantly and prominently netceined, the reticulations 

 narrow. 



Peduncles slightly pubescent, nearly an inch long ; perianth pubescent, L, Assamica. 



Peduncles quite glabrous, 3-4 lin long ; perianth glabrous, L. nercosa, 



II !| Leaves membranous, very laxly reticulate ; all parts glabrous L. Neesiana 



MRNAIIDIA. Only species, ...H. peltat'a. 



PROTEACEJE. 

 Conspectus of genera. 

 Helicia. Only genns. 



HELICIA. 



Inflorescence glabrous. 



Leaves serrulate or entire, acuminate at base and almost decurrent on the |-| inch long 



petiole ; scales distinct, smooth, IT. Cochinchinensis. 



Leaves serrate, on a thick 2-3 lin. long petiole ; scales united in a 4-toothed oup^ H. robusta. 



* * Inflorescence rusty tomentose or villous. 



Young branchlets rasty- villous ; leaves serrate ; ovary smooth, H. pyrrhobotrya. 



Young branchlets rusty-villous ; leaves serrate ; ovary rusty hirsute ; scales distinct, 

 smooth n. exeelsa. 



Young branchlets smooth ; leaves entire ; ovary hirsute ; scales distinct, puberu- 

 lous, S. salicifolia. 



THYMEL^A CE^. 



Conspectus of genera. 



AtunLABiA. Perianth. 5-merong, of a leathery texture. Periauth-scales 10, at the base or wholly nnited in a crown. 

 Cnpsole 2-vak-ed, the putameu woody, with a tliin (aomewhat fleshy p) pericarp. 



AQOILARIA. 



Capsules wrinkled, softly and densely tomentose A. Agallocha, 



Capsules smooth and glabrous, A. Malaccensia. 



