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LAURACEAE. 
Key to genera. 
l. Tree or x 2. 
Leafless par e. 7. Cassytha. 
2. Flowers in ba fascicles or umbels . 3: 
Flowers separate in loose inflorescences : 
3. Anthers 2-celled ps ce Dr nera 
Anthers 4-celled ; wes S duitsen. 
4. Leaves 3-nerved pe Pe Pu 5. 
Leaves penninerved — ... n RS 6. 
5. Fruit completely enclosed in the 
perianth tube ; anthers 2-celled . l. Cryptocarya. 
Fruit free or nearly so, anthers 4-celled 3. Cinnamomum. 
6. Anthers 2-celled; perianth segments 
ous from the oval fruit, or 
erianth tube enclosing the fruit . 7. 
JUR eis 4-celled ; perianth segme nts 
deciduous from the globose fruit or 
reflexed, persistent 8. 
7. Perianth deciduous 2. Beilschmeidia. 
Perianth enveloping the fru l. Cryptocarya. 
8. Perianth ocn docidaods; ye a 
cup o 3. Cinnamomum. 
Perianth lantei, reflexed or r entirely 
deciduous ... ve "m .. S, Machilus. 
1.-CRYPTOCARY A. 
Key to species. 
Leaves 3-nerved exe Ye l. chinensis. 
Leaves penninerved  ... “ee 4.2. concinna. 
H 
P 
. C. chinensis, Hemsl. ; Beilschmeidia chinensis, Hance in Journ. 
ot. 
82, 79. Mountain east of Wongneichong, Mt. 
Parker and on hill above Taitam reservoir, Hongkong ; 
Mainshan, Hongkong New Territory ; fiadow River. 
Fl. greenish, May. 
C. concinna, Hance l. c. 79. Happy Valley woods, and Mt. 
Gough, Hongkong; Lienchow River. Fl.greenish, August. 
2.—BEILSCHMEIDIA. 
Key to species. 
Buds and inflorescence glabrous ; fruit 
2 inc vas bis ins ess d. Os 
Buds and inflorescence any P. fruit 
= inch bas e .. 2. fagifolia. 
. B eed Nees ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 129. pdea 
Tytam and ong. Fl 
Stanley, Vietoria Peak, eee 
greenish, November, 
