LAXJRACEAE. — LITSEA 77 



(Veitch Exped. No. 4426); Mupin, thickets, alt. 1000-1600 m., June 

 1908 (No. 3672). 



Litsea ichangensis Gamble, n. sp. 



Frutex erectus, 1-4 m. altus; ramuli graciles, teretes, nigro-brunnei; 

 gemmae lanceolatae, glabrae, perulis acuminatis. Folia chartacea, 

 obovata v. fere orbicularia, apice acuta, basi cuneata; supra glabra, 

 siccitate olivacea, subtus pallida, juniora praecipue in nervorum 

 axillis sericeo-hirsuta, tandem glabra; 2-5 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata; 

 nervi utrinsecus 4-6, tenues, pallidi; reticulatio areolata; petiolus 

 gracilis, 5-15 mm. longus, glaber. Florum umbellulae singulae v. 

 binae e basi innovationum; pedunculus subcrassus, ad 5 mm. longus; 

 bracteae involucrales citissimo deciduae, $ orbiculares, 9 ovato- 

 acuminatae, 5-7-nervae, glanduloso-punctatae ; flores in umbellulis 

 saepissime 9; pedicelli filiformes, albo-sericei, circa 5 mm. longi; perian- 

 thii tubus vix ullus; lobi in $ obovati v. fere orbiculares, glanduloso- 

 punctati, 2-3 mm. diam., fere glabri; in 9 similes, sed multo minores 

 vix 1 mm. diam.; stamina in J 9; ordinum I, et II. 1.5-2 mm. longa, 

 antheris subquadratis, filamentis glabris; ordinis III. similia, basi 

 glandulis 2 magnis vix stipitatis munita, omnia glanduloso-punctata; 

 staminodia in 9 9: ordinum I. et II. clavata, ordinis III. subulata et 

 glandulis ut in $ munita; omnia glanduloso-punctata; ovarium ovoi- 

 deum, stylo brevi, stigmate capitato. Bacca nigra, 5 mm. diam., 

 supra perianthii tubum paullo incrassatum et obconicum insidens; 

 pedicelli graciles, 1-1.5 cm. longi; semen baccae conforme; testa 

 Crustacea; cotyledones hemisphericae. 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, woodlands, alt. 300- 

 1500 m., abundant, May, July, August and September 1907 (Nos. 

 297, 298); same locahty, 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 34). 



The flowers and fruit when boiled give out a pleasant scent of lemon. 



Litsea populifolia Gamble, n. comb. 



Lindera populifolia Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 390 (1891). 



Western Szech'uan: around base of Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 

 1300-1600 m., June and July 1908 (No. 3693; bush 2.5-4 m. tall, fruit 

 black); Mt. Omei, May 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 5182); without pre- 

 cise locality, A. E. Pratt (No. 806). 



Litsea fruticosa Gamble, n. comb. 

 Lindera fruHcosa Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 388 (1891). 



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