540 XCI. LAURACEiE [Litsceec 



44. L. zeylanica, C. & Fr. Nees ; Wight Ic. t. 1844 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 294. — Syn. L. oblonga, Nees ; Wight Ic. t. 1845; L. foliosa, Nees ; Lauvus 

 involucrata, Vahl ; Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 187. Vera. Kanvel, ChircMra, Mar. ; 

 Shembaga, Palai, Tarn. 



A large tree, leaf-huds ovoid or ovoid-lanceolate, minutely silky. L. 

 coriaceous, glabrous, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, blade 3-5, pet. 

 i-1 in. long. Two distinct basal nerves extending to the middle of leaf, above 

 these 2-3 pair of sec. n. Heads 4-5-fld. in sessile axillary fascicles, perianth 

 silky 4—5-lobed, pedicels of $ fl. generally glabrous lengthening out in fr. to 

 i- in. Fr. ovoid or globose h in. long. 



Bhutan. Khasi hills. Manipur. Chittagong. Martaban hills east of Toungoa 

 (Kurz). Western Ghats from Mahabaleshwar southwards. Nilgiris. Anamalais. 

 Rumpa hills, Northern Circars. Javadies and other hills in the Peninsula. Fl. Oot- 

 Jan. Malay Penins. and Arehip. 45. L. lanuginosa, Nees. Outer Himalaya from the 

 Jumna eastwards, usually 3-6,000 ft. In the Dehra Dun at 1,900 ft. Khasi hills. 

 A small tree, young shoots and young 1. underneath clothed with long soft silky hairs, 

 "buds often 1 in. long. L. (when full grown) glabrous and glaucous underneath, blade 

 6-12, pet. ^-1 in. Heads in dense silky clusters 1 in. across, fr. oblong J in. long, 46. 

 L. Clarkei, Prain, Bengal Plants 903. Chittagong. A small tree, buds finely silky, 

 branchlets and 1. glabrous, 1. rigidly coriaceous, elliptic, caudate-acuminate, tripli- 

 nerved, the 2 suprabasal n. extending to near the a]jex of 1., raised finely reticulate- 

 veins prominent on both surfaces, $ heads in short axillary racemes, common peduncle 

 with small imbricating bracts. Fl. silky, 6 in each head. 47. L. umbrosa, Nees. — Syn. 

 L. cotisimilis, Nees ; Collett Simla Fl. 434 Fig. 139. Vern. Shartir, Jauns. ; Narik. 

 Eupin ; Puteli, Nep. Himalaya, from the Chenab eastwards, 4-9,000 ft. also in 

 some of the inner valleys (Nogli and Rupin. Serahn in the Sutlej valley). Assam. 

 Khasi hills. A moderate-sized tree, bark dark brown, young shoots minutely silky. 

 L. glabrous, thinly coriaceous, underside with a white bloom, lanceolate, long acuminate, 

 blade 3-6, pet. J in., sec. n. 3-5 pair, the lowest pair from near the base often extending 

 to the middle of 1., so that the 1. appear triplinerved. Fl.-heads yellowish-white, pedicels 

 silky, those of the $ lengthen out to f in. Fr. nearly globose § in. diam. 44 and 47 

 are united in m3 r old F. Fl. The N. West Himalayan tree is different from that of the 

 eastern districts and the Peninsula, but there are intermediate forms, and it is not 

 impossible that further study of the tree on the spot (not from Herbarium specimens) 

 may lead to the union of the 2 species. 48. L. Mamiii, King. Khasi hills. L. tripli- 

 nerved, minutely impressed punctate on both surfaces, lanceolate, blade 2-3, pet. slender, 

 J in., sec. n. obscure. 



10. LINDERA, Thunb.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 182. 



Characters of Litscea but fl. in each head usually numerous (1 in L. caudata), 

 pedicels of $ fl. longer and anthers usually 2-celled. 



A. Leaves persistent, penninerved, $ flower-heads on peduncles \ in. long 

 and longer. 



1. L. assamica, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 308. 



A large tree, branchlets and 1. beneath rusty pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, 

 blade 4-7, pet. i in. long, midrib and 6-10 pairs of sec. n. prominent beneath, 

 as well as intermediate and transverse veins. Fl.-heads on peduncles \ in. 

 long, solitary, fascicled or in short racemes, involucral bracts 4, veined, 

 glabrous outside. Fl. 10-15 in each head, on silky pedicels \-\ in. long, 

 perianth-segments hyaline, ciliate, filaments silky. Fr. nearly globose, £- \ in. 

 long, up to 6 from each fl.-head on peduncles A-l in. long, hence forming 

 pedunculate umbels. 



Sikkim 6-8,000 ft. Bhutan. Assam. Nattaung, Martaban (Kurz). A tree found 

 by Montague Hill in dr\- hill forests east of Bhamo at 5,000 ft., has youngest shoots 

 silky but branchlets and 1. entirely glabrous, 1. thinly coriaceous, shining above, 

 opaque beneath, sec. n. 5-7 pair, otherwise same as 1. 2. L. Meissneri, King. Mikir 

 hills, Assam. L. chartaceous, quite glabrous, fl. 9 in each head, may possibly prove to 

 be the tree found by Mont. Hill mentioned under 1. 



3. L. (?) aromatica, Brandis in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2784. Karaite. Burm. ; Le-u, 

 Karen. Hills between Thaungyin and Haundraw above 4,000 ft. (D. B. April 

 1859). Mountains east of Toungoo, 2,000 ft. (D. B. Febr. 1880). A glabrous 



