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1. Litsea chinensis, Blume, Bijdr. p. 565; Zoll. ex Meisn. in 
DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 211. 
Actinodaphne chinensis, Nees, Syst. Laur. p. 600; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 
p. 293; Meisn. in. DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 211 ; Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,’ 
p. 408 ; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 413. 
Iozoste chinensis, Blume, Mus. Bot. i. p. 364. 
Laurus chinensis, Blume, Bidjr. p. 565, et Mus. Bot. i. p. 364. 
Camellia integrifolia, Choisy, Mém. Ternstr. p. 60. 
Iozoste rotundifolia, var. oblongifolia, Nees ex Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. 
Voy. p. 209. 
Honexone : all collectors! Perhaps also from the mainland. 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
[Litsea chinensis, Heyne, is = L. ligustrina, Hook.f, a native 
of the western peninsula of India; and JL. chinensis, Lam., is 
= L. sebifera, Pers.] 
L-- 2. Litsea citrata, Blume, Bijdr. p. 565; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. v. p. 155. 
Tetranthera citrata, Nees, Syst. Laur. p. 560. 
Tetranthera polyantha, Wall. Cat. 2538; Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 
p- 67, et Syst. Laur. p. 515; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 293; S. Moore in Journ. 
Bot. 1878, p. 138; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 182. 
Tetranthera floribunda, Champ. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. v. p. 199. 
CursA : without locality (Fortune, 178!); Curxiana: Ningpo 
(Everard!); Kriawasi; Kiukiang (Maries!); Kwanotune! 
Wongyu (Tate!); Honexone (Wright! Wilford! Champion: 
and many other collectors). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Eastern India, Burma, and Java. 
By some mistake China is excluded from the area of this 
species in the ‘ Flora of British India,’ and citrifolia, of the 
* Flora Hongkongensis,’ is referred to as “ citrata.” 
3. Litsea confertifolia, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate VII.) 
Frutex vel arbor parva (A. Henry), fere undique glabra, 
ramulis floriferis radiatis rectis ad apices tantum, vel etiam ad 
fureas foliosis. Folia conferta, pseudoverticillata, patentia, bre- 
vissime petiolata, coriacea anguste lanceolata, 2-5 poll. longa, 
acuta, undulata, pallida, supra nitida, subtus glauca, costa 
angusia utrinque leviter elevata, venis inconspicuis. Flores 
secus ramulos aphyllos densissime fasciculati, involueri bracteis 
extus glabris citissimo deciduis, pedicellis longe sericeo-pilosis. 
Perianthii segmenta 4, petaloidea, late ovata, circiter sesqui- 
