LAURACEAE. — LITSEA 75 



October 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 421^. Western Szech'uan: Mt. 

 Omei, thickets, alt. 1100 m., October 1908 (No. 1117; tree 6 m. 

 tall, fruit black) ; same locality, November 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 4425). 



This is a tree of medium size common in western Hupeh and Szech'uan. With 

 other species of the genus it is colloquially known as '' Nanmu shu," E. H. W. 



Here may be added notes on two other Chinese species not collected during the 

 Arnold Arboretum Expeditions. 



Actinodaphne cupularis Gamble, n. comb. 

 Litsea cupularis Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc, XXVI. 380 (1891). 



Western Hupeh: without locality, September and November 1901 (Veitch 

 Exped. Nos. 2637% 421). Western Szech'uan : Mt. Omei, September 1904 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 5179); without locality, A. E, Pratt (No. 799). 



Actinodaphne reticulata Meissner in De Candolle, Prodr. XV. pt. I. 212 (1864). 

 Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, October 1903, 1904 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 

 4424, 5177). 



LITSEA Lam. 

 Litsea citrata Blume, Bijdr. 565 (1825). 



Tetranthera citrata C. G, Nees von Esenbeck, Syst. Laur. 560 (1836). 

 Tetranthera polyantha WaUich, Cat. No. 2538 (nomen nudum) (1829). — C. G. 

 Nees von Esenbeck in WaUich, PL As. Bar. II. 67 (1831). 



Kiangsi : Kuling, thickets, alt. 1300 m., abundant, July 1907 (No. 

 1625; bush 2-3 m.). Western Hupeh; neighborhood of Ichang, 

 ravines, alt. 300-600 m., March 20, July 1907 (No. 3689; bush 2-5 m., 

 flowers yellow, fruit black) ; same locality, April and September 1901 

 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 1795, 2637). Western Szech'uan: west and 

 near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300 m., September 1908 (No. 

 821; bush 2,5 m., fruit black). 



Litsea sericea Hooker f., Fl Brit Ind. V. 156 (1886). 



Tetranthera sericea Wallich apud C. G. Nees von Esenbeck in Wallich, PL As. 

 Ear. II. 67 (1831), — C. G. Nees von Esenbeck, Syst Laur. 665 (1836). 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, ravines and woodlands, alt. 

 300-1000 m., April 1907 (Nos. 3688, 3687, in part; bush or slender 

 tree 2^ m. tall, flowers yellow); same locality, alt. 1350 m., April 1900 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 424); near Ichang, thickets, alt. 300-500 m,, 

 common, April 1907 (No. 3687, in part; bush 2-3 m., flowers yellow). 

 Eastern Szech'uan: Wushan Hsien, May 1900 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 623). Western Szech'uan: Tung River valley, near Wa-shan, 

 thickets, alt. 1000-1300 m., June 1908 (No. 3674; bust 4^6 m., flowers 

 yellow); Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 6176). 



