116. LAURINES. 385 
bus utrinque circiter 5. Flores flavi (fide A. Henry), circiter 3 
lineas diametro, distincte umbellati, umbellis breviter peduncu- 
latis 8-12-floris, involucri bracteis erassiusculis extus glabris cito 
deciduis, pedicellis 4-6 lineas longis gracilibus pedunculisque 
sericeo-hirsutis. — Perianthi segmenta fere libera, petaloidea, 
obovata, longitudinaliter 3-4-venosa, creberrime pellucido punc- 
tata, florum 9 paulo minora et hirsutiora; filamenta ima basi 
tautum hirsuta. Bacca crassa, immatura tantum visa, globosa, 
cireiter sesqui-lineam diametro, pedicello sursum leviterincrassato. 
Hvren: Ichang, Patung, Changlo, and other localities (A. 
Henry, 230, 1302, 3617, 3617 B, 62947); SzEcnvEN: South 
Wushan (A. Henry, 5579 !). Herb. Kew. 
According to a note by Dr. Henry, the Chinese call this moun- 
tain pepper, and a cultivated kind, it is stated, is eaten. This 
may refer to L. piperita, Juss., the fruit of which is indeed very 
similar to that of L. pungens, Hemsl., though larger and having 
a distinctly articulated pedicel. 
' 19. Litsea rotundifolia, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex ramulis gracilibus glabris. Folia sparsa, brevissime 
petiolata, subcoriacea, late ovalia vel fere orbicularia, 9-18 lineas 
diametro, subtus glauca et secus costam primum puberula, venis 
primariis lateralibus utrinque 3-4; petiolus brevissimus, crassus, 
puberulus. Florum fasciculi subsessiles, ssepius circiter 3-flori, 
bracteis tarde deciduis, pedicellis brevissimis. Perianthium alte 
6-lobatum, tubo hirsuto cupuliformi, lobis petaloideis inæquali- 
bus, cvoideo-oblongis ; stamina 9, filamentis fere filiformibus parce 
barbatis. Bacca ignota. 
Sourn Cura: probably Kwanetune (Harland!) Herb. 
Kew. 
20. Litsea sebifera, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. p. 4; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. v. p. 157 cum synon. 
Tetranthera laurifolia, Jacg. Hort. Schenbr. i. p. 59, t. 113: Meisn. 
in DC. Prodr. xv. 1, p. 178. 
Sebifera glutinosa, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 638. 
Glabraria tersa, Linn. Mant. p. 276. 
Litsea chinensis, Lam. Encycl. iii. p. 574. 
Tetranthera Roxburghii, Blume, Mus. Bot. ii. p. 373. l 
Tetranthera citrifolia, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 293, non Tetranthera citrata, 
Nees. 
Curva: without locality (Millett!); Kwanatune: Macao 
