Actinodaphne] XCI. LAURACEiE 535 



long. Clusters of ? fl. sessile, fr. globose | in. diam., seated on the enlarged 6-lobed 

 perianth-tube. 7. A. salicina, Meissn. Nllgiris. L. linear-lanceolate, probably a 

 narrow leaved form of 6. 



B. L. penninerved, more or less wLorled. Eastern species. 



8. A. angustifolia, Nees; Wight Ic. t. 1841. — Syn. Litscea angustifolia^ 

 Kurz. Vern. Nalingyo^ Burm. 



A large or moderate-sized tree, branchlets stout, as well as young 1. softly 

 tomentose. L. coriaceous, glaucous beneath, shining above, lanceolate, blade 

 8-12, pet. |-| in. long, sec. n. 6-8 pair, prominent beneath, midrib and under- 

 side of the sec. n. usually hairy. Clusters of ? H. very shortly peduncled, 

 fr. -J- in. diam., seated on the small cup-shaped entire perianth-tube. 



West Duars in partially evergreen forest. Assam, Garo and Kliasi hills. Chitta- 

 gong. Singbhum rare, in valleys. Common in tlie evergreen forest patches of the Pegu 

 Yoma. Martaban and Tenasserim. Fl. H. S. 9. A. sesquipedalis, Hook. f. & Thorns. 

 -Syn. Litscea macrophylla, Kurz. Mergul. Penang. Branchlets very stout, tomen- 

 tose, 1. rigidly coriaceous, glossy above, lanceolate, blade 12-24, narrowed into a stout 

 pet. 1 in. long. Fl. in large clusters, fr. globose, j-1 in. diam., seated on the broad £at 

 entire or crenate perianth. 10. A. reticulata, Meissn. Khasi hills. Sikkim, 6,500 ft. 

 (B. B. Osmaston). Buds silky, branchlets and young 1. minutely pubescent, sometimes 

 glabrous. L. lanceolate, blade 4--6, pet. J in., sec. n. faint, very fine liaised reticulate 

 veins conspicu.ous on both surfaces. Fr. broadly ellipsoid, | in. long, seated on the 

 cuxmlar quite entire periantli-tube, pedicels longer than fr. 



11. A. sikkimensis, Meissn. Vern. Phirphiri, Nep. Sikkim, 3-6,000 ft. Bhutan. 

 Manipur. Branchlets slender, 1. membranous, lanceolate, caiidate-acuminate, blade 

 3-5, pet. J— I in. long, sec. n. slender. Fr. in sessile clusters, oblong, seated on the very 

 small quite entire base of perianth. 12. A. concolorj Nees. Tenasserim. Imperfectly 

 known. 



C. Leaves, some whorled, others opposite or alternate, almost triplinerved, 

 the lowest pair of the sec. n. reaching to the middle of the leaf. 



13. A.^l)ovata, Blume. Vern. Mws^iwc^?, Nep. ; Pattihita, \ Ass. Evergreen forest and 

 damper portions of Sal forest in the subhimalayan tract from Sikkim eastwards,ascending 

 to 2,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. Manipur. A large very handsome tree, branchlets, 

 leaf buds and leaves rusty-pubescent or tomentose. L. elliptic, bluish-white beneath, 

 blade 10-18, pet. 1-2 in. long, sec. n. 4-6 pair, prominent beneath ; tert. n. parallel, 

 slender. Flowers on short compound, compact lateral racemes, while in bud covered by 

 rounded coriaceous scales. Fr. |-1 in. long, seated on the entire cup-shaped perianth- 

 tube. 14. A. confertiflora, Meissn. Bhutan. Griabrous, 1. alternate, broadly ovate or 

 elliptic, blade 4-7, pet. 1 in. long. Fl. numerous in dense axillary compound clusters, 

 pedicels long, 16. A leiaEtha, Hook, f . — Syn. Litscea leiojphylla, Kurz. Tenasserim (or 

 Andamans). Glabrous, except the rusty pubescent inflorescence. L. scattered, lanceo- 

 late, blade 5-9, pet. 1 in. Fl. in lateral racemes covered while in bud by imbricate 

 rounded caducous bracts. 



9. LITSi^ A, Lamk. ; M. Brit. Ind. v. 155. 



Trees, rarely shrubs, 1. as a rule alternate, mostly penninerved. I'l. dioicous 

 in 4~6-fld. heads, which in bud are enclosed by 4-6 large concave whorled 

 bracts, fl. sometimes "supported by bracteoles. Anthers 4-celled, generally all 

 introrse. The pedicels of ? fl. lengthen out in fr. hence when several fruits of 

 one head come to maturity they are umbellate. Species 140, tropical, rare in 

 Africa and America. 



I. Leaves deciduous, penninerved. Perianth-segments 6, tube not enlarged 

 in fruit. 



(a) Leaf -buds naked. 



1. L. citrata, Blume.--Syn. Tetranthera polyantJiaj Wall. Vern. Siltwiber, 

 Nep, ; Adakorij Edenkuri,, Ass. 



A small tree, with a delightful fragrance of oranges, youngest shoots silky, 

 otherwise entirely glabrous. Branches and leaves black when dry. Leaves 

 membranous, 4-7 in. long, lanceolate, fresh bright green above, dull glaucous 

 beneath, blade 4-7, pet. slender |-f in. bug, sec. n. slender. El. with the L, 

 heads \ in. diam., enclosed by 4 membranous glabrous bracts, ciliate at the 



