Actinodaphne] XCI. LAURACE.E 535 



long. Clusters of ? fl. sessile, fr. globose J in. diam., seated on the enlarged 6-lobed 

 perianth-tube. 7. A. salicina, Meissn. Xilgiris. L. linear-lanceolate, probably a 

 narrow leaved form of 6. 



B. L. penninerved, more or less whorled. Eastern species. 



8. A. angustifolia, Xees : Wight Io. t. 1841. — Syn. Litscea angustifolia, 

 Kurz. Vern. Nalingyo, Burni. 



A large or moderate-sized tree, hranchlets stout, as well as young 1. softly 

 tomentose. L. coriaceous, glaucous beneath, shining aljove, lanceolate, blade 

 8-12, pet. i-J in. long, sec. n. <i-8 pair, prominent beneath, midrib and under- 

 side of the sec. n. usually hairy. Clusters of ? tl. very shortly peduncled, 

 fr. £ in. diam., seated on the small cup-shaped entire perianth-tube. 



Wesl Duars iii partially evergreen forest. Assam, Garo and Kliasi hills. Chit ta- 

 gong. Singbhum rare, in valleys. Common in theevergreen forest patches of the Pegu 

 Yoma. Martaban and Tenasserim. Fl. R. S. 9. A. sesquipedalis, Hook, f. & Thorns. 

 —Syn. Litscea maerophylla, Kurz. Mergui. Penang. Branchlets very stont, tomen- 

 tose, 1. riiri'lly coriaceous, glossy above, lanceolate, blade 12-24, narrowed into a stent 

 ]»-t. t in. lmig. Fl. in large clusters, fr. globose, J-l in. diam.. seated "ii the broad tlat 

 entire or crenate perianth. 10. A. reticulata, Meissn. Kliasi hills. Sikkim, 6,500 ft. 

 (B. B. Osmaston). Buds silky, branchlets and young I. minutely pubescent, sometimes 

 glabrous. L. lanceolate, blade 1 -6, pet. \ in., sec. n. faint, very fine raised reticulate 

 veins conspicuous on both surfaces. Fr. broadly ellipsoid, | in. long, seated on the 

 CUpular quite entire perianth-tube, pedicels lunger than fr. 



11. A. siklrimensis, Meissn. Vern. Pkirphiri, Nep. sikkim, 3-6,000 ft. Bhutan. 

 Manipur. Branchlets slender, 1. membranous, lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, blade 

 3-5, pet. J-J in. long, sec. n. slender. Fr. in sessile clusters, oblong, seated on the very 

 >mall quite entire base of perianth. 12. A. concolor, X..-. Tenasserim. Imperfectly 

 known. 



C. Leaves, some whorled, others opposite or alternate, almost triplinerved, 

 the lowest pair of the sec. n. reaching to the middle of the leaf.- 



13. A. obovata, Blume. Vern. Muslindi, Nep. ; Patlikuta, Ass. Evergreen forest and 

 damper port ions of Sal forest inthesubhimaJayan tract from Sikkim easta ards,ascending 



to 2, i" Assam. Khasi hills. Manipur. A largi very handsome tree, branchlets, 



leaf buds and leaves rusty-pubescent or tomentose. L. elliptic, bluish-white beneath, 

 blade 10-18, pet. 1-2 iu. long, sec. n. 1-ii pair, prominent beneath; tert, a. parallel, 

 slender. Flowers on short compound, compact lateral racemes, while iu hud covered by 

 rounded coriaceous scales. Fr. ij-l in. long, seated on tl ntire cup-shaped perianth- 

 tube. II. A. confertiflora, Meissn. Bhutan. Glabrous, I. alternate, broadly ovate or 

 elliptic, blade 1-7. ]»-t. 1 in. long. Fl. numerous in dense axillary compound clusters, 

 pedicels long, 15. A. leiantha, Hook, f.— Syn. LiUcsaleiophylla l S.\uz. Tenasserim (or 

 Andamans). Glabrous, except the rusty pubescent inflorescence. D. scattered, lanceo- 

 late, blade 5 9, pet. 1 in. Fl. in lateral racemes covered while in bud by imbri 

 roundel caducous bracts. 



9. LITS/EA, Lamk.; Fl. Brit. [nd. v. 155. 



Trees, rarely shrubs, 1. as a rale alternate, mostly penninerved. Fl. dioicons 

 in I -ti-tM. heads, which in bud are enclosed by 4-6 large concave whorled 

 bracts, fl. sometimes. supported by bracteoles. Anthers L-celled, generally all 

 introrse. The pedicels of ? II. lengthen out in fr. hence when several fruits of 

 one head come to maturity they are umbellate. S]>ecies 140, tropical, rare in 

 Africa and America. 



I. Leaves deciduous, penninerved. Perianth- u, mix- not enlarged 



in fruit. 



(a) Leaf-bads naked. 



1. L. citrata, Blume. Syn. 'I', tranthi ra polyantha, Wall. Vern. Siltimbi r, 

 N.p.; Adakori, Edenkuri, Abb. 



A small tree, with a delightful fragrance of oranges, youngest shoots silk}-, 

 otherwise entirely glabrous. Branches and leaves black when dry. Leaves 



membranous, -1-7 iu. long, lanceolate, fresh bright green al-ove, dull glaucous. 



beneath, blade l -7, pet. slender J— | in. long, sec. n. slender. Fl. with the I., 

 heads ,\ in. diam., enclosed by i membranous glahrons bracts, ciliate al the 



