Lits(Ba] XCI. LAURACEJE 537 



Yoma, eastern slopes (Kurz), Tenasserim. Malay Penlns. and Arohip. Branclilets, 

 petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence minutely brown- tomentose. L. thinly coria- 

 ceous, elliptic or lanceolate. Wade 4-6, pet. | in., sec. n. 10-15. $ il.-heads ^^ in. diam. 

 on short slender peduncles in axillary sessile clusters, ? fl.-heads nearly sessile. Fr. 

 ovoidj J-J in. long. 11. L. rangoonensis, Meissu. {Tetr anther a). Similar to 10, 1. more- 

 acuminate, sec. n. 8-12. $ fl.-heads pedicellate. 12. L. Kurzii, King. Andamans. 

 Branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and inflor. harshly hrown-tomentose. L. coriaceous, 

 elliptic-oblong, blade 6-9, pet. stout, J in., sec. n. 10-15 pair, tertiary parallel, prominent. 

 $ heads \ in. diam. before opening. 13. L. graudis, Wall. ( Tetr anther a). Not unfi-equent 

 in Pegu, Martaban and Upper Tenasserim (Kurz). Malay Peninsula, Branchlets stout, 

 marked with the scars of fallen 1. L. rigidly coriaceous, upperside shining, underside 

 densely and softly brown-tomentose. broadly elliptic or obovate, blade 9-11, pet. stout, 

 1 in. long, sec. n. 10-15 pair, very prominent beneath as well as the parallel tertiary n. 

 $ heads ^ in. diam. before opening, on stout peduncles, J-| in. long. Specimens from 

 Burma not seen. Specimens (in leaf only) coll. by me in the Meplay evergreen forest 

 (March 1862) {Momoh, Karen), a large tree, wood yellow, fl. said in my notes to be 

 bisexual, marked by Kurz as Tetranthera grandu^ Wall, var. .^, are quite different. 



{b) L. glabrous beneath or nearly so, sometimes opposite. 



14. L. lancifolia, Eoxb. Sikkim, foot of hills. Bhutan. Assam. Kha&i hills.. 

 Cachar. Chi tta gong. Tenasserim. A shrub or small tree, branchlets, petioles and 

 midrib finely tomentose, 1. thinly chartaceous, glaucous beneath, usually opposite or 

 nearly so, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. J in. long, sec. n. 6-8 pair. Fl. white, fr. 

 globose, on the small flat perianth-tube. The Sikkim specimens have lanceolate alter- 

 nate 1. 15. L. mislimiensis, Hook, f.* Mishmi hills, Assam. A large glabrous tree, L 

 thinly coriaceous, blade 4-6, pet. } in., sec. n. faint. 16. L. assamica, Hook. f. Assam. 

 Tj. thinly coriaceous, blade 4-6, pet. -J in., sec. n. slender. 17. L. Wallicliii, Hook. t. — 

 Syn, Lindera nervo^a^ Kurz. Bhutan. Tenasserim. A glabrous tree, 1. eoriaceoute, 

 elongate-elliptic, blade 6-8, pet. J-J in. long, sec. n. 6-8 pair, arching, impressed above, 

 veins on both surfaces raised, minutely and regularly reticulate. Filaments glabrous, 

 fr. nearly globose, J in. long, seated on the persistent butnotenlai'ged6-lobed perianth. 



18. L. venulosa, Meissn. -Tinnevelli hills. An evergreen straggling shrub, quite 

 glabrous, 1. thinly coriaceous, glaucous beneath, elliptic-oblong, obtusely caudate- 

 acuminate, blade 3-5, pet. J ii^- loi^g* 



C. Perianth-segments usually 6, tube much enlarged in fr. 



(a) M.-heads solitary or fascicled. 



a. L. more or less pubescent or tomentose beneath. 



19. L. Kliasyana, Meissn. Subhimalayan tract from Sikkim eastwai-ds, ascending to 

 8,000 ft. Upper Burma. Buby Mines district 5,000 ft, ( OndoTi). Branchlets, 1. beneatlf 

 and inflorescence finely pubescent, L usually glaucous beneath, varying in shape, 

 blade 6-12. pet. J-f in,, sec. n. 10-15 pair, nearly straight, prominent beneath. Heads 

 before opening J "in. diam., fascicled on stout peduncles. Fr. 1 in. diam., seated on the 

 enlarged fleshy turbinate perianth-tube. 20. L. martaljanica, Kui-z {Tetranthera), 

 Martaban, hills south of Taepo, 4,000 ft. Salween 2,000 ft. (D. B. 1859 and 1880). A 

 shrub or small tree, branchlets, pet., underside of 1. and inflorescence flnely tawny- 

 tomentose. L. coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-8, pet. |-1 in. long, sec. n. arching, 

 6-8 pair, tertiary n. and finely reticulate veins prominent beneath. FL-heads J in. 

 diam. before opening, 2-4 in axillary pedunculate umbels. Involucral bracts 4, fl. 4, 

 perianth thin. Fr. ellipsoid, J in. long, base enclosed in the salver-shaped perianth- 

 tube. 21. L. semecarpifolia, Wall. {Tetranthera). Fatmoro, Nep. Western Duars, 

 common in Sal and mixed forest. Manipur. Pegu Yoma, eastern slopes. Martaban. 

 A moderate-sized tree, branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence velvety,. 

 1. coriaceous, obovate or elongate-elliptic, blade 6-8, pet. J-| in. long. Fl.-heads ^ in. 

 diam. before opening, in compact axillary clusters, stamens long exserted. Fr. globose,. 

 I in. diam. seated on the broad cup-shaped perianth-tube. 22. L. elongata. Wall. 

 Outer Himalayan ranges from the Jumna eastwards, common in Sikkim 6-9,000 ft., 

 rare further west. Assam. Khasi hills. A moderate-sized or small tree, branchlets 

 stout, densely rusty-tomentose as well as petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence. L. 

 elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-11, pet. J-J in. long, tert. n. parallel. <? heads often 

 solitary, J in. diam. before opening, peduncles ^-j in, Fr. elongate-ellipsoid, J in. 

 long, usually 2 or 3 from one head, seated on the spreading more or less lobed soft- 

 tomentose pedicelled perianth. 23, L. nuculaaea, Kurz, Tenasserim. Siam. Branch- 

 lets, petioles and underside of 1. finely tomentose, 1. coriaceous, obovate-elHptic, blade 

 5-7, pet i in. Fr. j in. long, the lower half included in the thickly coriaceous cup- 

 shaped perianth. 



24. L. coriacea, Heyne. Courtallum. Travancore, common in secondary forest, 

 ascending to 3,000 ft. A small tree, branchlets, petioles and underside of 1. more or 

 less harshly pubescent, 1. coriaceous, blade 5-7, pet. J in. long. S fl.-heads suhsessile, 



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