116. LAURINEX. 381 
circiter semipollicaris, in tubo aucto late cupuleformi perianthii 
sita. 
Huren : Ichang, Nanto, Changyang, and other localities (A. 
Henry, 3240, 3473, 3473 A, 3473 B, 4370, 4382, 4584, 7711, 
7750!); SzEcnvEN: North Wushan (A. Henry, 7192!). Herb. 
Kew. 
In foliage this resembles L. confertifolia, Hemsl., but the leaves 
are not so decidedly collected at the tips of the branches, and 
they are more or less hairy beneath, with a more distinct vena- 
tion ; the flowers are hexamerous, and the fruit is seated in the 
enlarged cup-shaped tube of the perianth. 
6. Litsea elongata, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 165. 
Tetranthera elongata, Wall. Cat. n. 2546. 
Daphnidium elongatum, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. p. 63, et Syst. 
Laurin. p. 620 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 231. 
Hvurzn: Kuei (4. Henry, 6160!) ; SzECHUEN : mount Omei 
at 5000 feet ( Faber) ; Kwanatuna (Ford, 155!). Herb. Kew. 
Himalayas, from Garhwal eastward, and Khasia. 
^ 7. Litsea Faberi, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex, ut videtur, ramulis floriferis brevibus puberulis nigres- 
centibus presertim ad apices foliosis. Folia conferta, coriacea, 
rigida, distincte petiolata, anguste lanceolata, sepius 3-4 poll. 
longa, acuminata, vix acuta, supra glabra, subtus plus minusve 
ferrugineo-puberula, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 
12 sat conspicuis. Flores bene evoluti non visi, umbellati, um- 
bellis sparsis breviter pedunculatis, pedunculis hirsutis; involucri 
bracteis pedicellisque sericeo-hirsutis. Perianthii segmenta peta- 
loidea, oblonga; anthere 4-loculares. Bacca deest. 
SzEcHUEN : mount Omei at 4000 feet (Faber!). Herb. Kew. 
8. Litsea glauca, Sieb. in Verhandl. Batav. Genootsch. xii. 
p. 24; Meisn. in DO. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 224; Franch. et Savat. 
Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 413. 
Laurus glauca, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 173. 
COREAN AncuiPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Oldham, 713 !). Herb. 
Kew. 
Japan. 
v 9. Litsea gracilipes, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Arbor 12-30-pedalis (4. Henry), omnino glabra, ramulis gra- 
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