LAURINEJE. 165 



Actinodaphne morrisonensis HAYATA n. n. Litsea morrisonensis 

 HAYATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 250. 



Actinodaphne nantcensis HAYATA n. 11. Litsea nantcensi* HAYATA 

 Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 251. 



Litsea LAM. 



Litsea Kawakamii HAYATA sp. nov. Arbor, ramis robustis subglabris. 

 Folia alterna in magnitudine variabilia ovato-lanceolata vel obovato-lanceolata 

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

 vel acuta basi cuneata ad petiolum decurrentia chartacea vel chartaceo- 

 membranacea vel cliartaceo-coriacea margine integra utraque pagine glabra 

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

 supra planis subtus elevatis gracilibus utroque latere costse circ. 20 subrectis 

 prope marginem evanescentibus a costa circ. 50 divaricatis, venulis minute 

 reticulatis, reticulis utraque elevatis, margine integerrima, petiolis 2 cm. 

 longis supra late canaliculatis basi non incrassatis. Cymse axillares fructiferee 

 acutge incrassatge, ramis incrassatis, pedicellis fructiferis valde acutis 1 cm. 

 longis validis cum calyce continuis. Cupula calycis fructiferi patelliformis 

 3 cm. in diametro 7 mm. alta, cicatricibus planis 17 mm. in diametro. Bacca 

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

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

 2 cm. in diametro 2 cm. longa apice subplana basi rotnndata, testa mem- 

 branacea laevi ; albumen 0, cotyledones semi-globosse, caudicula infra apicem 

 immersa. 



HAB. Kotosho, leg. Y. TASHIEO et T. KAWAKAMI, Aug. 1912. 



Very imperfect specimen. Through the courtesy of Mr. E. D. MERRILL, 

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

 closely allied to the Philippine L. Garcia Vn>. (in Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

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

 found that ours are different from the Philippine, so far as I can judge 

 through the description of the latter, in having cuneately based leaves and 

 smaller fruits. 



