LAURINE^. 165 



Actinodaphne morrisonensis HAYATA n. n. Litsea morrisonensis 

 HAY ATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 250. 



Actinodaphne nantcensis HAYATA n. n. Litsea nantcensis HAYATA 

 Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 251. 



Litsea LAM. 



Litsca Kawakamii HAYATA sp. iiov. Arbor, ramis robustis subglabris. 

 Folia alterna in magnitudiue variabilia ovato-lanceolata vel obovato-lanceolata 

 vel lanceolata 25-40 cm. longa 6-15 cm. lata apice obtusa cuneato-obtusa 

 vel acuta basi cuneata ad petiolum decurrentia chartacea vel chartaceo- 

 membranacea vel chartaceo-coriacea margine integra utraque pagine glabra 

 subtus glauca, costa supra plana 4 mm. lata subtns prominent!, venis lateralibus 

 supra plaiiis subtus elevatis gracilibus utroque latere costse circ. 20 subrectis 

 prope rnarginem evanescentibus a costa circ. 50 divaricatis, venulis minute 

 reticulatis, reticulis utraque elevatis, margine integerrima, petiolis 2^ cm. 

 longis supra late canaliculatis basi non incrassatis. Cymse axillares fructiferte 

 acute incrassatoe, ramis incrassatis, pedicellis fructiferis valde acutis li cm. 

 longis validis cum calyce continuis. Cupula calycis fructiferi patelliformis 

 3 cm. in diametro 7 mm. alta, cicatricibus planis 17 mm. in diametro. Bacca 

 compresso-globosa 3 cm. in diametro 22 mm. alta, in cupula insidens, 1- 

 sperma primum alba demuni rubra. Semina obovato-compresso-globosa 

 24- cm. in diametro 2 cm. loiiga apice subplana basi rotundata, testa mem- 

 branacea l?Bvi ; albumen 0, cotyledoiies semi-globospe, caudicula infra apicem 



immersa. 



H1\B. Kotosho, leg. Y. TASHIKO et T. KAWAKAMI, Aug. 1912. 



Very imperfect specimen. Through the courtesy of Mr. E. D. MERRILL, 

 Bureau of science, Manila, I was able to find that it belongs to Litsea and is 

 closely allied to the Philippine L. Garcice VID. (in Itev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 p. 228). I have compared our specimens with the Philippine species, and 

 found that ours are different from the Philippine, so far as I can judge 

 through the description of the latter, in having cuneately based leaves and 

 smaller fruits. 



