380 116. LAURINILE. 
lineam longa, extus sericeo-hirsuta, pellucido-punctata; stamina 
6, filamentis fere filiformibus ima basi tantum barbatis, antheris 
magnis. Bacca nigra (A. Henry), ovoidea, 4-5 lineas longa, 
pedicello vix incrassato, et perianthii tubo omnino deciduo. 
Hu»zu : Ichang, Patung, Nanto, Changyang, and other locali- 
ties (A. Henry, 1247, 2202, 2203, 3054, 6007, 7829, 7829 A !); 
SzecuuEN: South Wushan (4. Henry, 7197!), mount Omei 
at 3000 feet (Faber!). Herb. Kew. 
This species is remarkable in the leaves being crowded at the 
tips and forks of the branches—that is to say, the leaves of each 
season’s growth are all borne in a tuft at the summit, whilst 
the flowers are borne on the elongated leafless part below. It is 
also one of the few species having a 4-parted perianth and 
6 stamens. Some of the specimens are named the “ little Nan- 
tree " by Dr. A. Henry. 
4. Litsea Cubeba, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 4. 
` Tetranthera Cubeba, Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 199. 
Laurus Cubeba, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 252; Flück. et Hanb. Pharmacogr. 
p. 930. 
Litsea piperita, Juss. in Ann. Mus. Par. vi. p. 213. 
Persea Cubeba, Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. p. 269. 
Daphnidium Cubeba, Nees, Syst. Laur. p. 615. 
Cuina ? and Cocuincuina (ex Loureiro). Herb. Kew. 
We have only seen the fruit as it appears in commerce, and it 
is similar to that of the * mountain pepper” of Central China 
(Litsea pungens, Hemsl.), yet evidently not the same, nor even a 
cultivated variety of it. ` | 
v 5. Litsea cupularis, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex 5-10-pedalis (fide A. Henry), novellis puberulis, ramulis 
floriferis rigidis sæpius ad apices et ad furcas tantum foliosis. 
Folia conferta, pseudoverticillata breviter vel brevissime petiolata, 
rigide coriacea, lanceolata, 2-5 poll. longa, utrinque attenuata, 
acuta, leviter undulata, supra glabra subnitida vel opaca, subtus 
glauca vel cinerea, plus minusve puberula, præcipue secus costam 
venasque, sed sæpius demum glabrescentia, venis primariis late- 
ralibus numerosis subtus sat conspicuis, venulis ultimis minu- 
tissime reticulatis; petiolus crassus, pubescens. Flores extra- 
axillares, densissime fasciculati, bracteis citissimo deciduis, pedi- 
cellis brevibus pilis longis rufescentibus vestitis. Perianthw 6- 
meri segmenta petaloidea, tenuia, ovata, circiter 2 lineas longa, 
extus plus minusve hirsuta; filamenta elongata fere filiformia, 
fere omnino glabra. Bacca rubra (fide A. Henry !), ovoidea, 
