BeiUchmiedia] 



XCI. LAUEACEiE 



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ovate. Filaments and ovary hairy, fr. unknown. 3. B. Brandisii, Hook. f. Nambar 

 torest, Assam. A moderate-sized tree, 1. glabrous, thinly coriaceous, blade 6-10, pet. 1 in. 

 long, see. n. 6-8 pair. Panicles or racemes axillary 1-2 in. Jong, pedicels solitary, a 

 little longer than fl- Perianth-segments obtuse ^ in. long, filaments hairy, ovary 

 glabrous. Fr. on stout peduncles, 2-2 1 in. long. 4. B. macropHylla, Meissn. Mergui. 

 lermmal buds, branchlets and petioles rusty pubescent. L. thickly coriaceous, blade 



J ' ^?^' ^ ^^' °?^' ?®^* ^' -'■^"•^'^ P^^^' Pi'ominent beneath, distinctly anastomosing 

 under the edge. Similar to B. malaccensis, Hook. 1 Malay Penins. 



B. L. usually oppo- 

 site. 



(a) Terminal buds 

 enclosed in large glab- 

 rous coriaceous scaleSj 

 inflorescence glabrous. 



5. B. Wightii, Benth.— 

 Syn. HaaUa Wight ii, 

 Nees; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 298. Anamalals, Tinne- 

 velli and Travancore 

 Ghats. Quite glabrous, 

 1. elliptic, acuminate, 

 blade 3- 4, narrowed into 

 slender pet. J in. long. 

 Panicles slender on long 

 peduncles, fl. minute. 



6. B. assamica, Meissn. 

 Assam, Manipur, Upper 

 Burma. Yunnan. Buds 

 lanceolate, fr. elongate- 

 elliptic, IJ in. long. 7. 

 B. Gammieana, King, East 

 Nepal. Sikkim, common 

 5-7,000 ft. (Thulo Tar- 

 sing). Closely allied to 

 6, buds ovoid, fr. glab- 

 rous or obovoid, |-1 in. 

 long. 8 B. globularia, 

 Kurz. Hills east of 

 Toungoo, 3-4,000 ft. 

 Buds ovoid, fr. globose, 

 fleshy, 1-1 J in. diam. 



(b) Terminal buds and inflorescence pubescent. 



9. B. sikMmensis, King ; G-amble, Ind. Timb. Ed. ii. 559. Vern, Tarsing^ Nep. Sikkim 

 and Bhutan, ascending to 6,500 ft. L. elongate-elliptic, obtuse at both ends, blade 3, 

 pet. i in. Fr. ellipsoid 1 in. long. 10. B. Clarkei, Hook. f. Sikkim : Eeinak 4,500 ft. 

 (0. B. Clarke), Lopchu 5,200 ft. (Sanu Tarsing) (B. B. Osmaston). A large tree, 1. mem- 

 branous, acuminate, blade 5-7, pet. J in. Panicles hairy, 3-4 in. long, fasciculate at 

 the ends of branchlets from the uppermost leaf -axils, fl. mostly solitary, pedicels as 

 long as or a little shorter than fl., perianth divided to the base, segments hairy on 

 both sides, ovary glabrous. 



Endiandra firma, Nees. Silhet. Cachar. Terminal buds and inflorescence slightly 

 puberulous, 1. glabrous, concolorous, elongate-elliptic, blade 5-8, |)et. J in. long, sec. n. 

 6-8 pair, arching, veins minutely and regularly reticulate, prominentfy raised on both 

 surfaces. Panicles axillary 1-2 in. long, branches slender, perianth glabrous outside, 

 tomentose within. Anthers 3, sessile, tomentose, 2-eelled, valves oblong. Fr. OYoid 

 1 in. long, 



Syndiclis paradoxa, Hook. f. in Ic. PI. t. 1515. Bluxtan. L. glabrous chartaceous, 

 elongate-ohovate, blade 3-5, pet. | in. long. Fl. minute, panicles axillary, branches 

 filiform. Perianth-segments 4, broad, glandular-punctate, anthers 4, sessile, 1-celled. 

 Ovary glabrous. 



Fia. 178. Beilschmiedia Roxburghiana, Nees. J, 



3. MACHILUS, Nees ; PL Brit. Ind. v. 136. 



Evergreen trees, leaves alternate, often clustered at tbe ^^nds of branchlets, 

 penninerved. Fl. bisexual, in axillary and pseudo-terminal panicles. Perianth 



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