ACTINODAPHNE HOOKERL (Nat. order Lauriaese). 



For Gen. Char, see PI. ccxcv. 



ACTINODAPHNE HOOKERL (DC). A small or middling sized tree, young ramuli and leaves flavo -villous, leaves in 

 verticels of 5-8 penuiveined or more or less 3-nerved, coriaceous narrow lanceolate acute at both, ends, quite glabrous in age, shining 

 above, very glaucous beneath, 5-9 inches long by 1J-2 inches broad, above scrobiculato-reticulate or punctate, the costa and veins obscure, 

 beneath the costa and veins prominent and raised, petioles 3-8 lines long pulveraceous, fascicles subsessile lateral few-flowered, covered 

 ■when young with suborbicular golden scales, pedicels 1-2 lines long, DC. Prod. xv. p. 218. 



This tree is very common on the hills on the eastern side of the preiidvwy f North Arcot, Cudlapzh, <&;,) where Lcturinece are very 

 rare, but I never met with it in our western forests ; it his however been found in Bombay and, tin Conczn, and a'so in Sikhim. lam not 

 acquainted with its limber. 



Analysis, 



1. Brauch of the male tree in flower. 



2, 3. Male inflorescence. 



4. A 6-lobed male flower open, stamens 9, anthers all 4-celled aud introrse, the 3 iuner with 2 glands at the b»S3. 



5. A 4-lobed male flower. 



6. The same open, stamens only 6, a sojall abortive ovaty. 



7. A male flower bud. 



8. A bract or floral scale. 

 9, 10. Stamens. 



11. Branch from the female tree in flower. 



12. A flower bud. 



13. A full flower. 



14. The same open, 9 ligulaeforrn sterile stamens, the 3 iuner faruishedjwith glands, 



15. One o£ the inner row of sterile stamens. 



16. One of the outer row of sterile stamens. 



17. Ovary, style and stigma. 



IS. Ovary cut vertically. (All drawn from flowers in spirits.) 



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