382 -116. LAURINE®. 
cillimis nigrescentibus. Folia tenuiter coriacea, longiuscule gra- 
ciliterque petiolata, lanceolata, vix acuta, cum petiolo 2-4 poll. 
longa, subtus pallidiora, venis inconspicuis, ultimis minute reticu- 
latis; petiolus circiter semipollicaris. Florum fasciculi axillares 
et extra-axillares, circiter 6-flori, bracteis fere glabris, pedicellis 
sericeo-hirsutis. Flores tetrameri; perianthii segmenta peta- 
loidea, tenuia, ovata, extus hirsuta ; stamina 6, filamentis fere 
filiformibus. Bacca rubra (ex A. Henry), globosa, 4-5 lineas dia- 
metro, pedicello leviter incrassato, apice breviter cupulari. 
HvurEH: Nanto and mountains to the northward (4. Henry, 
2999 ); SzEcHvEN : North Wushan (4. Henry, 7113, 7114). 
Herb. Kew. 
10. Litsea hupehana, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Arbor 10-30-pedalis (.4. Henry), ramulis floriferis gracilius- 
culis glabris nigrescentibus lenticellatis. Folia sparsa, graciliter 
petiolata, tenuiter coriacea, auguste lanceolata, cum petiolo 3-5 
poll. longa, aeuta, basi cuneata vel subrotundata, utrinque glabra, 
supra nitidiuscula, subtus glauca, venis primariis, lateralibus 
numerosis; petiolus gracilis, 5-9 lineas longus, supra puberulus. 
Florum fasciculi sessiles vel brevissime peduneulati, axillares, 
plures aggregati, circiter 3-flori, bracteis puberulis, pedicellis 
crassiusculis sericeo-hirsutis. Flores flavi(A. Henry) ; perianthii 
lobi 6, inequales, obovata vel lanceolata, extus plus minusve hir- 
suta; stamina 9, filamentis parce barbatis, antheris 4-locularibus. 
Hupen: Fang (A. Henry, 6607, 66601). Herb. Kew. 
Specimens almost exactly like this were collected by Sir Joseph 
Hooker at the coal-pits of Churra, in Khasia. They are men- 
tioned in the ‘ Flora of British India’ (v. p. 169) under L. Meiss- 
neri, Hook. f. 
11. Litsea japonica, Juss. in Ann. Mus. Par. vi. 2 212; Poir. 
in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. iii. p. 480. 
Tetranthera japonica, Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. p. 266 ; Meisn. in DC. 
Prodr. xv. l, p. 181; Sieb. et Zuec. Fl. Jap.i. p. 166, t. 87 et t. 100. f. 2; 
Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 412. 
Tomex japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 190, et Ic. Pl. Jap. dec. 3, t. 7. 
COREAN ARCHIPELAGO: Port Hamilton (Oldham, 709!) ; 
Lucau AncurpegLAGO (Wright!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
12. Litsea lancifolia, Fillar in Blanco, Fl. Fi ilip. ed. 3, Nov. 
App. p. 181. 
