LAURINE.E. 171 



IJmm. longa hirsuta, ordinis I. et II. eglandulosa, orcliuis III. glandulis utroque 

 latere aucta, glandulis antheriformibus substipitatis. Ovarium oblique ovoideum 

 mm. longum glabrum, stylo validiusculo 2 mm. longo sparse liirsuto apice 

 dilatato plus minus irregulariter horizontaliter lobato. 



HAB. Holisha, leg. W. E. PRICE, (No. 704). 



Eemarkablc for its floriferous gemma* which are usually in pair, each 

 of the pair having a single flower protected by two pairs of the perula?. 



Actinodaphne morrisonensis HAYATA (Fig. 60-d). Ic. PI. Formos. III. 

 p. 165. 



Actinodaphne mushaensis HAYATA (Fig. 60-b). n. n. Litsea mushcemis 

 HAYATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 250. Descriptio auctata : Gemma florifera late 

 globosa axillaris vel ad rarnulos lateraliter sita globosa 5 mm. in diametro breve 

 pedunculata, pedunculis dense villosis 1-2 mm. longis vel longioribus pilis 

 fulvescentibus, perulis rotundatis dorso sericeo-pubescentibus margine longe molle- 

 que barbatis intus glaberrimis. Flores glomerati, glomeris 5-6-floratis ; floribus 

 sub-sessilibus vel breve pedicellatis. Fl. $ : pedicellis 1 mm. longis dense villosis. 

 Calycis tubus brevissimus subnullus extus dense villosus intus dense barbatus, 

 segmentis 3-6 imequalibus vel subaaqualibus, longioribus oblongo-linearibus 

 vel obovatis vel spathulatis 21 mm. longis 1-2 mm. latis apice truncatis obtusis 

 vel obtusissimis extus deorsum dense villosis intus glabris margine longe ciliato- 

 barbatis. Stamina pcrfecta 9 (more Actinodaphne) rarius 10 (more Litsea?) ; 

 stamina ordinis I. eglandulosa, filamentis dense barbatis, antheris quadrangula- 

 ribus. Stamina ordinis II. generaliter eglandulosa sed rarius glandulosa, stamina 

 ordinis III. utroque latere manifeste glandulis aucta, glandulis cum antheris 

 Eeqmformibus subscssilibus vel breve stipitatis ; stamina ordinis IV. generaliter 

 ad nullum reducta vel rarius 1-2, glandulis aucta, antheris minoribus. Eudi- 

 mentum ovarii nullum. Fl. -9- subsessiles; calycis tubus obconicus 1mm. longus 

 extus villosus intus glaberrimus; segmenta triangulari-ovata decidua apice acuta 

 basi hand vel vix contracta intus glabra extus sericeo-villosa sursum glabra 

 margine dense barbata 2 mm. longa 1 mm. lata. Staminodia lineari-filiformia 

 basi barbata 1^ mm. longa glandulis utroque aucta, glandulis \}-formibus vel 

 auriculiformibus breve stipitatis, stipitibus ^ mm. longis barbatis. Ovarium 

 oh- vel ovoideum 1mm. longum glaberrimum urceolato-constrictum summo 



