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cxix. laurine^. [A dino daphne. 
in slender peduncled pubescent umbels 1*5 in. long; pedicels very- 
slender. Perianth reddish brown, tube short with a ring of golden 
hairs within, lobes ovate ciliate, glabrous inside. Fruit ovoid, *4 in. 
long on a saucer-shaped perianth-tube -15 in. across; pedicels 
•2 in. long, cylindric. Whole fruit-panicle over 1 in. long. Hab. 
Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 
13 . LITSEA, Lour. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite or sub-opposite. 
Flowers unisexual in umbellules of 2 to 15 (usually 6), sur¬ 
rounded by 4 to 6 involucral bracts orbicular concave, in axillary 
or lateral fascicles or racemes. Flowers shortly pedicelled or 
sessile; perianth-tube in males small or 0, in females funnel-shaped, 
lobes 6. Stamens in males 9 to 12 (rarely more or less), rows 1 and 2 
without glands, row 3 with 2 glands, cells 4. Ovary 0. Female 
flowers. Staminodes 9 to 12. Ovary globose or ovoid; style 
thick; stigma dilate. Fruit globose-ovoid, ellipsoid or cylindric 
on the perianth-tube enlarged in a cup, usually large, often thick. 
Seed 1. Species 150 to 200, tropical and sub-tropical Asia, 
Australia, rarer in Africa and America. 
Leaves alternate. 
Flowers on tree-trunk on woody tubercles. 
Leaves tomentose beneath, 8 in. long . 
Leaves tomentose beneath, 18 in. long 
Leaves glabrous, 12 in. long; heads of um¬ 
bellules 3 in. long 
Flowers on branches; leaves hairy beneath. 
Perianth-lobes none ..... 
Perianth-lobes 6 or more. 
Umbellules in short clusters or racemes. 
Leaves coriaceous obovate large. 
Umbellules peduncled, racemes short . 
Umbellules sessile, racemes 2 in. long . 
Leaves sub-coriaceous lanceolate not 
large ..... 
Leaves chartaceous or membranous. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate; umbellules 
2 to 3 together .... 
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate. Bush or tree 
Leaves thin ashy beneath, 2 in. across. 
Small tree .... 
Leaves elliptic-ovate. Very hairy shrub 
Leaves elliptic sparsely pubescent; um¬ 
bellules densely clustered. Tree . 
Leaves cordate; umbels in racemes 
Umbellules in clusters or very short 
racemes. 
Leaves glabrous or only slightly hairy 
beneath. 
Leaves thin coriaceous broad (fruit un¬ 
known) ..... 
Leaves chartaceous elliptic 
Umbellules in short panicles of racemes . 
(1) L. johorensis 
(2) L. trunciflora 
(3) L. magnifica 
(4) L. tomentosa 
{5) L. grandis 
(6) L. artocarpifolia 
(7) L. firma 
( 8 ) L. gracilis 
(9) L. amara 
(10) L. cinerascens 
(11) L. hirsntissima 
{12) L. polyantha 
(13) L. cordata 
(14) L. glabrifolia 
(15) I. petiolata 
(16) L. brachystachya 
