528 XCI. LAURACE,E [Cryptocarya 



long, sec. n. 6-12 pair, oblique, nearly straight. Panicles large, up to 12 in. diam., 

 peduncle long. Fr. black, J in. long, ellipsoid, pointed.at the ends. 6. C. Ferrarsi, King. 

 Andamans. A shrub, 1. thinly coriaceous, minutely rusty-pubescent beneath, oblong, 

 base cuneate, sec. n. prominent, arching, tert. n. conspicuous. Fr. J in. long. 7. C. 

 csesia, Blnme. Andamans. Branchlets, petioles and panicle rusty pubescent. L. 

 glabrous, glaucous above, white beneath, ovate-lanceolate, blade 5-7, pet. J-J in. 

 long, sec. n. 6-8 pair, arching, strong beneath, reticulate venation very fine and 

 regular, prominent on both sides. Fr. globose § in. diam. 



8. C. Kurzil, Hook. f. — Syn. C.ferrea, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 295. Mergui. Branchlets black, 

 glabrous, as well as 1. L. glaucous beneath, blade 4-8, pet. £ in., sec. n. 6-8 pair, 

 conspicuous beneath. 



Apollonias Arnotti, Nees ; Wight Ic. t. 1819. Chenthanam, Mai. Western Ghats 

 from Malabar southwards. An evergreen tree, 1. thinly coriaceous, glabrous when full 

 grown, lanceolate, 3-5 in. long, fl. bisexual, fr. supported by the 6-cleft hardened 

 perianth. Somewhat resembles Phoibe lanceolata, differs by 2-celled anthers. The 

 only other species, A. canariensis, Nees, is a tree of the Canaries. 



1. Dehaasia cuneata, Blume (Alseodaphne grandis, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 293). Arakan. Pegu 

 Yoma, southern and eastern slopes. Thaukyeghat forest. Martaban and Tenasserim. 

 Andamans. Java. A large evergreen tree, branchlets white. L. congregated at the 

 ends of branchlets, almost whorled, glabrous, cuneate, obovate, blade 5-9, pet. ^-1 in. 

 long. Fl. bisexual, in axillary lax panicles, peduncles and branches very slender. 

 Perfect stamens 9, anthers 2-celled. Fr. pruinose, bluish-black, ellipsoid, 1-1J in. long, 

 seated on the much swollen pedicel which is as long as fr., perianth-segments finally 

 deciduous. Similar and possibly not specifically distinct : 2. D. Kurzii, King. Chitta- 

 gong (Prain). Pegu. Martaban. Tenasserim, 3. D. elongata, Blume. Andamans. 



No. 550 Haines, Lower hills of British Bhutan, Malagiri, Nep. (fl. unknown), may 

 possibly be a species of Dehaasia. " A valuable timber tree, yielding excellent planks. ,T 

 Young shoots and underside of ]., chiefly along nerves, clothed with fine hairs. L. 

 membranous, elliptic, acuminate, blade 4-6, pet. slender J-l in. long, sec. n. arching 

 3-6 pair. Fr. globose-i'eniform, purple, § in. diam., seated on a much swollen furrowed 

 pedicel J in. long, bearing the undulating coriaceous perianth. 



2. BEILSCHMIEDIA, Nees ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 121. 



Trees or shrubs, as a rule evergreen, 1. penninerved, often opposite. FL 

 small, bisexual, in racemes or panicles, often fasciculate. Perianth deeply 

 divided into 6 nearly equal segments. Perfect stamens 9, the 3 inner bi- 

 glandular with extrose anthers. None or only slight remains of p>erianth in 

 fr. Species 20, tropical. 



A. L. usually alternate. 



1. B. Roxburghiana, Nees; Wight Ic. t. 1828; Brandis P. PI. 378.— 

 Syn. B.fagifolia, Nees; Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 263. Vera. Kamatti, Kan. 



A tree, greatly varying in size. Terminal buds and inflorescence pubescent. 

 L. coriaceous, glabrous, shining and finely reticulate on both sides, elongate- 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 6-9, pet. \-l in. long. Racemes short, 

 often branched at base, peduncles and pedicels hirsute, pedicels often fascicu- 

 late. Perianth divided to near the base, segments \ in. long, hairy on both 

 sides, oblong, spreading or reflexed, filaments hairy. Ovary glabrous (Dacca), 

 hairy (Kanara). Pr. \-l\ in. long, from short ovoid, almost globose to cylindric- 

 obovoid (Singbhum). 



A widely distributed species. Durga Deo Forest, Kumaon (D. B. 1863). Oudh 

 Forests (R. Thompson). Assam. Khasi hills. Dacca. Tipperah. Manipur. Burma, 

 Upper and Lower. Singbhum. Western Ghats from Matheran to South Kanara. 

 Yunnan. Fl. March, April, when the old 1. fall, so that a tree in fl. may occasionally 

 be leafless. The specimens from Singbhum and the Western Ghats are usually called 

 B. fagifolia, but, as far as the specimens examined go, there is no real difference, 

 shape of 1. and fr. vary greatly. Foliage very similar to that of Cryptocarya 

 amygdalina, the difference is in the inflorescence and fruit. 2. B. Bourdilloni, sp. nova. 

 Travancore, evergreen forest, 300-1,500 ft. (Bourdillon 87). Shevaroy hills (D. B. 1882). 

 A large evergreen tree, 1. coriaceous, elliptic, blade 5-7, pet. J-l in. long. Inflorescence 

 compact, grey velvety, axillary and terminal, consisting of short fascicled racemes, at 

 the base branching and bearing numerous broad round concave bracts, fl. fascicled in 

 the axils of similar bracts, before opening ovoid-globose J in. diam., perianth-segments 



