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Loureiro's material was from Cochin China, but his species and 

 the numerous synonyms based upon it have never been satis- 

 factorily placed and it is not mentioned by Lecomte in his recent 

 treatment of the Lauraceae of Indo China. 6 Hemsley 7 states 

 that he had seen only the fruit as it appears in commerce. It is 

 evident from Loureiro's other descriptions of species of Laurus 

 that the statement that the leaves of Laurus cubeba were nerve- 

 less was intended by him to imply that there were no longitudinal 

 nerves as in Cinnamomum, for he placed all the species of Cinna- 

 momum known to him under Laurus. The fruits are black, 

 about the size, shape, and color of the fruits of black pep- 

 per, as Loureiro notes, and like the leaves are very aromatic. 

 The species extends from Central China to India southward to 

 Java, and it is manifest that Loureiro's specific name should be 

 adopted for the species currently known as Litsea citraia Blume. 

 I have examined the following material: 



China, Kwangtung Province, Merrill 10960, Levine & Groff 

 158, Levine 1398, 3063, 3248, with the local name tan shi keung, 

 To Kang P'eng 2658, with the local name ts'ing tsz mule: India, 

 Meebold 5532, Craib 255: Indo China, Bon 4278: Malay Penin- 

 sula, Perak, Scortechini 270b, Haniff & McNur 2323: Java, Koor- 

 ders 3173, 25602, 27798, 32911, 38125, Winckel 256. 



MACHILUS Nees 

 MACHILUS LEViNEI sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, glaberrima ; foliis oblongis, crasse coriaceis, us- 

 que ad 18 cm longis, acuminatis, subtus glaucescentibus, nervis 

 utrinque 15 ad 18, subtus distinctis ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, 

 ramis umbellato-fasciculatis, 2 ad 3.5 cm longis; perianthii seg- 

 ments anguste oblongis, coriaceis, glabris, circiter 10 mm longis. 



A small, entirely glabrous tree, the branches and branchlets 

 reddish brown, wrinkled when dry, not lenticellate. Leaves 

 thickly coriaceous, oblong, 12 to 18 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, 

 base obtuse to acute, apex shortly acuminate, the upper surface 

 smooth, shining, rather pale when dry, the lower glaucous, the 

 midrib impressed on the upper surface, very prominent and red- 

 dish brown on the lower; lateral nerves 15 to 18 on each side 

 of the midrib, slender, distinct beneath, curved-ascending at an 

 angle of about 45 degrees ; petioles reddish brown, about 2.5 cm 

 long. Inflorescences terminal, the primary branches about 8, 

 reddish brown, umbellate-fascicled, 2 to 3.5 cm long, few-flowered. 

 Perianth segments oblong or narrowly oblong, acute to obtuse, 



9 F1. Gen. Indo-Chine 5 (1914) 107-158. 

 ' Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 26 (1891) 380. 



