622 CORRECTIONS 



acutiuscula, basi truncata, stipite incluso 1.75 mm. longa: ovarium subglobosum, 

 glabrum; stylus basi incrassatus, 3 mm. longus, stigmate capitate parvo. Drupa 

 subglobosa, minute apiculata, 6-7 mm. diam., glabra, basi perianthio reflexo in- 

 structa, pedicello vix incrassato. 



Western Hupeh : Ichang gorge, Ping-shan-pa, at river level, April and June 

 1901 (Veitch Exped. ^To. 366; type); Nanto, April 28, 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 99; 

 tree 8 m, tall, flowers white); Changyang Hsien, alt. 300 m., May 1907 (No. 3700; 

 tree 7-10 m. tall, flowers whitish); Hsingshan Hsien, April 1901 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 119); Patung Hsion, May 1931 (Veitch Exped. No. 1933); without precise 

 locality, A. Henry (No. 6121). 



This species is closely related to M. Thunhergii Siebold & Zuccarini which differs 

 chiefly in its broadei", obovate or obi ong-ob ovate, more coriaceous and more lus- 

 trous leaves quite glabrous even while young, in the yellow flowers quite glabrous 

 outside and in the larger fraits measuring 1 cm. or more in diameter. Henry's No. 

 6121 differs from the type of M. ickangensis in the shghtly silky under surface of 

 the mature leaves, but in all other characters it agrees with the type of the species. 

 Wilson's Nos. 3695 and 5184^ referred by Gamble to M. Thunhergii Siebold & 

 Zuccarini belong to Phoebe Sheareri Gamble. 



Like most other Chinese Lauraceae M. ickangensis is of rather local distribution 

 and is confined to a limited area in western Hupeh. It is very common at low alti- 

 tudes round Ichang and in other places in western Hupeh and is colloquially known 

 as the Hsiao Nanmu (Little Nanmu). It is a rather small tree, seldom exceeding 

 15 m. in height, and has short, thin branches wliich form a neat oval crown. The 

 flowers are white or nearly so and the globose fruit is shining black. 



The Japanese M. Thunhergii Siebold & Zuccarini with which this new species 

 has been confused is very different in habit and general appearance. During 1914, 

 Wilson became well acquainted with the Japanese species which grows from Yoko- 

 hama southward to the island of Yakushima and is especially common near the sea. 

 It is usually a tree of moderate height (from 10-15 m.) with a wide-spreading flat- 

 tened or flattened-round crown composed of massive branches and a short trunk from 

 2 to 4 m. in girth; the leaves are relatively broad, dark green and shining and the 

 flowers are yellow. The wood is heavy, very hard and tough and is used for various 

 purposes, among others by peasants and lumbermen it is used for making solid 

 wheels for low carts and trucks. The Japanese call this tree the " Tabu-no-ki.^ 

 A picture of this tree will be found under No. x220 of the collection of Wilson a 

 Japanese photographs. ^, 



Hemsley in a note {Hooker's Icon. sub. t. 2538) states that according to G. 

 M. H. Playfak Esqr., H. B. M. Consul at Ningpo, shavings of the wood of the 

 Chinese species yield a mucilage, when soaked in water, which is used by Chinese 

 ladies in ' bandolining ' their hair." According to Wilson the wood of neither the 

 Ichang tree {M. ickangensis Rehder & Wilson) nor that of the Japanese tree (M. 

 Thunhergii Siebold & Zuccarini) is used for any such purpose. 



Sassafras tziimu (p. 74). Add as a synonym after LUsea laxiflora: 

 Pse-udosassafras Tzumu Lecomte, Not. Syst. II. 269 (1912); in Nonv. Arcfi. 

 Mus. Paris, sdr. 5, V. 108 (1913). 



Caragana Maximowicziana (p. 103). To this species belongs the follovang 

 specimen: Kansu: Min-chou, alt. 2600-3000 m., 1910, TF. Purdom (No. 6S1 • 

 All specimens from western Szech'uan cited under this species belong to the fol- 

 lowing species: 



Caragana ekinacea Komarov in Act. Hort. Petrop. XXIX. 268, t. 9, ng- 

 B (Gen, Carag. Monog.) (1909). 



