XCI. LAVRACE^ 



527 



C. Flowers in bracteate heads, dioicous. 



Anthers 4-celled, bracts imbricating, not whorled . 8. Actinodaphne. 

 Anthers 4-celled, heads supported by 4-6 whorled 



, ' bracts 9. Lits^a. -r-..^ 



Anthers as a rule 2-celled, bracts mostly whorled . 10. Lindera. 



1. CRYPTOCARYA, Rob. Br. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 117. 



Evergreen, 1. mostly penniveined. Fl. paniculate, bisexual. Anthers 2- 

 celled. Perianth-tube constricted at apex after il., accrescent, enclosing the 

 f r. Sp. 40, tropical and subtropical. " • 



A. Western species. ' 



1. G. Wightiana, Thwaites ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 299.— Syn. C.floribunda^ 

 Wight Ic. t. 1829. Vern. Gulmur^ Kan. 



A large tree, branchlets and inflorescence rusty pubescent. L. coriaceous, 

 whitish and nearly glabrous beneath, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, shortly acu- 

 minate, blade 4-10, pet. i-1 in. long, sec. n. 6-10 pair. Panicles spreading, 

 fr. purplish-black, obtusely ovoid, |-| in. long. 



Evergreen forests along the Western Ghats from Matheran southwards. Fh Nov.- 

 Jan. Ceylon. 2. C. Stocksii, Meissn. Western Ghats from Kanara southwards. 

 Branchlets, panicle, and as a rule the underside of 1. rusty-pubescent. L. rigidly 

 coriaceous, more or less rounded at both ends, blade 2-4, pet. stout, J in. long. Panicles 

 contracted, shorter than 1. - 



B. Eastern spe- 

 cies. 



(a) Branchlets, in- 

 florescence and 1. 

 beneath densely 

 rusty-tomentose. 



3. C. Grifiathiana, 



Wight Ic. t. 1830, 

 South Tenasserim, Ma- 

 lay Peninsula. L. 

 rigidly coriaceous, 

 shining above, glau- 

 cous beneath, elliptic- 

 oblong, caudate-acu- 

 minate, blade 9-12, pet. 

 stout j in. long, sec. 

 n. 8-10 pair, arching, 

 impressed above, very 

 prominent beneath, as 

 well as midrib and 

 tertiary n. Panicles 

 compact, 1-2 in. long, 

 bracts conspicuous. 

 Fr. 1 in. long, globose 

 or ovoid, narrowed in- 

 to a thick neck. 4. 

 C. andamanica, Hook, f . 

 Andamans. L. ellip- 

 tic-oblong, blade 3-5, 

 pet. J dn. long, sec. n. 

 10-14 pair, strong be- 

 neath, not impressed 

 above. Fr. narrow- 

 ellipsoid 1 in. long. 



(b) Full grown 1. glabrous or thinly pubescent beneath. 



5. C, amygdalina, Nees. — Syn. C. floribunda, Wall, in part. Patmero, Nep. Foot of 

 Eastern Himalaya from Sikkim eastwards. Fhasi hills. Andamans. Chittagong. 

 Attains 40 ft., branchlets and inflorescence minutely dark grey pubescent. L. glabrous, 

 coriaceous, shining above, opaque beneath, oblong-lanceolate, blade 3-12, pet. |-| in. 



Fig. 177. Cryptocarya Wightiana, Thwaites. ^. 



