532 XCI. LAUBACEiE [Dodecadenia 



pubescent, J-J in. long. Peduncles ridged, minutely hairy, as well as outside of 

 perianth. Fl. J in. across, no "bracts, stamens 18, anthers and the short filaments 

 minutely hairy. Fr. obovoid or clavate, 1-1J in. long, pedicel thickened into the 

 obconic calyx-tube. 



6. PHCEBE, Nees; Fl. Brit, Ind. v. 141. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs, leaves alternate, often clustered at ends of 

 branchlets, penninerved. PI. bisexual or polygamous, paniculate. Segments 

 of perianth-tube erect, hard, clasping the base of fruit. Anthers 4-celled. 

 Species about 50, those of section I. Indian and Malayan, those of section II. 

 with two exceptions American. Of the Indian species 2 are common to the two 

 Peninsulas, the rest belong to the Eastern region. 



I. Lobes of fruiting perianth appressed, rigid, almost horny. 



A. Perianth glabrous. 



1. P. lanceolata, Nees; Wight Ic. t. 1821. Vern. Bhadroi, Jaunsar; Tttmri, P/ebra 

 Dun ; Katkaida, Kumaon. Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, from the Bias east- 

 wards, ascending to 6,500 ft. Oudh forests. Khasi hills. Chittagong. Upper Burma. 

 Wainad, Anamalais, Tinnevelli and Travancore. A small or middle-sized tree, 1. glabrous, 

 chartaceous, lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, blade 5-8, pet. J-| in., sec. n. slender, 6-10 

 pair. Panicles axillary, pedunculate, perianth-segments j^-J in., fr. narrowly ellipsoid, 

 J in. long. 2. P. angustifolia, Meissn. Khasi hills. Upper Burma, stream banks and 

 swamps. Yunnan. A shrub or small tree, 1. very aromatic, linear-lanceolate, blade 

 6-10, narrowed into pet. J-l in. long, sec. n. slender, arching. Panicles axillary, on 

 slender peduncles 3-5 in. long, fl. greenish, umbellate at the ends of panicle branches, 

 perianth-segments J in. long. 



B. Perianth silky or pubescent, ^ in. long and under. 



3. P. pallida, Nees. Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, from Kumaon eastwards, 

 ascending to 6,000 ft. Assam (Seling). Khasi hills. Upper Burma. A moderate- 

 sized tree, similar to 1, shoots, inflorescence and underside of young leaves pubescent, 

 1. lanceolate or oblanceolate, sec. n. 6-10 pair, prominent beneath. 4. P. paniculata, 

 Nees; Wight Ic. 1. 1820.— Syn. P. Wightii, Meissn. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 292 ; P.pubescens, 

 Nees ; Kurz F. Fl. II. 290. Nilgiris (Kamara). Anamalais. Nepal. Chittagong. Burma, 

 Upper and Lower. A moderate-sized tree, young shoots rusty-tomentose, 1. pubescent 

 beneath and often also on the midrib above, elliptic or obovate-elliptic, blade 4-8, 

 narrowed into petiole J-f in. long, sec. n. 6-12 pair prominent beneath. Panicles and 

 fl. pubescent, on long slender peduncles, fr. ^-J in. long partly enclosed by the persistent 

 perianth. 5. P. attenuata, Nees. Angaria, Nep. Sikkim and Bhutan outer hills, as- 

 cending to 3,000 ft. Assam. Mogok, Ruby Mines district 4-5,000 ft. (Hlega or 

 Thityawa). A large tree, branchlets stout, shoots, petioles, underside of 1. and inflores- 

 cence rusty-tomentose with long soft hairs, 1. oblanceolate, blade 5-10, narrowed into 

 pet. ^ in. long, sec. n. 15-20 pair, tert. n. parallel. Panicles spreading, peduncles 

 stout, 3-6 in. long, fr. narrowly ellipsoid, | in., fruiting calyx J in. long. 6. P. tavoyana, 

 Hook. f. — Syn. Machilus tavoyana, Meissn. Binedah forest, Pegu (D. B. Feb. 62). 

 'Thaungyin (D. B. Apr. 62). Tavoy, Mergui. L. membranous, oblanceolate, finely 

 ^acuminate, with scattered often minute hairs beneath, blade 6-10, narrowed into pet. 

 J-2 in. long, sec. n. arching, 6-8 pair, with shorter intermediate n. Flowering 

 panicles slender. 



II. Lobes of fruiting perianth coriaceous, not appressed. Perianth in fl. 

 softly tomentose, ^ in. long. 



7 P. Hainesiana, Brandis in Hook. Ic. PL t. 2803. Outer hills, Sikkim, Bhutan, 

 3-5,500 ft, (H.H.Haines No. 303). Angaria, Nep. A large timber tree, attaining 150 ft. 

 and 20 ft, girth, bark thick, dark grey, wood yellow, makes excellent planking. L. 

 glabrous, pale beneath, clustered at the ends of branches, oblanceolate to obovate, blade 

 5-9, pet. 1-1J in. long, sec. n. straight, 12-16 pair, prominent beneath. Peduncles stout, 

 in fl. 3-4, in fr. 5-9 in. long, perianth in fl. on both sides grey tomentose. Fr. black, 

 fleshy, 1J in. long, base enclosed, by the campanulate 6-lobed perianth, which is \ in. 

 long. This remarkable species is nearly allied to Phccbe indica, Pax, of the Azores, 

 Madeira and Teneriffe, which yields a beautiful furniture wood. 



7 CINNAMOMUM, Blume; PI. Brit. Ind. v. 128. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs, 1. opposite or alternate, in most species tripli- 

 nerved. Fl. in large axillary panicles, often from the axils of the uppermost 



