Beilschuiiedia] 



XCI. LAUKACE.E 



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ovate. Filaments and ovary hairy, fr. unknown. 3. B. Brandisii, Hook. f. Xambar 



forest, Assam. A moderate-sized tree. 1. glabrous, thinly coriai lis, blade 6-10, pet. 1 in. 



lone, sec. n. 6-8 pair. Panicles or racemes axillary 1-2 in. lung, pedicels solitary, a 

 little longer than fl. Perianth-segments obtuse fy in. long, filaments hairy, ovary 

 glabrous. Fr. on stout peduncles, 2-2J in. long. i. B. macrophylla. Meissn. Mergui. 

 Terminal buds, branch lets and petioles rusty pubescent. L. thickly coriaceous, blade 

 9-12. pet. J in. long, sec. n. 10-12 pair, prominent beneath, distinctly anastomosing 



Under tl Ige. Similar to B. malaccensU, Hook. f. Malay Penins. 



B. L. usually oppo- 

 site. 



a Terminal buds 

 enclosed in large glab- 

 rous coriaceous scales. 

 inflorescence glabrous. 



5, B. Wightii, Bentli. — 

 Syn. Haasia Wightii, 

 Nees; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 298. Anamalais, Tinne- 

 velli and Travancore 

 Ghats. Quite glabrous, 

 1. elliptic, acuminate, 

 blade 'A- i. narrowed into 

 slender pet. J in. long. 

 Panicles slender on long 

 peduncles. H. minute. 



6. B. assamica, Meissn. 

 Assam, Manipur, Upper 

 Burma, Yunnan. Buds 

 lanceolate, fr. elongate- 

 elliptic, Ij in. long. 7. 

 B. Gammieana, King. Bast 

 Nepal, sikkim. common 



00 ft. (Thxilo Tar- 

 ting). Closely allied to 

 6, buds ovoid, fr. glab- 

 rous or obovoid. jj-l in. 

 long. 8. B. globularia, 

 Kurz. Hills east of 



Tousgoo, 8-4,000 ft. 



Iiiuls uv.iid, fr. glolmse, 

 fleshy, 1— 1A in. diam. 



(b) Terminal buds and inflorescence pubescent. 



9, B. sikldmen8is, K i u "; ; Gamble, [nd. Timb. Ed. ii. 559. Vern. rar»tn#,Nep. sikkim 

 and Bhutan, ascending t" 6,500 ft. L. elongate-elliptic, obtuse at both ends, blade 8, 

 pet. 1 in. Fr. ellipsoid 1 in. long. 10. B. Clarkei, Hook, f. sikkim: Reinak 1,500 ft. 

 i B I larke), Lopchu 5,200 ft. Sonu Tor-inn) (B. B. Osmaston). A large tree, 1. mem- 

 nous, acuminate, blade 5 7. pet. \ in. Panicles hairy, 8 1 in. long, fasciculal 



H ads of brancblets from the uppermost leaf-axils, tl. mo iry, pedicels as 



long as oi a little shorter than fl., perianth divided t,, the base, segments hairy on 

 bol li side., ovary glabrous. 



Endlandra flrma, \ee~. Bilhet, Cachar. Terminal buds and inflorescence -liu'litly 



puberulous, I. glabrous, concolorous, elongate-ellipl in. long, sec. n. 



6 B i "-'• veins minutely and regularly reticulate, prominently raised on both 



cles axillary 1-2 in. long, branches slender, perianth glabrous outside, 



tomentose within. Anthers :t. sessile, I utose, 2-celled, valves oblong. Fr. ovoid 



1 in. long. 

 Syndiclis paradoxa, Il.n.k. f. in [c. PL t. 1515. Bhutan. L. glabrous bhartao 

 te, blade :'• ■ In. I"nu'- PL minute, panicles axillary, bram 



P ents I. broad, glandular-punctate, anthers I. sessile, I -celled. 



Ovary oris brous, 



Fig. 178. Beilsclmiiedia Roxhurghiana, Nees. §. 



:;. MACHILUS. (Tees; Fl. Brit. [nd. v. 136. 



EvergreeD trees, leaves alternate, often dust, -red at the ends "f branchlets, 

 penninerved. Fl. bisexual, in axillary and pseudo-terminal panicles, Perianth 



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