Beilschmiedia .] 
CX. LAURINE/E. 
1303 
anthers ; staminodia of 4th series ovoid or cordate. Fruit ovoid oblong or 
globose, perianth wholly deciduous. — Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves altenate 
or opposite penninerved. 
Species all tropical, the Queensland ones endemic. 
Flowers hermaphrodite 1 . B. obtusifolia. 
Flowers polygamous 2. B. laclmostemonea. 
1. B. obtusifolia (leaves obtuse), Benth. in Benth. and Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 
A large and handsome tree, the young shoots and inflorescence sprinkled with 
minute appressed hairs, otherwise glabrous. Leaves elliptical oblong or oval- 
oblong, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, narrowed at the base into a short petiole, 
rather rigid, green on both sides, penniveined and loosely reticulate, 2 to 4in. long. 
Cymes large and rather broad, the upper ones in a broad pyramidal or almost 
corymbose terminal panicle. Pedicels thick and i-line long above the small 
bracteoles. Perianth-tube very short and broad, the segments 1 line long. 
Stamens opposed to the outer segments broad, those opposed to the inner ones 
narrow ; glands stipitate or almost sessile, attached to the inner stamens ; 
staminodia sessile, thick, acute. Berry elliptical-oblong, the whole perianth 
deciduous. — Cryptocarya obtusifolia, F. v. M. ; Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 508 ; 
Ncsodaplme obtusifolia, Benth. FI. Austr. v. 299. 
Hab.: Eockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Fitzroy Kiver, Bowman-, Rockhampton, Thozet ; Archer’s 
Creek, Leichhardt ; and other tropical localities. 
2. B. lachnostemonea (stamens woolly), F. v. M. Viet. Xat. May, 1892 
Leaves mostly ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, protracted into a short blunt point) 
glabrous, closely reticulately veined on both sides, shining. Panicle beset with 
minute appressed hairs. Perianth-segments almost of equal length, nearly oval, 
connate towards their bases. The 6 stamens of the first series somewhat shorter 
than the perianth-segments, the 3 of the second series still shorter, the filaments 
all brownisli-lanuginous ; staminoidia 3, very short. Pistil in staminate flowers 
narrow-conic, glabrous, with a minute stigma. 
Hab.: Russell River, IV. Sayer (F. v. M. l.c.). 
3. ENDIANDRA, R. Br. 
(Referring to the fertile anthers being the inner series.) 
(Dictyodaphne, Blume.) 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth-segments 6, equal or nearly so. Stamens 
of the outer series reduced to a thick prominent ring below the perianth- 
segments or entirely wanting, of the inner series 8, with extrorse or semi- 
extrorse anthers, alternating sometimes with 3 small staminodia which are often 
deficient ; glands either 6 at the base of the perfect stamens but free from them 
or none. Ovary not immersed. Berry free, resting on the wholly or partially 
persistent but not at all or scarcely enlarged perianth. — Trees. Leaves alternate. 
Flowers in axillary panicles, sometimes almost reduced to single cymes. Fruits 
oblong or globular. 
The genus extends over the Indian Archipelago to the eastern provinces of India. The 
Australian species appear to be all endemic. 
Perianth-tube small and turbinate, the limb broad and very open or when 
closed much broader than the tube. 
Outer stamens replaced by a thick fleshy ring round the base of the 
perianth-segments. 
Panicles thrysoid. Flowers 2 to 2| lines diameter. Bracts very 
deciduous. Leaves glabrous 1 . K. ylauca. 
Panicles narrow, raceme-like. Flowers 3 to 4 lines diameter. Bracts 
persistent. Leaves rusty-pubescent or villous underneath .... 2. F. liypotephra. 
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