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girth 1-2 m., wood rather soft, yellowish) ; Chienshi Hsien, July 1900 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 1329). Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, June 

 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 5184^). 



MACHILUS Nees. 



Machilus Boumei Hemsley in Jour. Ldnn. Soc. XXVI. 373 (1891). 



Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, thickets in rocky places, alt. 

 300-1000 m., July 1907 (Nos. 3699, 3704; tree 6-15 m. tall, girth 1- 

 1.5 m., flowers white) ; without locality, June 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 2006). Western Szech'uan: Chengtu Plain, round houses and 

 temples, alt. 300-600 m., abundant. May 11, 1908 (No. 3701; tree 

 12-33 m. tall, girth 2-4 m., flowers yellowish) ; Kiating Fu, alt. 300- 

 1300 m., May 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4426); Mt. Omei, 1904 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 5184). 



This is the most common species of " Nanmu " in western Szech'uan and is 

 particularly abundant on the Chengtu Plain. It is a tall, stately, densely leafy 

 tree with ascending main branches and relatively short and thin, spreading sec- 

 ondary and tertiary branches. The leaves are comparatively small and narrow 

 and bright shining green on the upper surface. It is a tree of slow growth, but on 

 account of its beauty and its valuable timber it has been largely planted in the 

 temple grounds everywhere in western Szech'uan up to an altitude of 1000 metres. 

 Pictures of this tree will be found under Nos. 101, 290, 300, 0238, of the collection 

 of my photographs and also in my Vegetation of Western China, Nos. 36, 303. 



E. H. W. 



Machilus Thunbergii Siebold & Zuccarini in Ahh. Akad. Milnch. 



IV. pt. III. 202 {Fl Jap. Fam. Nat. II. 78) (1846). 



Laurus indica Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 173 (non Linnaeus) (1784). 

 Machilus japonica Siebold & Zuccarini in Abh. Akad. Miinch. IV. pt. III. 202 

 {Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. II. 78) (1846). 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, thickets and woodlands, 

 alt. 300-1000 m., common. May 1907 (Nos. 3695, 3700; tree 6-15 m. 

 tall, girth 1-1.5 m., flowers whitish); Nanto, April 1900 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 99); without locality, April and June 1901 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 

 119,366). Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 5184''). 



This is a tree of medium size very common in western Hupeh where it is collo- 

 quially known as the " Hsao Nanmu " (Little Nanmu). E. H. W. 



To this species also belongs, in my opinion, the following specimen from west- 

 ern Hupeh, although the leaves are longer and more narrowly oblanceolate: 

 Patung Hsien, May 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 1933). 



Here may be added a note on another Chinese species not collected during the 

 Arnold Arboretum Expedition. 



