534 XCI. LAURACEiE [Olnnamomum 



North Kanara, evergreen forest. Peduncles 3-4 in. long, fruiting perianth | in. dlam., 

 fr. 1 in. long. 12. C. sulpliuratum, Nees. Coorg, "Wainad. Nilgiris. Branchlets, young 

 1. and i)anicles densely fulvous-tonientose, peduncles 2-3 in., fr. l-f in. long, ellipsoid, 

 iieshy, base included in the 6-lobed perianth, lobes obtuse. 13. C. gracile, Hook. f. 

 Tinnevelli hills. L. thinly coriaceous, blade 2-B, pet. I-J in , tertiary n. and reticulate 

 Teins distinct on both surfaces, panicles few-M., shorter than 1., fl. minute, pedicels 

 long, slender. 



0. L. as a rule alternate. 



14. C. caudatum, Nees. Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, from Nepal eastwards, 

 ascending to 4,000 ft. Upper Burma. L. chartaceous, orbicular or elliptic, obtusely 

 caudate-acuminate, fi. minute, in short axillary few-fid. contracted pubescent panicles. 

 Fruiting perianth clavate, fleshy, lobes i)ersistent. 15. C. Perrottetii, Meissn. Nilgiris. 

 Densely fulvous tomentose, petiole 1-1 1 in. Beddome, Manual 184, regards C. Wight ii, 

 sulphur at 1(7)1, and Perrottetii as forms of C. zeylmiicum. 



Section II. Camphora, Leaf-buds enclosed in large silky orbicular concave 

 imbricating caducous scales, 1. alternate, penninerved. 



16. C. Cecicodaplme, Meissn. Subhimalayan tract and outer hills, from Sikkim east- 

 wards, ascending to 4,000 ft. Khasi hills, Manipur. Vern. MaUiglrl, Nep. L. elliptic, 

 blade 3-1, pet. •J-l in , sec. n. 4-8 pair. Panicles crowded, densely tomentose, fr. oblong, 

 14 in. long. 17" G. glaaduliferum, Meissn. Kumaon(?). Nepal. Assam. Khasi hilK. 

 Similar to 16, panicles long-peduncled, few-fid., neai^ly glabi-ous. 18. C. Camphora, 

 F. Nees. — 8yn. (Jam])liora ojficlnarum, Bauh.; "Wight Ic. t. 1818. The Japan Camphor 

 tree. China, Japan, grown in gardens in India. L. long-acuminate, blade 2-4, pet. 

 1-1 1 in., feec. n. 2-3 pair, the lowest pair proceeding from near the base of 1. 



19. 0. Parttieiioxyloii, Meissn. — Syn. Sassafras, Parthe^ioxjjlon^ Nees ; Wight Ic. 1. 1832. 

 Mergui. Malay Penins. and Archip. China. A large tree, 1. glaucous beneath, 

 blade 3-8, pet. slender, 1-1 J in. long. 20. C. imunctmn, Meissn, Vern. Kara we, Burm. 

 South Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. PI. dioecious, small, sej^als -^^ i^- ^*->i^g- Pmiting 

 p.n-ianbh infundibuliform, narrowed into a stout paluncb. 



a ACTINODAPHNE, Nees ; FL Brit. Ind. v. 147. 



Evergreen skriibs or trees. Leaves more or less whorled, rarely opposite or 

 scattered. Flowers dioicous, in brae tea te umbels, clusters or racemes, bracts 

 imbricating, caducous, not whorled. ^ Stamens 9, anthers 4-celled, all introrse, 

 no staminodes, ? Staminodes 9, ovary usually glabrous. Fruit seated on the 

 enlarged flat or concave perianth-tabe. Species 50, Eastern Asia and Malaya. 



A. Leaves penninerved, more or less whorled. Western species, 

 (a) Perianth-tube entire in fr. 



1. A Hookeri, Mei»sn. Vern. Pinnct, Plsha, Pichli, Mar.; ThdU, Tarn. *, Malavirimjl, 

 Mai. "Western Ghats in evergreen foxiest, from Matberan southwards. Branchlets 

 and young leaves usually rusty-tomentose, leaves coriaceous, elliptic- cr ovate-lanceo- 

 late, finely acuminate, glabrous and shining above, but often tomentose beneath when 

 full grown, blade 5-7, pet. J-| in,, sec. n* 6-8 pair, the lowest pair often extending 

 a-lmost to the middle of the leaf. Clustex's of $ fl., sessile, fr. ellipsoid, seated on the 

 campanulate entire perianth-tube. 2. A madaraspatana, Bedd. — Syn. A. Hookeri, 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 296. Hills on the east side of the Penins., also on the Nilgiris and 

 in Travancore. A middle-sized tree, branchlets and yoUng 1. pubescent, coriaceous, 

 upperside shining, underside glaucous, quite glabrous when full grown, lanceolate, 

 blade 6-11, pet. J in. long, sec. n. 8-10 pair, prominent hen«Mt.th. Clusters of ? fi. 

 pedunculate. 



B, A liirsuta, Hook. f. Quilon. Branchlets, |)et. and I beneath densely brown- 

 tomentose, 1. elongate-elliptic, shortly acuminate, blade 4-6, pet, J in. l<mg* Fr. 

 ■seated on the cup-shaped, entire perianth-tube. 4. A stenopliyna, Thwaites, Travancore, 

 evergreen forest, 4,000 ft, (Bourdillon 543), Ceylon. A small tree, young shoots and 

 bud-scales minutely pubescent, 1. glabrous, glaucous or white beneath, linear-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, blade 2-5, pet. J~| in. long. Fr. in sessile clusters, globose, | in. diani., 

 seated on the entix*e shallowly cup-shaped perianth-tube, pedicels as long as or longer 

 than fr. 5. A. campanulatai, Hook. f.—Syn, A. salicina, Bedd. Fi Sylv. t. 295. Tinne- 

 velli. Closely allied to 4, if distinct. 



(p) Perianth-tube 6-lobed in fr. 



6. A lanata, Meissn. Nilgiris. Branchlets and young 1. densely rusty-tomentose, L 

 43oriaoeous, glaucous beneath, glabrous when mature, lanceolate, blade S-4, pat. f in. 



