^40 XOL LAUEACEiE 



[Litscea 



44 L. zeylanica, C. & Pr. Nees ; Wight Ic. t. 1844; Bedd. Fl Sylv t 

 294.-^Syn. L oblonga, l^ees ; Wight Ic. t. 1845; L. foliosa, Nqqs ; Lauvus 

 mvolucrata, Vahi ; Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 187. Vern. Kanvel, Chirchiva. Mar. • 

 Shemhaga^ Palm, Tarn. ' ' 



A large tree, leaf-buds ovoid or ovoid-lanceolate, minutely silky. L. 

 coriaceous, glabrous, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, blade 3-5, pet. 

 1-1 in. long. Two distinct basal nerves extending to the middle of leaf, above 

 these 2-3 pair of sec. n. Heads 4-5-fld. in sessile axillary fascicles, perianth 

 silky 4~5-lobed, pedicels of ? fl. generally glabrous lengthening out in fr. to 

 I in. Fr. ovoid or globose | in. long. 



Bliutcan. Khasi hills, Manipiir. Ohittagong. Martaban bills east of Touiio-oo 

 (Kurz). Western Gbats from Mababalesbwar soutbwards. Nilgiris. Anamalais 

 Rumpa bills, Northern Gircars. Javadies and otber bills in tbe Peninsula. Fl Oct.- 

 Jan. Malay Penins. and Arcbip. 45. L. lanuginosa, Nees. Outer Himalaya from tbe 

 Jumna eastwards, usually 3-6,000 ft. In tbe Debra Dun at 1,900 ft. kbasi bills 

 A small tree, young sboots and young I. underneath clotbed witb long soft silky bairsj 

 buds often 1 in. long. L. (wben full grown) glabrous and glaucous underneath, blade 

 b-12, pet. .^-1 in. Heads in dense silky clusters 1 in. across, fr. oblong i in. lono* 46 

 L. Clarkei, Prain, Bengal Plants 903. Ohittagong. A small tree, buds ilnely'^bilky^ 

 brancblets and 1, glabrous, 1, rigidly coriaceous, elliptic, caudate-acuminate," tripli- 

 nerved, tbe 2 suprabasal n. extending to near tbe apex of L, raised finely reticulate 

 veins i^rominent on both surfaces, <? beads in sbort axillary racemes, common peduncle 

 witb small imbricating bracts. PL silky, 6 in eacb bead. 47. L. umbrosa, Nees ~Syn 

 L. comimilis, Nees; Collett Simla PI. 484 Pig. 139. Yern. Shariir, Jauns. : Xcirik, 

 Bupin ; PtiteJl, Nep, Himalaya, from tbe Obenab eastwards, 4-9,000 ft. also in 

 some of tbe inner valleys (Nogli and Eupin. Serabn in tbe Sutlej valley). Assam. 

 Ivba&i bills. A moderate-sized tree, bark dark brown, young sboots minutely silky. 

 L. glabrous, tbinly coriaceous, underside witb a wbite bloom, lanceolate, long acuminate^ 

 blade 3-6, pet. i in., sec. n. 3-5 pair, tbe lowest pair from near tbe base often extending 

 to tbe middle of 1., so that tbe 1. appear triplinerved. PL-beads yellowisb-wbite, pedicels 

 silky, tbose of tbe ? lengtben out to f in. Pr, nearly globose J in. diam. 44 and 47 

 are united in my old P. PL Tne N. West Himalayan tree is different from tbat of tbe 

 eastern districts and tbe Peninsula, but tbere are intermediate forms, and it is not 

 impossible that furtber study of tbe tree on tbe spot (not from Herbarium specimens) 

 may lead to tbe u.nion of tbe 2 species. 48. L. Mannii, King, Kbasi bills. L. tripli- 

 nerved, minutely impressed punctate on botb surfaces, lanceolate, blade 2-3, pet. slender, 

 I in., sec. n. obscure. 



10, LINDERA, Thuab. ; FL Brit. Ind. v. 182. 



Characters of Litscea but fl. in each head usually numerous (1 in L. caudata), 

 pedicels of ^ fl. longer and anthers usually 2-celled, 



A. Leaves persistent, penninerved, ^ flower-heads on peduncles { in. long 

 and longer. 



1. L. assamica, Kurz P. Fl. ii. 308. 



A large tree, branchlets and 1. beneath rusty pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, 

 blade 4-7, pet. |in. long, midrib and 6-10 pairs of sec. n. prominent beneath, 

 as well as intermediate and transverse veins. Fl.-heads on peduncles | in. 

 long, solitary, fascicled or in short racemes, involucral bracts 4, vemed, 

 glabrous outside. Fl. 10-15 in each head, on silky pedicels |-^ in. long, 

 perianth-segments hyaline, ciliate, filaments silky. Fr. nearly globose, |~-| in. 

 long, up ^to 6 from each fl.-head on peduncles |-1 in. long, hence forming 

 pedunculate umbels. 



Sikkim 6-8,000 ft. Bhutan. Assam. Nattaung, Martaban (Kurz). A tree found 

 by Montague Hill in dry bill forests east of Bbamo at 5,000 ft,, bas youngest shoots 

 silky but brancblets and 1. entirely glabrous, 1. tbinlv coriaceous, sbining above, 

 opaque beneath, sec. n. 5-7 pair, otberwise same as 1. 2. L. Meissneri, King. Mikir 

 bills, Assam. L. cbartaceous, quite glabrous, fl. 9 in eacb bead, may pobsibly prove to 

 be the tree found by Mont. Hill mentioned under 1. 



^^^- ^- <^) ?fo»ia,tica, Brandis in Hook. Ic. PL t. 2784 Karawe, Burm.-, Le-u, 

 7-^^^.^' -.f-^^^^ between Tbaungyin and Haundraw above 4,000 ft. (D. B. April 

 1859). Mountains east of Toungoo, 2,000 ft. (D. B. Pebr. 1880), A glabrous 



