Litsea. 
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Laukaceae. 
diclit-gelijkmatig kort-behaard . Vrucht- ' 
stelen zeer dun aan den top tot een na])je 
verbreed; jonge vrucht bolvormig. . . 25. L. imhescens. 
Litsea Lam. — Flores dtoici, vel raro hennapfu'ocliti (L. diversi folia^ 
sehifera et rohusta), umhellaU v. capitatly umhellis cupüiiUsve cmte aii~ 
tJiesiii involucro (jlohoso 4 — 6-ph\jllo inclusis. rerianthii tiihis ovoideus cam- 
panulatus v. hrevissimus ; limbi segmenta 6 v. 4 v. ahortit pauciora^ siih- 
aequalia v. parva^ rarius minuta vel niilla^ rarissime plura quam 6. Sta- 
mi na in ft. (ƒ, staminodia in ft. saepius 9 v. 12, (in suhgenere Neo-litsea 
G), nnne abortu pauciora v. in speciebus paiicis plus quam 12, ordinis 
primi et secundi saepissime egknuhilosa, ordinis tertii et quarti dum adsint 
et rarius ordinis secundi basi utrinque glandula saepe stipitata aucta; 
filamenta saeqrius angusta; antherae omnium introrsum 4-locellatae, v. ra- 
rius in ordine tertio locelli inferiores laterales. Ovarium perianthii tubo 
inclusum v. emersum, in (l. cf nullum vel parvum rarius stylo etstigmate 
instructum in fl. ^ et ^ in stglum brevem v. longiusculum attenuatum, 
stigmate saeqmis dilatato irregulariter sublobato. Bacca ttibo perianthii 
paullum vel insigniter aucto cupulato vel discoideo insidens. Arbores 
rarius frutices. Folia alterna sparsa v. rarius subop>posita (Litsea fulva, 
sumatrana et ferruginea) penninervia v. triplinervia (subgenus Neo-litsea) 
coriacea et perennantia v. rarius tenuiora et decidiia; gemmae nudae v. 
imbricato-squamatae. Involucra globosa, pedicellata v. sessilia, in fasciculos 
sessiles v. breviter pedunculatos v. racemos axillares v. laterales disposita, 
rarius, axi inflorescentiae apice folia producente, lateralia vel in axillis 
singula. Bracteae involucri 4, 5 v. rarius 6, latae, concavae, sese arcte 
involventes. Flores in involucro saepius 5 ad 7 rarius 2 — 3 vel plures 
quam 7, cT sessiles v. brevissime raro longius pedicellati, $ aidhesi peracta 
saepe evidentius umbellati. 
Subgenus I. Eulitsea Bentii. [Glabraria Bl. (Linx. genus)]. 
Folia penninervia persistentia vel decidua, alterna. Involucra 5-8-vel 
multiflora. Perianthii segmenta nulla vel pauca, vel 6 — 12. Stamina 
10—15 vel 14—30 quorum interna saepe aniheris obsoletis ; glandulae 6 — 12. 
Fructus (sicut in subgenus IV) insidentes pedicellis incrassatis apice in 
cupulam carnosam disciformem vel subnullam ampliatis. Gemmae perulis 
folia ceis obtectae. 
Subgenus II. Toming odaphne IIook. (Tomingodaphne etOm- 
phalod ap h n e Bl.). 
Folia penninervia, alterna, decidua. Involucra 5 — 7-flora. Perianthii 
