Machilus] XCI. LAURACEjE 531 



p. Filaments hairy at the base only (cf. Gammieana). 

 6. M. bombycina, King. The Soom tree (Machilus odoratissima, Xees ; 

 Brandos, The Muga silk industry, Ind. For. v. 35). 



A middle-sized tree, young shoots and inflorescence silky, 1. elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, clothed beneath with minute silky hairs, blade 4-5, pet. .', in. long, sec. n. 

 arching, slender, G-8 pair. Ferianth silk}-, segments J in. long, fr. ^ in. diam. 



Forms extensive forests in the Sibsagar district, Assam, this being the principal 

 species on which the Muga silkworm is raised. Western Duars, Chittagong (Prain). 

 Yunnan (?). Nearly allied and possibly not specifically distinct are the 2 following : 



7. M. Kurzii, King. Sikkim 6-9,000 ft. Upper Burma. Yuuzalin. Martaban 2.500 ft. 

 (D. B. March 1880). Young shoots and 1. beneath almost glabrous, sec. n. slender. 



8. M. Gamblei, King. Subhimalayan tract and outer hills from the Jumna eastwards, 

 ascending to 7,000 ft., shoots and young 1. beneath finely silky, adult 1. quite glabrous. 

 L. from elliptic-lanceolate to obovate, sec. n. 8-12 pair, fr. J-J in. diam. 



9. M. Duthiei, King. Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix. t. 83 ; Collett Fl. Simla 431, fig. 138. 

 Vern. Chan, Haz. ; Kltairala, Bhojo, Jauus. ; Bhadrao, Garhw. ; Kaula, Kumaon. 

 N. W. Himalaya, Hazara to Kumaon 4-8.000 ft., on northern slopes and in shady 

 ravines. A large or moderate-sized, sometimes gregarious tree, 1. glabrous, glaucous 



' beneath, lanceolate, blade 6-10, pet. J-l in. long, sec. n. arching, 12-18 pair. Panicles 

 pedunculate, about 6 in. long, perianth silky-tomentose outside, segments J in. long, 

 filaments glabrous, fr. J in. diam. 



10. BL Gammieana, King. — Syn. 31. Clarkeana, King. Sikkim, common, 5-8,000 ft. 

 A large tree, leaf-buds covered with large obtuse silky scales, 1. glabrous, lanceo- 

 late, blade 6-10, pet. J-J in. long. Panicles glabrous, shorter than 1., in the axils of 

 broad silky bracts and of the uppermost 1. Perianth-segments J- J in. long, 5-nerved, 

 finely- silky on both surfaces, rarely glabrous, filaments hairy at base, with a few long 

 deciduous hairs in the upper part. Fr. J-1J in. diam. 



11. M. fruticosa, Kurz. Martahan and Tenasserim. A shrub, 1. glabrous, rigidly 

 coriaceous, the reticulate veins almost as distinct as the sec. n. Panicles axillary, 

 hoary, 3-8, perianth-segments silky, ^ in. long. — Some of the species here described 

 will probably disappear when more thoroughly studied in the forests. Imperfectly 

 known are : M. Lisleri, King; 31. bootanica, Meissn.; 31. Kinr/ii, Hook. f. and others. 



4. ALSEODAPHNE, Nees ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 143. 



Section II. of Persea in Engl. u. Frantl, iii. 2. 115. 



Evergreen trees, 1. penninerved. Fl. bisexual, in axillary panicles, anthers 

 4-celled. Fr. ellipsoid, seated on the club-shaped end of the thick fleshy 

 peduncle. Species about IB, tropical Asia. 



1. A. semecarpifolia, Nees: Wight le. i. 1*26. 1827; Redd. Fl. Sylv. i. J!i7. Phudgiis, 

 Mar.: Nelthare, Kan. Western Ghats from the lvuikan southwards. Ceylon, dry 

 region. A large tree. I. coriaceous, glaucous beneath, glabrous or on the underside 

 minutely tomentose, usually obovate, in var. angualifolia elongate-elliptic, blade I 7. 

 pet. ;',-•; in. Panicles pedunculate, longer than I., perianth in fl. j in. Im,:_ r . pedicels 

 slender, longerthan fl. -'. A. petiolaris, 1 1 • >• > k . f. A—am. Cachar. UpperBurme Griff.). 



A tall tree, I. rigidly coriac i-. Made 8 12, pet. stout, 1'. 2 in., sec n. very strong 



beneath, tert. n. parallel. Fr. Ij in. long. Imperfectly known: 8. A. grandis, Nees 

 I. A. costalis, Nees. 



:.. DODECADENIA, Xees; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. L80. 



Evergreen trees with perulate buds and scattered coriaceous penninerved 

 leaves. Flowers bisexual. Perianth-tube short, funnel- or cup-shaped, seg- 

 ments 6-9, spreading. Perfecl Btamens 10-18, anthers L-celled. Fruit seated 

 on the dilated thick Bat perianth-tube. 



1. D. gTandiflora, Nees. Kumaon s.ikni ft. Nepal, Upper Burma (Kurz). Branchlets, 



petioles and midrib on the upperside to nti'se. leaves thinly coria us, lanceolate, 



the finely reticulate veins prominent. Fl. A in. across, solitary, on verj short pedii 

 marked with the scars of decidi tamens exserted, villous, Fr. ', in. long. 



seated on the Hat perianth-tube. '-'. D. Grimthii, Hook, f. Bhutan, similar, bul 

 branchlets quite glabrous, braots 7 to each fl., perianth-segments 6. :>. D. panicuiata. 

 Hook. f. Sikkim 8,000 ft. Bhutan. Shasi hills. Manipur. A small tree, glabrous 

 except inflorescence, 1. coriaceous, shining above, opaque beneath, ova date, 



blade 6 B pet. | in., sec. n. arching, 10 12 pair. PI. in axillary panicles, pedicels rusty- 



