538 XCI. LAURACE^E [Litscea 



^ in. diam. before opening, crowded in compact axillary clusters, lower part of fr. 

 enclosed in the cup-shaped perianth. 



/?. L. glabrous beneath or nearly so. 



25. L. salicifolia, B,oxb. — Syn. Tetranthera lancifolia, Kurz, and T. glauca, "Wall. 

 Subhimalayan tract (often associated with Sal on damp ground) and outer ranges 

 from Nepal eastwards ascending to 6,000 ft. Oudh forests. Assam. Garo, Khasi and 

 Naga hills. Bengal plains, Sundriban, Chittagong. Burma, Lower and Upper. A 

 small tree, branchlets minutely hairy, 1. chartaceous, usual]}' glaucous beneath, very 

 variable in shape, from elliptic- to linear-lanceolate, blade 3-10, pet. J-l in. long, sec. n. 

 10-15 pair prominent beneath. S heads 4-6-fld., on short peduncles, in axillary 

 clusters. Fr. dark purple, narrowly elliptic, \ in. long, seated on the funnel-- or club- 

 shaped perianth, which is narrower than the fr. Resembles L. lancifolia, differs by 

 alternate 1. and the almost cylindrical fr. Closely allied : 26. L. oblonga, Wall. Nepal. 

 Sikkim. Assam. Khasi hills. Quite glabrous, heads of <J fl. in pedunculate corymbs, 

 fr. | in. long. 



27. L. lseta, Wall. Subhimalayan tract from Sikkim eastwards, ascending to 2,000 

 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. A shrub or middle-sized tree, youngest shoots, petioles and 

 midrib sometimes hairy, 1. usually entirely glabrous. L. coriaceous, glaucous beneath, 

 blade 6-14, pet. J-l in., sec. n. 6-9 pair, veins finely reticulate beneath. S heads £ in. 

 diam. before opening, fascicled on a short thick peduncle, partial pieduncles slender, up 

 to 1 in. long. Fr. black 1 in. diam., seated on the large fleshy salver-shaped perianth. 

 28. L. Thomsonii, Meissn. Silhet. A large tree, 1. firmly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, 

 blade 6-8, pet. stout i-1 in. long, tertiary n. and veins obscure. Unripe fr. globose, in 

 lateral corymbs, lower half included in the cup-shaped perianth, on thick spreading 

 pedicels. 29. L. ehartacea, Wall. {Tetranthera). Nepal. Sikkim, 5-6,000 ft. L. thinly 

 coriaceous, blade 3-6, pet. slender, h in. long, sec. n. slender, 6-10 pair, reticulate veins 

 raised and prominent beneath. Fr. § in. long, ellipsoid, obtuse, base immersed in the 

 cup-shaped perianth. 30. L. Meissneri, Hook. f. Khasi and Naga hills. L. thinly 

 coriaceous, lanceolate, obtusely caudate-acuminate, blade 4-6, pet. £-§ in. long, sec. n. 

 slender, 10-15 pair. S heads solitary, subsessile or on short stout peduncles, bracts 

 fringed with long brown silky hairs. 



31. L. myristicsefolia, Wall. {Tetranthera). — Syn. Lepidadenia Griffithii, Wight Ic. t. 

 1846. Pegu, above Rangoon (Kurz), Meplay Forest, Thaungyin (D. B. March 1862). 

 Malay Peninsula. A small tree, perfectly glabrous, 1. coriaceous, pale beneath, lanceo- 

 late or oblanceolate, blade 4-8, narrowed into pet. J-l in. long, sec. n. slender, reticulate 

 veins obscure. $ fl. heads J in. diam. before opening, glabrous, numerous, on peduncles 

 up to | in. long, in dense axillary fascicles, stamens 12, in pairs, opposite to the peri- 

 anth-segments, the 6 inner biglandular at base, filaments glabrous. Fr. globose \ in. 

 diam., half immersed in the cupular fleshy perianth, pedicels up to i in. long. 32. L. 

 longipes, Meissn. {Cylicodaphne). Mergui. Closely allied to 31, of which Kurz makes 

 it a variety. Fruiting perianth larger, pedicel 1J in. long. 33. L. leiantha, Kurz 

 {Tetranthera). Andamans. A middle-sized entirely glabrous tree, 1. coriaceous, 

 broadly elliptic, blade 5-7, pet. 1-1J in. 6* fl- heads before opening £ in. diam. on 

 slender peduncles § in. long. 34. L. Helferi, Hook, f . Tenasserim (or Andamans). L. 

 glabrous, coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, finely acuminate, blade 3-4, pet. slender §— \ in. 

 long. . 35. L. albicans, Kurz {Tetranthera). Eastern slopes of the Pegu Yoma, along 

 streams (Kurz). Upper Thaungyin, east side of the Doyukyi pass in evergreen forest 

 (D. B. March 1862). A shrub or small tree, 1. glabrous, thinly coriaceous, lanceolate- or 

 oblanceolate-oblong, blade 6-10, narrowed into pet. J in. long, sec. n. slender, 6-8 pair, 

 veins raised, conspicuously reticulate on both surfaces. $ heads grey-pubescent, J in. 

 diam. before opening, in fascicles, sessile or on short stout peduncles, partial peduncles 

 up to \ in. long. Fr. fleshy, aromatic, seated on the large fleshy rugose cup-shaped 

 perianth. 



36. L. angustifolia, Wall. {Tetranthera). Assam (Sibsagar, D. B. March 1879), Silhet. 

 Cachar. Chittagong, in rocky streambeds. Young shoots and underside of young 1. 

 finely pubescent, 1. narrowly linear-lanceolate, blade 4-8, pet. J in., sec. n. slender, 

 numerous. $ fl. heads \ in. diam. on slender peduncles \ in. long, in axillary fascicles. 



(6) Fl. heads in axillary racemes. 



a. Eastern species. 



37. L. nitida, Koxb. {Tetranthera). Bhutan. Silhet. Assam, Nambar forest (D. B. 

 March 1879). Pegu, Hlaing forests. Singbhum, in deep valleys, not common. A 

 middle-sized, sometimes a large tree, branchlets stout, shining, angular. L. dark green, 

 shining, rigidly coriaceous, oblanceolate, mostly obtuse, blade 8-12, narrowed into 

 stout pet. f-1 in. long, sec. n. faint. Fl.-heads in axillary racemes, $ 2-4, ? 1-2 in. 

 long, <$ heads J-J in. diam. before opening, partial peduncles slender, J in. long. Fr. 

 purple when ripe, ellipsoid, J in. long, while unripe entirely enclosed in the indistinctly 

 lobed perianth. 38. L. Panamonja, Ham. {Tetranthera). Assam. Chittagong. Tenas- 



