528 XOI. LAURAOEiE [Cnjptocanja 



long, sec. 11. 6-12 pair, oblique, nearly straiglit. Panicles large, up to 12 in. diam > 

 peduncle long. Fr. Wack, | in. long, ellipsoid, pointed at the ends. 6. C. Ferrarsi, King. 

 Andamans. A slirub, 1. thinly coriaceous, minutely rusty-pubescent beneath, oblong, 

 babe cuneate, sec. n. prominent, arching, tert. n. conspicuous. Fr. \ in. long. 7. C, 

 csesia, Blumev Andamans. Branohlets, petioles and panicle rusty pubescent. L. 

 glabrous, glaucous above, white beneath, ovate-lanceolate, blade 5-7, pet. J-| in. 

 long, sec. n. 6-8 pair, arching, strong beneath, reticulate venation veiy fine and 

 regular, prominent on both sides. Fr. globose ^ in. diam. 



8. C. Kurzii, Hook, f . — Syn. G. ferrea^ Kurz F. Fl. ii. 295. Mergui. Branchletb black, 

 glabrous, ab well as 1. L. glaucous beneath, blade 4-8, pet, ^ in., sec. n. 6-8 pair, 

 conspicuous beneath. 



Apollonias Arnotti, Nees ; Wight Ic. t. 1819. Che^ifJianam, Mai. Western Ghats 

 fiom Malabar southwards. An evergreen tree, 1. thinly coriaceous, glabrous when full 

 grown, lanceolate, 3-5 in. long, fl.. bisexual, fr. supported by the 6-cleft hardened 

 perianth. Somewhat resembles P/ioehe Icmceolata, differs by 2~celled anthers. The 

 only other species, A. canar'iensis, Nees, is a tree of the Canaries. 



1. Beliaasia cmieata, Blume (AheodapJme cjTancli<,^ Knrz F. Fl. ii. 293). Arakan. Pegu 

 Yoma, southern and eastern slopes. Thaukyeghat forest. Martaban and Tenasserim. 

 Andamans. Java. A large evergreen tree, branchlets white. L. congregated at the 

 ends of branchlets, almost whorled, glabrous, cuneate, obovate, blade 5-9, pet. \-l in. 

 long. Fl. bisexual, in axillary lax panicles, peduncles and branches very slender. 

 Perfect stamens 9, anthers 2-celled. Fr. pruinc&e, bluish-black, ellipsoid, 1-1 J. in. long^ 

 seated on the much swollen pedicel which is as long as fr., perianth-segments finally 

 deciduous. Similar and possibly not specifically distinct : 2. D. Kurzii, King. Chitta- 

 gong (Pram). Pegu. Martaban. Tenasserim, 3. D. elOEgata, Blume. Andamans. 



No. 550 Haines, Lower hills of British Bhutan, Malagiri^ Nep. (fl. unknown), may 

 possibly be a species of Dehaasia, " A valuable timber tree, yielding excellent iDlanks."" 

 Young shoots and underside of 1., chiefly along nerves, clothed with fine hairs. Jj. 

 membran<ius, elliptic, acuminate, blade 4-6, pet. slender |-1 in. long, sec, n. arching 

 3-6 pair. Fr. globose-reniform, purple, | in. diam., seated on a much swollen furrowed 

 jjedicei | in. long, bearing the undulating coriaceous perianth. 



2. BEILSCHMIEDIA, Nees; EL Brit. Ind. v. 121. 



Trees or shrubs, as a rule evergreen, 1. penninervecl, often opposite. FL 

 small, bisexual, in racemes or panicles, often fasciculate. Pei'ianth deeply 

 divided into 6 nearly equal segments. Perfect stamens 9, the 3 inner bi- 

 glandular witli extrose anthers. None or only slight remains of perianth in 

 fr. Species 20, tropical. 



A. L. usually alternate. 



1. B. Roxburghiana, Nees; Wight Ic. t. 1828; Brandis F. M. 378. — 

 Syn. B , facjifolia^ Nees; Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 203. Vern. Kamatti^ Kan. 



A tixe, greatly varying in size. Terminal buds and inflorescence pubescent. 

 L. coriaceous, glabrous, shining and finely reticulate on both sides, elongate- 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, blade G-9, pet. l-l in. long. Racemes short, 

 often branched at base, pedun-cles and pedicels hirsute, pedicels often fascicu- 

 late. Perianth divided to near the base, segments \ in. long, hair}" on both 

 sides, oblong, spreading or reflexed, filaments hairy. Ovary glabrous (Dacca), 

 hairy (Kanara). Fr. |-1 \ in. long, from short ovoid, almost globose to cylindric- 

 obovoid (Singbhum). 



A widely distributed species. Durga Beo Forest, Kumaon (B. B, 1868). Oxidli 

 Forests (E. Thompson). Assam. Khasi hills. Dacca. Tipperah. Manipur. Burma, 

 Upper and Lower. Singbhum. Western Ghats from Matheran to South Kanara. 

 Yunnan. Fl. March, April, when the old 1, fall, so that a tree in fl. may occasionally 

 be leafless. The specimens from Singbhum and the Western Ghats are usually called 

 B. fuipfolUtj but, as far as the specimens examined go, there is no real cliflerence, 

 shape of 1. and fr. vary greatly. Foliage vei-y similar to that of Cryptocarya 

 mnyydaVina^ the difference is in the inflorescence and truit. 2. B. BourdiUoEi, sp. nova* 

 Travancore, evergreen forest, 300-1,500 ft. (Boui'dillon 87). Shevaroy hills (D. B. 1882). 

 A large evergreen tree, 1. coriaceous, elliptic, blade 5-7, pet, J-1 in. long. Inflorescence 

 compact, grey velvety, axillary and terminal, consisting of short fascicled racemes, at 

 the base branching and bearing numerous broad round concave bracts, fl. fascicled in 

 the axils of similar bracts, before opening ovoid-globose J in. diam., perianth-segments 



