Lifscea] XCI. LAURACEiE 537 



Yoma, eastern slopes (Kurz), Tenasserim. Malay Penhis. and Archip. Branchlets, 

 petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence minutely brown-tomentose. L. thinly coria- 

 ceous, elliptic or lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. J in., sec. n. 10-15. 3 fl. -heads ^ in. diam. 

 on short slender peduncles in axillary sessile clusters, $ fl.-heads nearly sessile. Fr. 

 ovoid, J— J in. long. 11. L. rangoonensis, Meissn. (Tetranthera). Similar to 10, 1. more 

 acuminate, sec. n. 8-12. ? fl.-heads pedicellate. 12. L. Kurzii, King. Andaman-. 

 Branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and inflor. harshly brown-tomentose. L. coriaceous, 

 elliptic-oblong, blade 6-9, pet. stout, J in., sec. n. 10-15 pair, tertiary parallel, prominent. 

 1 heads J, in. i Main, before opening. 13. L. grandis, Wall. ( let ranthera). Not unfrequent 

 in Pegu, Martaban and Upper Tenasserim (Kurz). Malay Peninsula. Branchlets stout, 

 marked with the scars of fallen 1. L. rigidly coriaceous, upperside shining, underside 

 densely and softly brown-tomentose, broadly elliptic or obovate, blade 9-11, pet. stout. 

 1 in. long, sec. n. 10-15 pair, very prominent beneath as well as the parallel tertiary n. 

 o" heads J in. diam. before opening, on stout peduncles, J-J in. long. Specimens from 

 Burma not seen. Specimens (in leaf only) coll. by me in the Meplay evergreen forest 



(March 1862) (Momoh, Karen), a large tree, w 1 yellow, fl. said in my notes to be 



bisexual, marked by Kurz as Tetranthera grand I a. Wall., var. i, are ijuite different. 



b) L. glabrous beneath or nearly so, sometimes opposite. 

 II. L. lancifolia, Roxb. Sikkim, foot of hills. Bhutan. Assam. Khasi hills. 

 Cachar. Chittagong. Tenasserim. A shrub or small tree, branchlets, petiole- and 

 midrib finely tomentose, 1. thinly chartaceous, glaucous beneath, usually opposite or 



nearly so. elliptic-lam late, blade 4-6, pet. | in. long. sec. n. 6-8 pair. Fl. white, fr. 



globose, on the small flat perianth-tube. The Sikkixn specimens have lanceolate alter- 

 nate I. 15, L. mishmiensis, Hook. f. Mishmi hills, Assam. A large glabrous tree, 1. 



thinly coriai us. blade J-0, pet. , ; in., sec. n. faint. L6. L. assamica, Hook. f. Assam. 



L. thinly coriai is. blade 1-6, pet. Jin., sec. n. slender. 17. L. Wallichii, Hook. f. — 



Syn. Limit in nervosa, Kurz. Bhutan. Tenasserim. A glabrous tree. 1. coriaceous, 

 elongate-elliptic, 1,1 a ile i ; -8, pet. J-J in. lon°;, sec. n. 6-8 pair, arching, impressed above, 

 veins on both surfi s raised, minutely and regularly reticulate. Filaments glabl"OUS, 



fr. nearly globose, \ in. long, seated on the persistent but not enlarged 6-lobed perianth. 

 IB. L. venulosa, Meissn. Tinnevelli hills. An evergreen straggling shrub. ,|uite 

 glabrous, 1. thinly coriaceous, glaucous beneath, elliptic-oblong, obtusely caudate- 

 acuminate, blade :: 5, pet. | in. long. 



C. Perianth-segments usually 6, tube much enlarged in fr. 



a) Fl. -beads solitary or fascicled. 



a. L. more or less pubescent or tomentose beneath. 



lit. L. Khasyana, Meissn. Subhimalayan tract from Sikkim eastwards, ascending to 

 3,000 ft. Upper Burma. Ruby Mines district 5,000 ft. (Onrftfn). Branchlets. 1. beneath 

 and inlloioceticc finely pubescent, 1. usually glaucous beneath, varying in shape, 

 blade i; 12. pet. J-j in., sec. n. 10-15 pair, nearly straight, prominent beneath. Heads 

 before opening J in. diam., fascicled on stout peduncles. Fr. 1 in. diam.. seated on the 

 enlarged fleshy turbinate perianth-tube. 20. L. martabanica, Kurz [Tetranthera). 

 Martaban, hills south ,,f Taepo, 1,000 ft. Salween 2,000 ft. (D. B. L859 and Hsu. a 

 shrub or small tree, branchlets, pet., underside of Land inflorescence tineh tawny- 



tomentose. L. coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, hlade 3-8, pet. J— 1 in. long, sec. n. arc! 



6 s pair, tertiary n. ami finely reticulate veins prominent beneath. PI .-heads ! in. 

 diam. before opening, 2 I in axillary pedunculate umbels, [nvolucral bracts I. fl. 4, 

 perianth thin. Fr. ellipsoid, A in. long, base enclosed in the salver-shaped perianth- 

 tube. 21. L. semecarpifolia, Wall. {Tetranthera). Palmoro, Nep. Western Du rs 



c mon in Sal and mixed forest, Manipur. Pegu Soma, eastern slopes. Martaban. 



A moderate-sized ti branchlets, petioles, underside of I. and inflorescence velvety, 



I. coriaceous, obovate or elongate-elliptic, blade 6 s . pet. j-j in. long. Fl.-heads \ in. 

 (Mam. he fore opening, in compact a\illar\ clusters, -i aniens long exserted. I - 

 , ; in. (Main, seated on the broad cup-shaped perianth-tube. 22. L. elongata. Wall, 

 (inter Himalayan ranges from the Jumna eastwards, common in Sikkim 6-9,000 ft., 



rare further west. Assam. Khasi hills. A i lerate-sized or small tree, branchlets 



-tout, densely rusty-t ntose as well as petioles, underside of I. and inflorescence. I.. 



ellipticlanceolate, blade I 11. pet. .', J in. long, tert. n, parallel. <j head- often 

 solitary, \ in. diam. before opening, peduncles J | in. Fr. elongate-ellipsoid, '. in. 



long, usually 2 or 3 from one bead, seated on tie- spreading mor less o I soft- 



tomentose pedicelled perianth. 23. L. nuculanea. Km/. Tenasserim. Siam. Branch- 

 lets, petioles and underside of I. finely tomentose, I, coriaceous, obovate-elliptic, Made 



5 7. pet 1 in. Fr. : ,' in. long, 1 he lower half included in the thickly Coriac i- CUp- 



shaped perianth. 



21. L. coriacea, Heyne. Courtallum. Travancore, common in secondary for 



ascending to 8,000 n . A -mall tree, branchlets, petioles at a I underside of I. mo r 



less harshly pubescent, I. coriaceou I ' ide 5 7. pet. >, in. long. A fl.-heads subsessile, 



