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CX. LAURINEjE. 
1811 
lines diameter, resting on the more or less thickened pedicel with the persistent 
perianth-tube somewhat enlarged but flat or slightly concave. — Tetranthera 
apetala, Roxb. PI. Corom ii. 26, t. 147 ; R. Br. Prod. 403 ; T. laurifolia, 
Jacq., Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 178; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 305. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, B. Brown, Hcnne ; Port Denison, Fitzalan, Dallachy; 
Elliott River, Bowman. 
Wood of a yellow colour, with a small quantity of dark-brown heart-wood, grain close. 
Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods, No. 321. 
2. L. zeylanica (of Ceylon), Nees.frr. Cinnam. Dispitt. in Amcen. Bot. Bonn. 
i. 58, t. 5 ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 307. A large tree, the branches and inflorescence 
quite glabrous or scarcely hoary with a very minute tomentum. Leaves ovate- 
elliptical or elliptical-oblong, acuminate, contracted at the base, 3 to 5in. long, 
glabrous and green above, white or glaucous underneath, penniveined but with 
few primary veins, the lowest pair more prominent than the others. Flowers in 
sessile clusters in the axils or at the old nodes, on pedicels of 1 to 2 lines usually 
glabrous as well as the perianths. Perianth-segments ovate-oblong, obtuse. 
Filaments exserted, with a few hairs about the base ; glands of the two inner 
ones stipitate. Berry globular or slightly ovoid, larger than in L. dealbata, resting 
on the persistent perianth-tube expanded into an entire or slightly angular flat 
disk of 2J to 3 lines diameter, the segments entirely deciduous. — Meissn. in 
DC. Prod. xv. i. 226; Wight, Ic. t. 132 and 1844. 
Hab.: Lizard Island, Banks and Solander (the specimens imperfect and therefore omitted by 
R. Brown) ; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; between Cleveland and 
Rockingham Bays, W,Hill; Rockhampton, Tliozet. 
The species has a wide range over tropical Asia. 
3. L. dealbata (whitened), Nees. Syst. Lanvin. 630 ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 807 ; 
“ Marragiddie,” Barron River, J. F. Bailey. A moderate-sized tree, the young 
shoots softly ferruginous-villous. Leaves petiolate, ovate-elliptical or almost 
oblong, acuminate, contracted at the base, 3 to 6in. long, glabrous above with the 
primary veins slightly prominent, glaucous underneath, the primary veins more 
: prominent and glabrous or villous, few in number and the lowest pair usually 
longer and thicker. Flowers in sessile clusters, axillary or at the old nodes, the 
pedicels thick, 1 to 2 lines long. Perianth-segments 4, lanceolate, 1 to l\ line 
long, villous outside and the margins fringed with long ferruginous hairs. Fila- 
ments filiform, longer than the perianth, bearded with a few hairs below the 
middle ; the staminodia in the females small and irregular. Ovary slightly hairy ; 
stigma broad and oblique. Fruit globular, 3 to 4 lines diameter, resting on the 
persistent perianth-tube enlarged into a small flat disk, 4-toothed with 
-the persistent remains of the segments. — Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 224 ; 
Tetranthera dealbata, R. Br. Prod. 403. 
Hab.: Common both north and south. 
Var. rufa. The rufous hairs more abundant and persistent on the branches and underside of 
the leaves. — Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, Fraser, F. v. Mueller, W. Hill, Leichhardt. — 
Common. 
Wood of a yellowish colour, with numerous short brown longitudinal streaks ; tough and 
•close-grained. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. 1 foods. No. 320. 
4. I,. Bindoniana (after S. Bindon), F. v. M. Fraym. v. 157. A small 
tree, the young branches and petioles minutely ferruginous-tomentose or at 
length glabrous. Leaves on rather long petioles, broadly ovate obovate or 
orbicular, obtuse, 5 to Bin. long, firmly coriaceous, glabrous above, glaucous 
or somewhat ferruginous underneath, with the primary veins much raised, the 
smaller transverse ones not numerous. Male flowers not seen. Female 
peduncles 2 to 8 lines long, in almost sessile clusters, ferruginous-pubescent as 
'well as the bracts. Flowers 5, sessile. Perianth nearly 2 lines long, villous; 
