368 115. CHLORANTHACER. 
late ovata ovato-oblonga vel lanceolata, 3-7 poll. longa, subite 
acuteque acuminata, basi cuneata vel interdum fere rotundata, 
crebre apiculato-serrulata, utrinque glabra vel glabrescentia vel 
secus costam venasque puberula, venis primariis numerosis sat 
conspicuis. Inflorescentia terminalis, longe pedunculata, folia 
sepius superans, 3-5-ramosa vel interdum simplex. Flores albi 
(teste Henry), glabri, laxiuscule spicati; squama antherifera 
carnosa, inequaliter tricaudata, cauda intermedia circiter 22-3 
lineas longa; stamina 3 (vel 4?), antheris lateralibus dithecis, 
intermedia tetrathecis, thecis per paria discretis, omnibus ob- 
longis; ovarium glabrum, stigmate parvo sessili. Drupa globosa, 
circiter lineam diametro (an matura ?), breviter stipitata, stipite 
incrassato. 
Huvrzu: Iehang, Patung, Nanto and mountains to the north- 
ward (4. Henry, 3447, 3920, 4072, 54021) ; SzECHUEN: South 
Wushan (4. Henry, 5402 B, 7719!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
5. Chloranthus inconspicuus, Swartz in Phil. Trans. lxxviii. 
p. 359, t. 15 ; Dryand. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 221; Benth. Fl. 
Hongk. p. 334; Solms in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 474; Maxim. in 
Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1819, p.56 ; Schnizl. Iconogr. Fam. Nat. t. 80. 
Nigrina spicifera, Lam. Illustr. t. 71. 
Creodus odorifer, Lour. Fl. Cochinch, p. 89? ex Solms in DC. Prodr. 
xvi. l, p. 474. 
Chloranthus indicus, Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1945. 
Souru Curva (AMillett!) ; Kwanetune: Macao (Callery!). 
Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Cultivated in Japan, Java, and other countries. 
6. Chloranthus japonicus, Sieb. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xiv. 2, 
p. 681; Solms in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 476; Franch. et Sarat, 
Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 444; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 259; Maxim. 
in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p.57; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, 
p. 14. 
Tricercandra quadrifolia, A. Gr. in Perry's Exped. Jap. ii. p- 318, et in 
Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. vi. p.405; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iil. 
p. 130: Maxim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p. 57 (lapsu chloran- 
thoides). 
Chloranthus mandshuricus, Rupr. Dec. Pl. Amur. t. 2; Maxim. Prim. 
Fl. Amur. p. 463. 
' Suinckine: Laoling, Kwandien, Fungchung, and other loca- 
