MacMliis] XCI. LAUEAOEiE 531 



/?. Filaments hairy at the base only (cf . Gammieana). 



6. M. bombycina, King. The Soom tree {MacMhcs odoratissima, Nees ; 

 BrandiSj The Muga silk industryj Ind. For. v. 35). 



A middle-sized tree, young shoots and inflorescence silky, 1. elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, clothed beneath with minute silky hairs, blade 4-5, pet. |- in. long, sec. n. 

 arching, slender, 6-8 pair. Perianth silky, segments I in. long, fr. ^ in. diam. 



Forms extensive forests in the Sibsagar district, Assam, this being the principal 

 species on which the Mnga silkworm is raised. Western Duars, Chittagong (Prain). 

 Yunnan (?). Nearly allied and possibly not specifically distinct are the 2 following : 



7. M. Kurzii, King. Sikkim 6-9,000 ft. Upper Burma. Yunzalin, Martaban 2.500 ft. 

 (D. B. March 1880). Young shoots and 1. loeneath almost glabrous, sec. n. slender. 



8. M. Gamble!, King. Subhimalayan tract and outer hills from the Jumna eastwards, 

 ascending to 7,000 ft., shoots and young 1. beneath finely silky, adult 1. quite glabrous. 

 L. from elliptic-lanceolate to obovate, sec. n. 8-12 pair, fr. J- J in. diam. 



9. M. ButMei, King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Gale. ix. t. 83 ; Collett PL Simla 431, %. 138. 

 Vern. Chan, Haz. ; Khawala, Bhojo, Jauns. ; Bhadrao, Garhw. ; Kaula, Kumaon. 

 N. W. Himalaya, Hazara to Kumaon 4-8,000 ft., on northern slopes and in shady 

 ravines. A large or moderate-sized, sometimes gregarious tree, 1. glabrous, glaucous 

 beneath, lanceolate, blade 6-10, pet. J-1 in. long, sec. n. arching, 12-18 pair. Panicles 

 pedunculate, about 6 in. long, perianth silky-tomentose outside, segments J in. long,, 

 filaments glabrous, fr. | in. diam. 



10. M. Gajninieana, King.— Syn. M. Clarheana, King. Sikkim, common, 5-8,000 ft.. 

 A large tree, leaf-buds covered with large obtuse silky scales, 1. glabrous, lanceo- 

 late, blade 6-10, pet. J-J in. long. Panicles glabrous, shorter than L, in the axils of 

 broad silky bracts and of the uppermost 1. Perianth-segments J- J in. long, 5-nerved, 

 finely silky on both, surfaces, rarely glabrous, filaments hairy at base, with a few long 

 deciduous hairs in the upper part. Fr. |~1| in. diam. 



11. M. fruticosa, Kurz. Martaban and Tenasserim. A shrub, 1. glabi^ous, rigidly 

 coriaceous, the reticulate veins almost as distinct as the sec, n. Panicles axillary, 

 hoary, 3-8, perianth-segments silky, ^ in. long. — Some of the species here described 

 will probably disappear when more thoroughly studied in the forests. Imperfectly 

 known are : M. Lister i, King ] M, hootanica, Meissn. *, M. Kingii, Hook. f. and others. 



4. ALSEODAPHNE, Nees; PL Brit. Ind. v. 148. 

 Section II. of Per sea in Engl. n. PrantI, iii. 2. 115. 



Evergreen trees, 1. penninerved. Fl. bisexual, in axillary panicles, anthers' 

 4-celled. Pr. ellipsoid, seated on the club-shaped end of the thick fleshy 

 peduncle. Species about 15, tropical Asia. 



1. A. semecarpifolia, Nees ; Wight Ic. t. 1826, 1827 ; Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 297. Phudgus, 

 Mar.; Neltliare, Kan. Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards. Ceylon, dry 

 region. A large tree, 1. coriaceous, glaucous beneath, glabrous or on the underside 

 minutely tomentose, usually obovate, in var. angusHfoUa elongate-elliptic, blade 4-7, 

 l^et. J-| in. Panicles pedunculate, longer than 1., perianth in fl. § in. long, pedicels 

 slender, longer than fi, 2. A petiolaris, Hook, f . Assam. Cachar. Upper Burma (Griff.). 

 A tall tree, 1. rigidly coriaceous, blade 8-12, pet. stout, l|-2 in., sec. n. very strong 

 beneath, tert. n. i^aralleL Pr. 1 J in. long. Imperfectly known : 8. A grandxs, Nees. 

 4. A. costalis, Nees. 



5. DODECADENIA, Nees ; m. Brit. Ind. v. 180. 



Evergreen trees with perulate buds and scattered coriaceous penninerved 

 leaves. Plowers bisexual. Perianth-tube short, funnel- or cup-shaped, seg- 

 ments 6-9, spreading. Perfect stamens 10-18, anthers 4-celled. Pruit seated 

 on the dilated thick flat perianth-tube. * 



1. D. grandiflora, Nees, Kumaon 8,000 ft, Nepal, Upper Burma (Kurz). Branchlets^ 

 petioles and midrib on the tipperside tomentose, leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, 

 the finely reticulate veins prominent. Ph -J in. across, solitary, on very short pedicels,, 

 mai'ked with the scars of deciduous bracts, stamens exserted, villous. Pr. | in. long,, 

 seated on the flat perianth- tube. 2. B. Griflltliii, Hook. f. Bhutan. Similar, but 

 branchlets quite glabrous, bracts 7 to each fi., perianth-segments 6. 3. B. paniculata^ 

 Hook. f. Sikkim S,000 ft. Bhutan. Khasi hills. Manipur. A small tree, glabrous 

 except inflorescence, 1. coriaceous, shining above, opaque beneath, ovate-lanceolate, 

 blade 6--8, pet. J in., sec. n, arching, 10- 12 pair. PL in axillary panicles, pedicels rusty- 



