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In Hupeh this shrub is commonly known as " Mu-cliiangtzu " and the pungent 

 fruit is used as a spice. E. H. W. 



Lindera reflexa Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 391 (1891). 

 Kiangsi : Kuling, thickets, alt. 1200 m., common, July and August 

 1907 (Nos. 1621, 1632, 1639; bush 3 m. tall). 



I make this identification with some doubt because Ford*s specimen from which 

 Hemsley described the species is rather poor. 



Lindera setchuenensis Gamble, n. sp. 



Arbor ad 18 m. alta, ramulis brunneis conspicue lenticellatis 

 gracilibus. Folia chartacea, lineari-oblonga, apice et basi acuminata, 

 supra glabra olivacea, subtus grisea, praesertim ad nervos et nervulos 

 minute pubescentia, 15-17 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata; costa supra 

 gracilis, subimpressa, subtus conspicue elevata; nervi laterales utrinque 

 circa 17, secundariis brevibus alternantibus multis; nervulis transversi 

 conspicui, ramosi; reticulatio areolata; petiolus gracilis 7 mm. longus. 

 Umbellulae S nondum visae, 9 soUtariae v. binae ex axillis foliorum; 

 pedunculus brevis; bracteae involucrales orbiculares, fere glabrae, 3 

 mm. longae; flores in umbellulis 5; perianthii lobi oblongi, tenues, vix 

 1 mm. longi; staminodia 9, ordinum I. et II. clavata, 0.75 mm. longa, 

 basi villosa, ordinis III. paullo breviora, obtusa, glandulis 2 magnis 

 capitatis stipitatis ad basim; ovarium ovoideum, stylo curvato, stig- 

 mate capitate. Bacca ovoidea, 1 cm. longa, perianthii tubo incrassato 

 cupuliformi staminodiis persistentibus suffulta; pedicellus fructifer 

 incrassatus, 5 mm. longus. 



Western Szech'uan: Yachou Fu, open country, alt. 900 m., 

 October 1910 (No. 4586). 



182 (1880). 



itrychnifolia 



Benzoin strycknifolium Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL I. 569 (1891). 

 Daphnidium strycknifolium Siebold & Zuccarini in Ahh. Akad. Munch. IV. 

 pt. III. 207 {Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. II. 83) (1846). 



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Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets, alt. 1200 m., July 1907 (No. 1635; a 



dense bush 1-2 m. tall). Western Szech'uan: W^n-ch'uan Hsien, 



thickets, alt. 1200-1500 m., October 1910 (No. 4593; bush 3 m. tall, 

 fruit black). 



Lmdera strychnifolia, var. Hemsleyana Diels in BoL Jahrb. XXIX. 

 352 (1900). 



Lindera strychnifolia, var.? Hemsley m Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 392 (1891). 



