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(7) 0. Pbbothetii. (Meusn.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 22. 



Spec. Chae. Tree: leaves opposite, long-petioled, stiffly- 

 coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, 

 triplinerved, veinless, golden tomentose, above soon glabrate, 

 shining, a little tumid at the axils of the nerves : panicles short, 

 cymosely 5 — 15-flowered : flowers subsessile, brown tomentose. 



Neilgherries. 



(8) C. Cecibodaphhe. {Meism^ 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 25. 



Syn. Tetranthera glaucescens, Wall. — C. glaucescens, Nees. 



Spec. Chab. Tree (?) : leaves alternate, coriaceous, moderately 

 petioled, oval-oblong, penninerved, glabrous, beneath or on both 

 sides obsoletely veined and minutely reticulated : panicles short, 

 collected iato a terminal corymb, tawny or hoary tomentose. 



Silljet. Malabar. 



GENUS II, AL8E0DAPHNE. 

 Enneandrla Honogynia. Sex .- Syst .- 

 Deriv. Erom Alsos, a grove, and Daphne, a laurel. 



GtEN. Chab. Elowers hermaphrddite, panicled, naked: calyx 

 deeply 6-parted, lobes nearly equal : deciduous : filaments fili- 

 form or dilated, innermost 3 near the base increased by 2 sub- 

 sessile glands : anthers o^vate-oblong, 4-celled, innermost 3 ex- 

 trorse : stamiuodes 3, stalked, without glands : capitulum cordate 

 or sagittate : style filiform : stigma discoid or obtusely 3-cornered : 

 berry lying at the base of a small, flat, quite entire calyx, sup- 

 ported by the thickened pedicel. — Trees: leaves alternate: pa- 

 nicles lateral or springing from the axils of the scales of the bud : 

 flowers sometimes subumbellate. 



(1) A. BEMECABPiFOLiA, {Nees.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XV. s. 1. p. 28. 



Syn. Laurus semecarpifolia, Wall. 



Engrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 1826-7. 



Spec. Chab. Small tree: leaves obovate, oval or ovate 

 obtuse, narrow at the base, minutely reticulated on both sides, 

 shining and glabrous above, glaucous beneath : branchlets puberu- 

 lous at the apex : panicles long, lax, cymosely umbelled at the 

 ends of the branches. 



Peninsula. Neilgherries. Canara. 



