LAURACEiE. 309 



2. lanceolaria, (O. lanceolata, Nees. /. c. — Laurus lanceolaria, Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 2, p. 309.) b Khassya Mountains. Nepal. Fl. small, pale yel- 

 lowish, Feb. March and April ; fr. May and June. Wood employed 

 by the natives for many useful purposes. {Roxb.) 



3. mollis. Wall. 5 Burma. 



Persea, Giirtn. (Nees. in Wall. pi. as. rar. 3, p. 32.) 



X.gratissima, Giirtn. (Nees. I. c. — Giirtn. fil. fr. 3, p. 222; — Bl. Bijd. p. 



567 ,—J. Graft. Cat. B. pi. p. 174 ;— 5. Reg. 15, t. 1258.— Laurus 



Persea, Jacq. obs. fasc. \, p. 37 ; — Roxb. H. B. p. 30.) Avocado, 



and Subaltern's butter-tree of the W. Indies. Alligator pear, b 



Tropical America. Cultivated in India, Fl. small, pale-greenish, 



Feb. and March ; fr. July and August. 

 Beilschmiedia, Nees. {Wall.pt. as. rar. 2, p. 69.) 



1. Roxburghiana, Nees. (/. c. — Laurus bilocularis, Roxb.fl. ind. 2, p. 31 1.) 



b Tipperah. Fl. small, yellow, March and April ; fr. June. 

 Agathophyllum, Juss. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 444; — Endl. gen. pi. \,p. 



318.) 

 1. aromaticum, Willd. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 460 ; — Roxb. H. B. p. 36. — 



Ravensara aromatica, Sonner.it. 2, t. 127- — Evodia Ravensara, Giirtn. 



fr. 2, p. \Q\,t. 103,/. 2.) L. b Madagascar. Introduced into H. 



C. G. in 1802, but had not fl. up to 1814. 

 Cryptocarya, R. Br. (Nees. in Wall. pi. as. rar. 2, p. 69.) 



1. floribunda, Nees. (/. c.) b Silhet. Has been introduced into H, C. 



G. Fl. .? 

 Sassafras, Nees. (Wall. pi. as rar. 2, p. 68) 



I. officinarum, (Laurus Sassafras, L. ; — Pers. syn. \, p. 450 ; — Roxb. H. 



B.p. 30; — Catesb. car. 1, p. 55, t. 55. — Persea Sassafras, Spreng. 



syst. 2, p. 270.) b N, America. Introduced into H. C. G. in 1809, 



but had not fl. in 1814. Produces the bark and root in commerce 



called Sassafras. 

 Benzoin, Nees. (Wall.pl. as. rar. 2, p. 63.) 



1. odoriferum, Nees. (/. c. — Laurus Benzoin, L. ; Pers. syn. 1, p. 450; 



— Commel. hort. 1, p. 189, t. 27; — Roxb. H. B. p. 30; — Spreng. 



syst. 2, p. 265.) b N. America. Introduced into H. C. G. before 



1814. Fl. ? 

 Tetranthera, Jacq. (Nees. in Wall. pi. as. rar. 2, p. 64.) 



1. lancecefolia, Roxb. (fi. ind. 3, p. 822 ; — Nees. a. c. p. Go.) S Silhet. 

 In H. C. G. fl. Feb. March and April ; fr. R. S. (Roxb.) 



2. Roxburghii, Nees. (/. c Litsa;a sebifera, Pers. syn. 2, p. 4. To- 



mex sebifera, Willd. — Laurus involucrata. Rets. — Tetranthera apetala, 

 Gartn.fr. 3, p. 225, t. 222, f. 2.) 



a. T. apetala, Roxb. (Coram. 2, p. 147 ; — Ji. ind. 3, p. 819 excl. 

 syn. Lour. — Litssea apetala, Pers. syn. 2, p. 4. — Tetremthera citri- 

 folia, Jiiss. ; — Spreng. syst. 2. p. 266.) <P^<1 f^ Kookoor-chita. 

 b Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) Assam, Tropical 



