116. LAURINEE. 389 
Changyang, Nanto and other localities (A. Henry, 347, 1501, 
1563, 2101, 2284, 2817, 3239, 6200, 7774!) ; SzkcHvEN: South 
Wushan (A. Henry, 7217 !); Kwanerune (Ford!) Mus. Brit.; 
Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
A critical examination of all the specimens referred here and 
to L. sericea and some two or three other allied species might 
lead to alterations in their limits and probably to combinations. 
To some extent we have been guided by what Dr. Henry regarded 
as the same species in the field. Numbers 1501, 1563, 2817, and 
3239 he indicated in his notes as the ** Niwehin" tree of the 
Chinese. 
“S. Lindera megaphylla, Hemsl., n. =p. 
Arbor grandis, fere undique glabra vel cito glabrescens, ramulis 
floriferis crassis rigidis purpureo-nigrescentibus simul parce 
lenticellatis. Folia sparsa, longiuscule petiolata, crassa, coriacea, 
lanceolata vel lanceolato-oblonga, ssepius 6-9 poll. longa, interdum 
pedalia vel ultra, glaberrima, utrinque attenuata sed vix acuta, 
supra sgpius nitidiuscula, subtus pallida vel glauca, venarum 
primariarum conspicuarum numerus valde variabilis, venis ultimis 
minute reticulatis ; petiolus 9-18 lineas longus. Florum umbelle 
breviter pedunculate, multiflore, ssepius geminate, bracteis 
amplis cucullatis plus minusve sericeo-hirsutis, pedicellis gracili- 
bus semipollicaribus dense sericeo-pilosis deinde glabrescentibus 
incrassatis. Perianthii segmenta petaloidea, obovato-spathulata, 
vix 3 lineas longa, sepius dorso infra medium parce pilosa; 
stamina 9, petala superantia, filamentis fere filiformibus ima basi 
tantum leviter barbatum, ordinis tertii glandulis 2 maximis 
stipitatis instructis. Bacca nigra, ovoidea, circiter 9 lineas longa, 
basi perianthii tubo aucto cupulari cincta. 
KraNGsr:: Kiukiang mountains (Faber!); HUPEH: Ichang, 
Patung, Chienshih, Nanto and mountains to the northward 
(A. Henry, 1112, 1284, 2195, 3010, 3010 A, 3151, 3345, 3345 A, 
3345 B, 4508, 6609, 7525, 7618, 7848 A!). Herb. Kew. 
9. Lindera membranacea, Maxim. in Mél. Biol. vi. p. 
Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap.i. p. 415. l 
KrawGsU: hills near Shanghai (Carles!); Huren: Chang- 
yang (A. Henry, 5248, 5248 A!) ; Szecnurn: South Wushan 
(A. Henry, 5885!). Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
