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LXXXIV. LAURACEiE 
Phoebe lanceolata, Nees ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 141. Glabrous ; 
branchlets white or pale yellow. Leaves alternate, shortly stalked, 
often crowded towards the ends of the branches, lanceolate, 
6-9 x 1-2 in., long-pointed, narrowed to the base. Flowers pale 
yellow, 2-sexual, in axillary panicles 2-4 in. long ; bracts soon fall- 
ing off. Perianth 6-parted, hairy inside. Perfect stamens 9, in 
2 series ; the outer series of 6 stamens, the inner of 3 ; the latter 
alternating with 3 short staminodes, and each furnished with 
Fig. 138. Machilus Duthiei. 
2 glands at its base. Drupe narrowly oblong, about ^ in., clasped 
at the base by the hardened perianth, black when ripe. 
Bhaiii, Sutlei valley ; February-June. — Subtropical Himalaya ascending to 
6000 ft. — S. India, Burmah. 
4. LITSEA. From the Japanese name of the genus. — Asia, 
Australia, the Pacific islands ; rare in Africa and America. 
Leaves alternate or crowded, shortly stalked. Flowers white 
or pale yellow, stalked, 1-sexual, the male and female on different 
trees. Umbels 4-6-flowered, stalked, enclosed when in bud 
by 4-5 concave, overlapping bracts, and crowded in sessile, 
