532- XCI. LAUEACEiE [Dodecadenia 



pubescent, J- J in. long. Peduncles ridged, minutely liairy, as well as outside of 

 perianth. Fl. J in. across, no bracts, btamens 18, anthers and the sliort filaments 

 minutely liairy. Fr. obovoid or clavate, 1-1 J in. long, pedicel thickened into the 

 obconic calyx-tube. 



6. PHCEBE, Nees; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 141. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs, leaves alternate, often clustered at ends of 

 branchlets, penninerved. Fl. bisexual or polygamous, paniculate. Segments 

 of perianth-tube erect, hard, clasping the base of fruit. Anthers 4-celled. 

 Species about 60, those of section I. Indian and Malayan, those of section II. 

 with two exceptions American. Of the Indian species 2 are common to the two 

 Peninsulas, the rest belong to the Eastern region. 



I. Lobes of fruiting perianth appressed, rigid, almost horny. 



A. Perianth glabrous. 



1. p. lanceolata, Nees ; Wight Ic. t. 1821. Vern. Bhadroi, Jaunsar ; Tumri, Dehra 

 Dun ; Katkaula, Kumaon. Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, from the Bias east- 

 wards, ascending to 6,500 ft. Oudli forests. Khasi hills. Chittagong. Upper Burma, 

 Waindd, Anamalais, Timievelli and Travancore. A small or middle-sized tree, 1. glabrous, 

 chartaceous, lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, blade 5-8, pet. ^-| in., sec. n. slender, 6-10 

 pair. Panicles axillary, pedunculate, perianth-segments f^-J in., fr. narrowly ellipsoid, 

 -J ixl. long. 2. P. angustifolia, Meissn. Khasi hills. Upper Burma, stream banks and 

 swamps. Yunnan. A shrub or small tree, 1. very aromatic, linear-lanceolate, blade 

 6-10, narrowed into pet. ^1 in. long, sec. n. slender, arching. Panicles axillary, on 

 slender peduncles 8-5 in. long, fl. greenish, umbellate at the ends of panicle branches, 

 perianth-segments J in. long. 



B. Perianth silky or pubescent, J in. long and under. 



8. P. pallida, Nees. Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, from Kumaon eastwards, 

 ascending to 6,000 ft. Assam (Selmrj). Khasi hills. Upper Burma. A moderate- 

 sized tree, bimilar to 1, shoots, iniiorescence and underside of young leaves pubescent, 

 1. lanceolate or oblanceolate, sec. n. 6-10 pair, prominent beneath. 4. P. paniculata, 

 Nees ; Wight Ic. 1. 1820. — Syn. P. Wightii, Meissn. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 292 5 P^jpulescens^ 

 Nees ; Kurz P. PI. II. 290. '^i\givi&{Kamara). Anamalais. Nepal. Chittagong. Burma, 

 Upper and Lower. A moderate-sized tree, young shoots rusty-tomentose, 1. pubescent 

 beneath and often also on the midrib above, elliptic or obovate-elliptic, blade 4-8, 

 narrowed into petiole J~| in. long, sec. n. 6-12 pair prominent beneath. Panicles and 

 fl. i)ubeseent, on long slender peduncles, f r. J-^ in. long partly enclosed by the persistent 

 perianth, 5. P. atteniiata, Nees. Angaria^ Nei>. Sikkim and Bhutan outer hills, as- 

 cending to 8,000 ft. Assam. Mogok, Huby Mines district 4-5,000 ft. {Hlega or 

 TMtyawa), A large tree, branchlets stout, shoots, petioles, underside of 1. and inflores- 

 cence rusty-tomentose with long soft hairs, 1. oblanceolate, blade 5-10, narrowed into 

 pet. J in. long, sec, n. 15-20 pair, tert. n. pai'allel. Panicles spi'eadiiig, peduncles 

 stout, 3-6 in. long, fr. narrowly ellipsoid, J in., fruiting calyx J in. long. 6. P. tavoyana, 

 Hook, f.— Syn. Machilus tavoyana, Meissn. Binedah forest, Pegu (D. B. Feb. 62). 

 Thaungyin (B. B. Apr. 62). Tavoy, Mergui. L. membranous, oblanceolate, finely 

 acuminate, with scattered often minute hairs beneath, blade 6-10, narrowed into pet. 

 J-2 in. long, sec. n. arching, 6-8 pair, -with shorter intermediate n. Flowering 

 panicles slender. 



II. Lobes of fruiting perianth coriaceous, not appressed. Perianth in fl. 

 softly tomentose, ^ in. long. 



7 P. Hainesiana, Brandis in Hook. Ic. PL t. 2803. Outer hillS; Sikkim, Bhutan, 

 3-5,500 ft. (H.H.Haines No. SOB). Angaria, Nep. A large timber tree, attaining 150 ft. 

 and 20 ft. girth, bai-k thick, dark grey, wood yellow, makes excellent planking. L. 

 glabrous, pale beneath, clustered at the ends of branches, oblanceolate to obovate, blade 

 5-9, pet. i-l| in long, sec. n. straight, 12-16 pair, prominent beneath. Peduncles stout, 

 in fl. 3-4, in fr. 5-9 in. long, perianth in fl. on both sides grey tomentose. Fr. black, 

 fleshy, IJ in. long, base enclosed b}'' the campanulate 6-lobed perianth, which is J in. 

 long. This remarkable species is nearly allied to Phoebe indica, Pax, of the Azores, 

 Madeira and Teneriffe, which yields a beautiful furniture wood. 



7 CINNAMOMUM, Blume; PI. Brit. Ind. v. 128. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs, L opposite or alternate, in most species tripli- 

 nerved. Fl. in large axillaiy panicles, often from the axils of the uppermost 



