56 



those examined agree with the descriptions and the excellent 

 figures in Sargent's " Silva of North America," vol. vii. t. 304. 



OnlV a small nnmhm* r\f fl/v™^™, ^4 n^ nu\~~ • 



Only a small number of flowers of the Chinese species were 



i n structure. The 



examined, but they were so far uniform 



following is a comparison of the flowers of the two species t 



Male flowers 

 Stamens 



\ffi 



S. Tzumu, Hemsl. 



• * 



glabrous within hairy within. 

 6 + 3 with the fila- 6 + 3 with the fila- 

 ments bigland- ments 



Staminodes 



ular at the base 



none 



none 



Pistillode <„ 



Female flowers glabrous within 

 Staminodes ... 



3 + 3 



bigland- 



ular at the base. 

 5, alternating with 

 the glandular 



stamens, 

 prominent. 



hairy within. 



6 + 3 + 3, similar to 



stamens 

 staminodes 



the $ . 



in 



*^£m^tJZ2^^"* ful1 description of 



characters will be sufficient here. 



as he has caliedT S ^5^ ° fficimle or Sassafras Sassafras, 

 tvem ThTiltianZT - V l° h v ly ° ne of the nr8t N « rth American 

 "Herbal" Mw I 1 "' tT* 6 * Gerar(le de8cribe « « *° hi « 



(1633) L sates th^^ n ^ * e<liti ° n ° f the mnB WOtk 



recorded specimen fiST^Kew f.l^^' V ° L ii£ * 130 ^ 

 and the lafter as ha.in? ftJank S^gZ£%££? ** ** 



on ;r{xsr ^Thv is a vaiuabie timber * tree wh - h ' 



dimensions. It is the t~u 1t!7' sometimes attains very large 

 appears to be abnntotTthe ^'^ °/ g e ^al China, and 

 Possesses specimens from V Pro Tince of Hupeh. Kew also 

 Kinkiang, Lan«T?.l£°JL? ingpo ' Chekian S (^''), and from 



XII.-DECADES KEWENSES 



Plantarum Novarum 



n* Herbario Hortt Regii 



CONSERVATARUM. 



421 



DECAS XLIII 



lewanth, Sta™ dS^la'S ^""^cnlaceae] ; aftmis A. 

 divisionibus linearihus bre? loTSS i « fa mu,t0 ma ^ ,is 'fissectis 

 magis hiante, nectario hand £?i<£ ♦ *' gaIoa ma - is depressa et 

 versns gibbosa. UUl Cdlca ™to, sed In dorso basin cncnlte 



