HAMAMELIDACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehder and E. H. Wilson. 



LIQUIDAMBAR L. 



Liquidambar formosana Hance in Ann. Sci. Nat, s^r. 5, V. 215 

 (1866); in Jour. Bot. V. 110 (1867); VIII. 274 (1870). — Oliver in 

 Hooker's Icon. XI. 14, t. 1020 (1867-1871). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. 

 Soc. XXIII. 291 (1887). — Diels in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 379 (1900). — 

 Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 288 (1910).— 

 Dunn & Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. ser. X. 101 (1912). 



Liquidambar acerifolia Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. PMersbourg, X. 



486 (1866). 

 Liquidambar sp. Hemsley in Jour. Bot. XIV. 207 (1876). 

 Liquidambar Maximowiczii Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. III. 200 (1877). — 



Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s6r. 2, VII. 167 (1884-1885). 

 Liquidambar formosana, var. Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 291 (1887). 



Kiangsi: foot-hills around Kiukiang, alt. 300 m., August 1907 

 (No. 1628; tree, 16-20 m. tall, bark grey, fissured); Kuling thickets, 

 alt. 1300 m., July 1907 (No. 1629; small tree, 5 m. tall). Western 

 Hup eh: north and south of Ichang, woodlands and open country, 

 alt. 30-1000 m., April and November 1907 (No. 513, tree 16-40 m. 

 tall, girth 2-4 m., bark on young trees smooth, greyish-white becom- 

 ing fissured and dark with age) ; without locality, April and November 

 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 218); without locality, A. Henry (Nos. 5218, 

 1630). Eastern Szech'uan: south Wushan, A. Henry (No. 

 5218^). Chekiang: vicinity of Ningpo, 1908, D. Macgregor. 

 Kwangtung: North River, September 1866, Hance (No. 11209 in 

 part); West River, Sai-chu-shan, February 1869, Sampson (Herb. 

 Hance No. 11209, in part). Formosa: 1864, R. Oldham (No. 881); 

 Tamsiu, Morse ex A. Henry (No. 425); Taitum, May 6, 1903, U. 

 Faurie (No. 45). Cultivated in Japan. 



This is one of the most widely distributed trees in China, being found in all the 

 warm-temperate parts from Formosa in the east to the confines of Thibet in the 

 west and Kwangtung in the south. It is particularly abundant in western Hupeh 

 up to 1000 m. alt. and this region is probably the center of its greatest distribution. 



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