16G lauiune.^p:. 



Litsea akoensis Hayata (Fig. 59-b). Matei. Fl. Formos. p. 24.5 : Des- 

 criptio auctata : — Bacca elliptico-obovoidea 17 mm. longa 10 mm. lata apice 

 rotimdata basi obtiisissima : cupula calycis late obconica ve\ subplaua truncata 

 6 mm. in diametro. 



Hab. Botansha, leg. S. Kusano, (fr.). 



Anotlier siiecimen witli fruits coUected in Mt. Arisan by myself in 1914 

 is veiy probably rcfcrable to this species. 



Litsea brideliifolia H-^yata sp. uov. (Fig. 58-b). Arbor ? Paimi et ra- 

 muli fusco-fulvescentes vel fuscentes subglabri, cortice glabro longitudiualiter 

 ruguloso remote lenticellato, lenticellis leviter elevatis oblongis fidvis, ramvdis 

 idtimis fidvo-molleque hirsutis. Folia chartacea obovata vel obovato-oblonga 

 62 cm. longa 33 mm. lata apice rotundato-obtusa vel obtusissima vel late tri- 

 angulari-acuta basi triangulari-cuneata acuta margine integra plana haud 

 recurva vel plus minus repandida, costis venis supra vix vel haud elevatis 

 subtus tenuissimis elevatis, venis lateralibus utroqire latere costa3 7-8, mediis 

 a costa angulo 50° egressis subrectis haud flexuosis circ. ad margincm attiu- 

 gentibus vcl prope niarginem evanescentibus, venidis gi-acillimis obscuris, rcticuhs 

 supra phLs subtus minus distincte visis, pagine supra in exsiccato viridescentia 

 haud uitida glabra ad costam paucc hirsuta subtus feiTugineo-colorata paucis- 

 sime hirsuta vel sul)glabra, pctiolis lcm. lougis dense hirsutis intus sidcatis. 

 Cymaj fructifenxj axillai-es 3 cni. longi\3 totius(jue latie fidvo-hirsutre, pedicello 

 ultimo subaccrescenti ; cupida 2 mm. in diametro, lobis calycis deciduis. Bacca 

 globosa 6-7 mm. in diametro minute apicidata. 



Hai;. Hainan, leg. N. Koxishi, Juni. 1909, (No. 70). 



Litsea dolichocarpa Hay.^ta sp. nov. (Fig. 59-d). Arbor 30 ped. alta. 

 Kamuli validiusculi ruliro-fidvescentes, cortice longitudinaliter fisso subsoluto 

 glabro. Gemma foliifera oblonga apice basique obtasa vel ad apiccm acuta 

 8 mm. longix 4| mm. lata, perulis midtiseriatim disiiositis rotundatis apice ro- 

 tundatis dorso tenuiter cinereo-pubescentibus ad marginem subglabris castaneo- 

 coloratis integris haud ciliolatis. Folia chartacea oblanceolata vel lineari- 

 lanceolata 12-15 cm. longa 28-38 mm. lata apice ciLspidato-acuminata, acumine 

 obtuso, l)asi obtusa vel cuucato-acuta margine integi-a haud rccur\-a haud carti- 

 laginea .supra glalira fusco-viridescentia subtus bre\-e Idrsuta glaucn-fulvescentia, 



