XCI. LAYRACE.E 



Flowers in bracteate heads, dioicous. 

 Anthers 4-ceUed, bracts imbricating, not whorled . 8. Actihodaphne. 

 Anthers 4-celled, heads supported by 4-6 whorled 



bracts ......... 9. Lits.ea. 



Anthers as a rnle 2-ceUed, bracts mostly whorled . 10. Lixdkra. 



1. CRYPTOCARYA, Rob: Br.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 117. 



Evergreen, 1. mostly ] euniveined. Fl. paniculate, bisexual. Anthers 2- 

 celled. Perianth-tube constricted at apex after ll.. accrescent, enclosing the 

 fr. Sp. 40, tropical and subtropical. 



A. Western species. 



1. G. Wightiana, Thwaites : Bedd. Fl. Svlv. t. 2W.— Svn. C. flovibunda, 

 Wight Ic. r. 1829. Yern. Gulmiir, Kan. 



A large tree, branchlets and inflorescence rustj" pubescent. L. coriaceous, 

 whitish and nearly glabrous beneath, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, shortly acu- 

 minate, blade 4-10, pet. h-l in. long, sec. n. (i-lo pair. Panicles spreading. 

 fr. purplish-black, obtusely ovoid, A-j in. long. 



Evergreen forests along the Western Ghats from Matheran southwards. Fl. Nov- 



Jau. t Vylon. 2. C. Stocksii, Meissn. Western Ghats from Kanara southwards. 



Branchlets, panicle, and as a rule the underside of 1. rusty-pubescent. L. rigidly 



is, more or less rounded at both ends, blade 2—4, pet. stout, J in. long. Panicles 



contracted, shorter than 1. 



spe- 





B. Eastern 

 cies. 



(a) Branchlets. in- 

 florescence and 1. 

 beneath deusely 

 rusty-tomentose. 



3, C. Grifflthiana, 

 Wight J.-, t. L830, 

 S.mth Tenasserim, Mi- 

 lay Peninsula. L. 

 r i s i '1 1 y coriaceous, 

 shining above, glau- 

 cous beneath, elliptic- 

 oblong, caudate-acu- 

 minate, blade 9-12, pet. 

 >tout \ in. long, sec. 

 n. 8-10 pair, arching, 

 impressed above, very 

 prominent beneath, as 

 well as midrib and 

 tertiary n. Panicles 

 compact, 1-2 in. long, 

 I. r acts conspicuous. 

 Fr. 1 in. long, glol>os" 



i I, narrow. -.1 iu- 



thick neck. I. 

 C. andamanica, Hook. f. 

 Andamans. L. ellip- 

 tic-oblong, blade 3-5, 

 pet, 1 in. long. sec. n. 

 lull |,:i ir, stnmg !»•- 

 neat h, not tmpn — I 

 above. Fr. narrow- 

 ellipsoid 1 in. long, 



(6 Full grown 1. glabrous or thinly pubescent beneath. 



5. C, amygdalina, Nees, 8yn. C.florHmnda, Wall, in |mrt. Palmero, Nop. Foot of 

 Eastern Himalaya from sikkim eastwards. IThasi bills. Andaman*. Chittagong. 

 a\ ta ins I" it., branchlets and inflorescence minutely dark grey pubescent. 1.. glabrous, 

 ooriai us. shining above, opaque beneath, oblong-lanceolate, blade 8-12, pet. [ \ in. 



Cryptocarya Wightiana, Thwaites. \. 



