lai:rine.e. 165 



Actinodaphne morrisonensis H.iYATA n. n. Litsea monisonensis 

 Hayata Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 250. 



Actinodaphne nantoensis Hayata n. n. Litsea /lantosnsis Hayata 

 Mater. Fl, Formos. p. 251. 



Litsea Lam. 



Litsea Kawakamii Hayata sp. uov. Arbov, ramis robiistis subglaliris. 

 Folia alterna iu maguitudiue variabilia ovato-lanceolata vel obovato-lauceolata 

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

 vel acuta basi cimeata ad petiolum decurrentia cliartacea vel cliaiiaceo- 

 merabranacea vel chartaceo-coriacea raargine integra utraque pagiue glabra 

 subtus glauca, costa supra plana 4 mm. lata subtus prominenti, venis lateraUbus 

 supra planis siibtus elevatis gi'aci]ibus utroque latere costsB circ. 20 subrectis 

 prope marginem evauescentibus a costa circ. 50" divaricatis, venulis miuute 

 reticulatis, reticulis utra<iue elevatis, margine integerrima, petiolis 2} cra. 

 longis supra late caualiculatis basi non incrassatis. Cym£e axillares fruetiferas 

 acutie incrassatse, ramis incrassatis, pedicellis fructiferis valde acutis 1 J cra. 

 longis vaHdis cum calyce continuis. Cupula calycis fructiferi j)atelUforrais 

 3 cm. in diametro 7 mra. alta, cicati-icibus plauis 17 uim. iu diameti-o. Bacca 

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

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

 2^ cm. in diaraetro 2 cm. longa apice subplana basi rotuudata, testa raem- 

 brauacea Isevi ; albumeu 0, cotyledones scmi-globosse, caudicula iufra apicem 

 iraraersa. 



Hab. Kotoslio, leg. Y. Tashieo et T. Kawakami, Aug. 1912. 



Very impeiiect specimen. Tlu-ough the coui-tesy of Mr. E. D. Merrill, 

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

 closely allied to the Phihppine L. Garcice ViD. (iu Itev. PI. A^asc. Filip. 

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

 foimd that oms are different from the Philippine, so far as I can judge 

 through the description of the latter, in Iiaving cuueately based leaves and 

 smaller fraits. 



