Lindera] XCI. LAURACE.E 541 



shrub, I. scattered, thinly coriaceous, blade 2-5, pet. slender, J in. long, sec. n. 

 arching, slender 6-8 pair, anastomosing under t lie margin. S n.-heads white, Jin. 

 diam. before opening, on slender glabrous peduncles i in. long, solitary or in short 

 axillary racemes. Involucre of 4 bracts. 3-6-nerved, minutely hairy at the 

 base, otherwise glabrous, rt. ^ in. long, 4-5 in each head, shortly pedicelled, 

 pernaith-segments 6, hairy, hyaline, obovate, stamens 9, the 3 inner biglandular, tila- 

 ments hairy, anthers mostly 1-, sometimes 2-celled. Fr. globose, seated on the t hi<k 

 pedicel ,', in. long, pericarp fleshy, very aromatic edible. The fr. is sold. Closely 

 allied to this remarkable shrub are specimens collected in Yunnan, S by Hancock 241. 



5,<hhi ft., tl. yellowish-green, by Henry 10439, 6, ft.. L1395, L1395a, 5,000 ft., ri. 



white, single tl. i in. long, per.-segments and filaments glabrous, anthers all 4-celled, 

 ami in Tonkin V by Balansa, "a shrub wild and cultivated for its aromatic fruit.'' 



S| ies 1 -3 ought to be placed in a separate genus, together with Lindera citriodora, 



Hemsley, an ex lingly Fragrant deciduous shrub of .Japan. Formosa and China, with 



4-celled anthers. 



4. L. latifolia, Hook, f. Khasi hills. A small tree, branchlets, petioles and underside 

 of 1. along nerves rusty- or tawny-tomentose. L. membranous, elliptic, blade 5-9, pet. 

 ■J in. I"tiu'. sec. n. 6—10 pair, impressed above, prominent beneath. $ heads tomentuse, 

 \ in. diam. before opening, in axillary fascicles, peduncles J in., fl. 10-12. Fr. globose, 

 J in. diam., up to 8 from one fl. on pedicels \ in. long, in pedunculate umbels. 



B. Leaves persistent, peuninerved, $ Mower-heads sessile or nearly sessile. 



5. L. bifaria, Benth. — Syn. Daphnidium bifarium, Nees; BrandisF.F1.383. Himalaya, 

 from Cumaon eastwards. Assam. Khasi hills, Manipur, China. A shrub or small 

 tree, branchlets, underside of 1. and inflorescence brown-tomentose. L. coriaceous, 

 blade 1J— 5 in., pet. { in. long. Fl. -bends sessile in compact axillary clusters, fl. in each 

 bead 6-10, hairy, on hairy pedicels up to i in. long. Fr. globose, J in. diam., seated on 

 tin- small shallow cup-shaped perianth-tube. 6. L. Laureola, Coll. et Hemsl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xxviii. lilt Shan hi IK. Upper Burma, at 1,000 ft. Similar to 5, but glabrous, 

 excepting the silky pedicels. 7. L. reticulata, Benth. Assam. Silhet. Kusty-tomentose. 

 1. obovate to broadly oblanceolate, blade 6-9, pet. a in. long. Heads l-!i-rid., fr. ellipsoid, 

 } in. long. 8. L. venoaa, Benth. Bhutan A moderate-sized tree, nearly leafless in 

 winter. Glabrous, branchlets stout, I. approximate towards the ends of branches, char- 

 taceous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 6-10, narrowed into slender pet. f-l in. long. Heads 

 on short peduncles, J in. diam. before opening, 6-10 fl. in each head. 



C. L. persistent with 3 (sometimes 5) basal nerves. 



9. L. caudata, Benth.— Syn. Daphnidium caudalum, Nees. Khasi and Xaga hills. 

 Hills south-east "f Toungoo at 4,000 ft. (D. B. 1859 and 1880). A small tree, wood 

 reported to In- very durable. Young shoots silky, branchlets and young 1. thinly 

 rust v pubescent, I. chartaoeous, ovate-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, 3 basal nerves 

 extending to the apex of 1. Fl. -heads fc in. diam. before opening, sessile on dense very 

 short axillary spikes, [nvolucral brae I s 2, one 11. in each head, periant h and ti laments 

 pilose. Fr. globose I in. diam. seated on the 6-eleft perianth. 10. L. pulcherrima, 

 Benth.— Syn. Daphnidium pulcherrimum, Nees; llrandis F. Fl. 383. Himalaya from 

 Kumaon eastwards, 4-9,000 ft. Khasi hills. Manipur. Hills easl of Toungoo (Kurz). 

 A large tree, terminal i »i t ■ 1 - silky, branchlets with a few minute hairs, I., glabrous, 

 ous. pale or glaucous Uuieath, ovate-lanceolate, long caudate-acuminate, blade 

 j ",. pet. slender, J— J in. Beads sessile, solitary or few together, 5 6-fid., involucral 

 bracl ■ I ,; . deciduous, pedicels hairy. J— J in. long. Fr. ellipsoid, | in. long, perianth 

 almost entirely deciduous. 11. L. melastomacea, lienth. Khasi hills. Bhutan. A 



shrub or small ti similar to in. but perfectly glabrous, I. corii us, acute or shortly 



icuminate. 



D. I., deciduous, basal nerves 3-7, ft, appearing before t lie 1. 



12. E.heterophylla. Mei — n. Sikkim,8 11,000 ft Bhutan. A. small tree, branchlets, 



petioles and underside of I. rusty-tomentose. L. coriaceous when full grown, broadlj 



ovai" ba ■ rounded or cordate, blade 8 ■">. pet. y in. long, basal nerves 5-7, tert. n. 



parallel. PI. when leafless, heads solitary, nearlj sessile, involucral bracts ■'• '■. verj 



..eh il. in the axil of a hairj brocteole, pedicels short villous. Fruiting 



pedicels villou 13. L. Neesiana, Benth. Nepal. Sikkim. 6-9,000 ft, 



\1 \i ana Upper Tenosserim, I 5,000 ft. (Kurz), A middle - 



very aromatic tree, quite glabrous, excepting the hairj pedicels. I., membranous, 



ovate or Ian late, blade - 5, pet . blender j l in. lone basal nerves 8, the lateral short, 



not reaching the mid. lie ,.f I. Fl.-heads ,', in. diam. before opening, on peduncles 

 n. long, solitarj or fascicled, 5 7-fl. in each head. Fr. globose j in. diam. seated on 

 the 6-lobed unaltered periant h, 



[mperfectlj known: II. L. bootanica, Meissn. Bhutan. 15. L. GriflHhii. Meissn 

 Bhutan 16 L. (?) sikkimensis, Meissn. sikkimll 12,000ft 17. DaphniphyUum arfen 

 tonm, Kurz. Thnukyeghal forest, Mortaban. 



