376 116. LAURINER. 
menta biseriatim valvata, inzqualia (exteriora minora), crassa, 
ovali-oblonga, ciliolata, intus sepe parce appresse hirsuta ; fila- 
menta basi plus minusve barbata; ovarium omnino glabrum. 
Bacca globosa, 4—5 lineas diametro, perianthii segmentis incras- 
satis arcte appressis. l 
Huren: South Patung (A. Henry, 7323!) ; SZECHUEN : South 
Wushan (A. Henry, 5666, 5699, 5756, 7194 !). Herb. Kew. 
* 9. Machilus microcarpa, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Arbor 25-pedalis (Henry), ramulis gracillimis glaberrimis, 
perulis latis cito deciduis sericeo-hirsutis. Folia in gemma plus 
minusve hirsuta sed citissimo glabrescentia et bene evoluta gla- 
berrima, coriacea, graciliter petiolata, anguste lanceolata vel 
oblanceolata, 2-3 poll. longa, caudato-acuminata, basi cuneata, 
supra nitida, subtus glauca, utrinque reticulata, venis primariis 
lateralibus utrinque circiter 8-10 sat conspicuis. Flores albi 
(Henry), 8—4 lineas longi, extus glabri, intus basin versus pube- 
ruli, pseudo-racemosi, racemis in apicibus ramulorum aggregatis 
quam folia brevioribus, pedicellis flores equantibus vel longioribus. 
Perianthii sepissime 6-partiti segmenta subcarnosa, subzqualia, 
erecta, ovali-oblonga, obtusissima, longitudinaliter striato-venosa, 
intus parcissime hirsuta; stamina glabra, inclusa. Bacca globosa, 
glabra, circiter 24 lineas diametro, perianthio recurvo subtenda. 
SzEcHvEN: South Wushan (A. Henry, 5615 !), mount Omei 
at 3500 feet (Faber!). Herb. Kew. 
` An elegant species most nearly allied to M. Thunbergii, Sieb. 
et Zucc., but slenderer and smaller in all its parts, with almost 
racemose flowers. 
10. Machilus Nanmu, Hemsl. ; Davenport in Parl. Papers, 
China, No. 2, 1877, p. 18; Hook. f. Report on Progr. Roy. 
Gard. Kew, 1877, p. 33. 
Persea Nanmu, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. xiv. p. 10, t. 1316. 
SzECRUEN (Father Vincot! Baber! Watters!) ; Yunnan (Da- 
venport!). Herb. Kew. 
Very near, and perhaps a form of, Machilus oreophila, Hance. 
The name Nanmw appears to be applied to several closely 
allied members of the Laurinez. The wood is highly esteemed 
by the Chinese on account of its great durability. 
^ 11. Machilus neurantha, Hemsl., n. sp. 
_ Arbor vel frutex 10-40-pedalis (A. Henry), ramulis floriferis 
graciliusculis primum hirsutis interdum dense villosis demum 
