. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 530 XCI. LAUEACEiE [Machilus of 6 nearly always (cf. M. cdulis) persistent sepals, spreading or reflexed in fruit. Anthers 4-celled. Berry oblong or globose, as far as known, the cotyledons remain underground. Species 15-20 from India to Japan, The beautiful and Tery durable dark olive brown Nanmu wood, used for coffinb in China, is the produce of Machilus Nanntu, Hemsley (Persea Nanmu, Oliv.), and other species of this genus. A. Sepals glabrou
. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 530 XCI. LAUEACEiE [Machilus of 6 nearly always (cf. M. cdulis) persistent sepals, spreading or reflexed in fruit. Anthers 4-celled. Berry oblong or globose, as far as known, the cotyledons remain underground. Species 15-20 from India to Japan, The beautiful and Tery durable dark olive brown Nanmu wood, used for coffinb in China, is the produce of Machilus Nanntu, Hemsley (Persea Nanmu, Oliv.), and other species of this genus. A. Sepals glabrous, fr. oblong or ellipsoid. 1. M. odoratissima, Nees. ^ Kaula, Kaunla, Kaivala, Hind. Outer Himalayan ranges and valleys from the Sutlej eastwards, 2-7,000 ft. Khasi hills. Huby Mines district, Upper Burma, A moderate sized tree, 1. glabrous, dark green and shining above, pale beneath, blade 4-6, pet. ^-1 in. long, sec. n. slender, mmtite raised reticulate veins prominent on both sides. Panicles shortly pedunculate, about 3 in., perianth-seg- ments J, fr. purple, ^ in. long, supported by the reflexed sepals. 2. M. parviflora, Meissn. Assam, Khasi hills. L. glaucous beneath, sepals I in. long. B. Sepals tomentose or silky, fr. Eig. 179. Machilus bombycina, King. J. (a) The young and as a rule the mature 1. densely pubescent beneath. 3. M. viUosa, Hook. f.—Syn. Fhcehe 'viJlosa, "Wight Ic. t. 1822. Subhimalayan tract and outer hillb from Nepal eastwards, ascending to 6,000 ft. Assam. Silliet. Cachar. Chittagong. Patkoi range. Upper Burma. Hills between Sitangand Salwin 3,000 ft. (B. B. 1880). A large or middle-sized tree, young shoots panicles and ii. softly tomen- tohe, sec. n. prominent beneath, 6-8 jjair, panicles large, fasciculate at the ends of branchlets, in the axils of bracts or of the uppermost L, sepals J-J in. long, fr. 1 in. diam,, seated on the reflexed perianth. 4. M. edulis, lining. Vern. LejjcJia phal, Nep., Sikkim and Bhutan, 4-8,000 ft, A large
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