116. LAURINEX. 387 
Honexone (Zyre!); YuNNAN (Anderson). Herb. Kew. 
Himalaya mountains from Kumaon eastward, Khasia and 
Muneypore. 
^ 2. Lindera cercidifolia, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Arbor grandis (A. Henry), ramulis ultimis crassiuseulis rigidis 
glabris. Folia longe petiolata, subcoriacea, orbiculari-ovata, 
nune obscure irilobata nune, sed rarius, distincte etsi breviter 
trilobata, 2-33 poll. longa lataque, acuminata, basi rotundata, 
leviter cordata vel interdum subtruncata, triplinervia, eum venis 
lateralibus distinctis, preter axillas barbatas nervorum glabra, 
supra subnitida, subtus pallidiora; petiolus gracilis, 6-12 lineas 
longus. Flores flavi (A. Henry), precoces, dense fascieulati, 
fasciculis sessilibus involucratis, bracteis amplis ovato-rotundatis 
extimis extus glabris intus sericeis cito deciduis, intimis intus 
glabris extus sericeis, pedicellis eireiter semipollicaribus longe 
densissimeque sericeo-pilosis. Perianthit segmenta petaloidea, 
spathulata, fere glabra, 2-3 lineas longa; stamina 9 filamentis 
basi barbatis; ovarii rudimentum glabrum. Bacca ignota. 
Hurrem: Patung district (A. Henry, 2523, 3792, 4919 !). 
Herb. Kew. 
We have associated the specimens bearing the above numbers 
on the authority of Dr. A. Henry, and, so far as the material 
goes, we see no reason for doubting that they are of the same 
species; but at the same time there is always a possibility of 
error when the flowers appear before the leaves, as in this in- 
stance, unless the specimens are taken from the very same trec. 
3. Lindera citriodora, Hemsl. 
Aperula citriodora, Blume, Mus. Bot. i. p. 366; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 
xv. 1, p. 241; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 414; Engler, Bot. 
Jahrb. vi. p. 57. 
Benzoin citriodorum, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. n. 711. 
Lvcuv ARCHIPELAGO (Döderlein ex Engler). 
Japan. 
» 4. Lindera communis, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Arbor parva vel frutex, ramulis floriferis gracilibus puberulis 
vel glabrescentibus. Folia sparsa, brevissime petiolata, crassa, 
coriacea, sepius lanceolata, interdum anguste lanceolata, rarius 
ovata, late ovata vel fere orbicularia simul abrupte acuminata, 
2-4-pollicaria, acute acuminata, interdum caudato-acuminata, 
supra glabra, nitida, subtus cinerea vel pallide ferruginea, pube- 
