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Distribution: also Chekiang, Hunan; Japan. 



I have seen no flowering specimens of this species from northern China 

 and therefore cannot be absolutely sure if the specimens cited above 

 belong here, but in leaf and fruit they agree well with B. umbellatum. 



Benzoin reflexum (Hemsley) Rehderin Jour. Arnold Arb. 1. 145 (1919). 

 Bailey, Gent. Herb. l. 24 (1920). 



Honan: Chikung shan, L. H. Bailey, June 16, 1917 (Gray Herb.). 

 See also Bailey, 1. c. 



Benzoin fruticosum (Hemsley) Rehder in Jour. Arnold Arb. I. 145 

 (1919).— Hers in Jour. N. China Branch R. As. Soc. Lin. 107 (1922); 

 Liste Ess. Lign. Honan, 4 (1922). 



Honan: Sung hsien, Shih tze miao, J. Hers, no. 496, May 26, 1919; 

 Sung hsien, San kuan miao, alt. 1200 m., J. Hers, no. 539, May 24, 1919; 

 without precise locality, J. Hers, no. 40, 1918. — See also Hers, 1. c. 



The specimens cited above are all sterile and their determination there- 

 fore remains open to some doubt. 



Benzoin cercidifolium Rehder in Jour. Arnold Arb. i. 144 (1919). 

 Hers in Jour. N. China Branch R. As. Soc. Lin. 107 (1922); Liste Ess. 

 Lign. Honan, 4 (1922). 



Lindera cercidijolia Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 387 (1891). — ? Diels 

 in Bot. Jahrb. xxxvi. beibl. lxxxii. 45 (1905). 



Honan: Sung hsien, Shih tze miao, J. Hers, no. 495, May 26, 1919 

 Sung hsien, San kuan miao, alt. 1200 m., J. Hers, no. 538, May 24, 1919 

 Lushih, Hiung eul shan, alt. 1400 m., J. Hers, no. 903, October 10, 1919 

 Lushih, Lao kiun shan, alt 2000 m., J. Hers, nos. 1152, 1193, September 21, 

 1919; Tsi yuan hsien, Tien tan shan, J. Hers, nos. 1697, 1749, September 

 16 and 21, 1921; without precise locality, J. Hers, no. 35, 1918. — See 

 also Hers, 1. c. 



Shensi: G. Giraldi (ex Diels, 1. c). 



Distribution: also Kiangsi, Hupeh, Szechuan. 



Possibly Giraldi's specimens from Shensi referred by Diels to B. cercidi- 

 folium represent the following species, at least the specimen with pubescent 

 leaves; B. cercidifoliuvi as far as I know has the leaves always quite 

 glabrous except axillary tufts of hairs beneath. 



Benzoin obtusilobum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. 569 (1891). 



Lindera obtusiloba Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. 325 (1850). — Loesener 



in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xxxvn. abt. n. 125 (1919). 

 Lindera obtusiloba var. 0. villosa Meisner in De Candolle, Prodr. xv. pt. I. 



246 (1869).— Loesener in Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xxxvn. abt. n. 125 (1919). 

 Lindera triloba Franchet in M6m. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. 250 (1884). — 



Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 392 (1891). — Faber, Denkschr. Ent- 



wickel. Kiautschou, 31 (1898). — Gilg in Bot. Jahrb. xxxiv. beibl. lxxv. 



35 (1904).— Non Blume. 

 ? Lindera cercidijolia Diels in Bot. Jahrb. xxxvi. beibl. lxxxii. 45 (1905), 



tandem pro parte. — Vix Hemsley. 



Shantung : Lau shan, F. N. Meyer, no. 2588, August, 1907. — See also 

 Franchet, 1. c, Hemsley, 1. c, Faber, 1. c, Gilg, 1. c., and Loesener, 1. c. 



