53() XOI, LAUEACEtE [Lits(jea 



edgesj 4-6 flowers in each head. Heads on very slender peduncles in sessile 

 or shortly stalked corymbs. Fr. \-\ in. diam. 



Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges from Nepal eastwards, ascending to 9,000 ft. 

 Common in the West Buars. Assam valley, liere chiefly in the Dibrngarli district, 

 used to feed the silk worm which yields the valued Mezenkuri silk. Khasi hills. 

 Cachar. Upper Burma (Kurz). Java. Fl. C. S., at high elevations later. 2. L. Kingii, 

 Hook. f. Sikkim 6-8,000 ft. Khasi hills. An aromatic shrub, 1. elliptic-lanceolate, fl. 

 before the 1., heads on stout peduncles. 



(5) Leaf-buds perulate. 



3. L. sericea, Wall. (Te^r««i7ier«). Nepal. Sikkim, 9-11,000 ft. Manipur. A middle- 

 sized very aromatic tree, branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and peduncles with long 

 silky hairs, fl. before the 1. 4. L. oreopMla, Hook. f. Inner Sikkim 10-11,000 ft. L. 

 ovate-lanceolate, blade 2-3, pet. slender J in. long. 



II. Leaves persistent, penninerved. 



A. Perianth-segments incomplete or wanting, tube hardly enlarged in fruit. 

 Stamens numerous, more than 9. 



5. L. tomentosa, Heyne. — Syn. Tetranthera tomentosa, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 1834. 

 Tern. CJiihna^ Mar *, Peru Panjetti, Peram Pandali, Tarn. Western Ghats from 

 Mahabaleshwar to the Nilgiris. Hills of the Cuddapah, South Arcot, Salem and other 

 districts in the Southern Decoan. Ceylon. Fl. Aug.-Jan. A middle-sized tree, 

 densely and softly tomentose, except the upjoerside of leaves. Leaves crowded at the 

 ends of branches, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. l-l in. long, sec. n. 10-15 pair, 

 prominent beneath. Flower-heads solitary, } in. diam. before opening, pale yellow, on 

 peduncles | in. long. S ' Stamens 18-20, filaments long slender, villous. $ : staminodes 

 long, strap-shaped, numerous. Fr. J-| in. diam. 



6. L. sebifera, Pers. — Syn. L. cJunemiSj Lam. ; Trimen Handb. Ceylon ii. 

 449; Tetranthera laztrifoh'a, Roxb. ; Brandis F. M. 379; jT. aj^ef^/aJ^Eoxb. 

 Cor. PL 1. 147. Vern, Maida^ Hind., Mar. ; Onddu, Burm. ; Singhor^Banhorla^ 

 Kuniaon. 



A middle-sized tree, very variable, inner Lark viscid. Brancblets, inflor- 

 escence and underside of leaves more or less pubescent, sometimes *almost 

 glabrous. L. ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, pale beneath, blade 5-10, pet. i-2 in. 

 long, sec. n. 8-12 pair, joined by finely reticulate veins. Plower-heads"^ white 

 or yellowish, \ in. diam. before opening, in pedunculate umbels, filaments 

 clothed with long soft hairs. Fr. \ in. diam. 



Subhimalayan tract extending into the plains, from the Bavi eastwards, often in Sal 

 Forests ascending to 4,500 ft. Punjab Salt range. Assam. Khaai hills. Bengal. 

 Burma. Central and South India. PL May-July. 7, L. ligustrina, Nees ; Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. V. 158. — Syn. Tetranthera Ugustrlna, Nees; Wight Ic. t. 1835. "Western Ghats, 

 from the Nilgiris southwards, GrlabrouSj 1. coriaceous, blade 3-4, pet, 4-| in. long, 

 obovate, sec. n. 6-8 pair, veins on both sides finely and very prominently reticulate. 

 Fl.-Jheads solitary or clustered, J in. diam. before opening. Perianth persistent in fr. 

 but not enlarged. 8. L. memlbranifolia, Hook, f . Upper Assam. A middle-sized tree, 1. 

 thin, membranous, pubescent beneath, obovate, blade 8-12, pet. •|-1 in. long, sec. n. 10-14 

 pair, tert. n. parallel. 



B. Perianth-segments 6, tube hardly enlarged in fr. 

 (a) L. alternate, pubescent or tomentose beneath. 



9. L. polyantha, Juss.— Sjm. Tefrantlicra monopeiala^ Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 

 148; Brandis P. PI. t. 45. Vern. Katmarra^ Singran, limd. ; Karkatmj 

 Dehra DUn ; Leja, Gond : 8ualUj Ass. ; Onddn^ Burma. 



A middle-sized tree^ branchlets, underside of 1. and inflorescence with soft 

 brown or rust-coloured pubescence. L. elliptic-oblong, blade 4-8, pet. 4-| in., 

 sometimes longer, sec. n. 8-10 pair, joined by the parallel transverse veins. 

 (J fl.-heads -^-^ in. diam. before opening, in sessile or nearly sessile clusters^ 

 fl. 5-6 in each head, sessile or on short hairy pedicels, involucre of 5 rounded 

 membranous bracts. Pr. I in. long, seated on the persistent base of perianth. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Bavi eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. Punjab Salt 

 range. Assam (associated with Soom and also used for rearing the Muga silk- 

 worm). Khasi and ISfaga hills. Cachar. Bengal plains. Ghittagong, Satpura range. 

 Northern Circars. Burma (everywhere in the plains and in the valleys of the principal 

 rivers). PL March-May. 10. L. amara, BL— Syn. Tetranthera amara^ Nees. Pegti 



