164 LAUEINE^. 



aciita vel acuminata ad summum obtusa basi cuneata vel cuneatoobtusa 

 6-8 cm. longa 2 cm. lata, costis supra sulcatis subtus prominentibus, venis 

 lateralibus primariis teniussimis subtus leviter eleratis, petiolis 1 cm. longis 

 supra late sulcatis. Paniculge 4-5 ad apicem ramomm fasciculatre 8 cm. longse, 

 pedunculis 5 cm. longis, ramis 1-li cm. longis, floribus ad apicem ramorum 

 2-3-4- fasciculatim dispositis, pedicellis idtimis 3 mra. lougis. Perianthium 

 6-lobatum uti-inque hirsutum, lobis oblongis. Stamina perfecta 9, staminodia 3. 

 H.\.B. Kusukusu. 



Notaphoehe Bltime. 



Notaphoebe Konishii Hay.\.t.\ u. n.=il/«r7ife KonisMi Hay.a.ta Mater. 

 n. Formos. j). 240. 



The plant should better be refeiTed to Notaphcdx, for the staminodes of 

 the fomih order are very small and subulate, the segmeuts of the perianth are 

 rather thin, and tlie plant does not look like a species of the IlacMits allies. 



Actinodaphne Nees. 



Actinodaphne citrata (Blume.) (Fig. 21.). =Litsea citrata Blume; 

 Hayata Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 247. 



Obseev. Rami glabri nigricantes, ramuHs graciUbus. Folia alterna 

 petiolata subpersistentia membranacea lanceolata 7 cm. longa 16 mm. lata 

 apicc acuminata basi acuta vel obtusa, costis et venis utrinque paullum 

 elevatis, venis primariis gracillimis, petiolis 8 mm. longis. Umbellse florum 

 racemose dispositse, racemis asillaribus l^ cm. longis, pedicellis umbellarum 



8 mm. longis, vel racemis in umbellam tinam reductis. Umbellse 4-florata3, basi 

 bracteis 4 pereisteutibus globosis 4 mm. longis 5-uervatis apice rotundatis 

 membranaceis glabris. Periauthium 6-partitiuu glabrum, segmentis late 

 ovatis obtusis 2 mm. lougis l^ mm. latis integi-is vel denticulatis. Stamina 



9 omuia perfecta 2 mm. louga segmeuto perianthii a^qualia, filameutis glabris 

 linearibus, ordinis primarii et secimdarii eglandulosa, ordinis tertii glandula 

 breve stipitata utriuque aucta, antheris orauibus introi-sum 4-IoceIIatis. 

 Rudimentum ovarii minutum. FI. ? : ignoti. Bacca globosa nigiicaus 5 mm. 

 longa, perianthii tubo nou accrescenti insidens, segmentis calycis deciduis. 



