78 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets, alt. 1300 m., common, July 1907 (Nos. 

 1636, 1659; bush 2-3 m.). Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, 

 thickets, alt. 1000 m., rare, May 22, 1907 (No. 3670; bush 1 m.); 

 without locality, May 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 1946). Eastern 

 Szech'uan: Taning Hsien, thickets, alt. 600-1000 m., June 1910 

 (No. 4587; bush 4 m.). 



Litsea Wilsonii Gamble, n. sp. 



Arbor ad 10 m. alta; ramuU subcrassi, brunnei, ultimi ferrugineo- 

 velutini. Folia chartacea, alterna obovata, apice abrupte breviter 

 acuminata, basi attenuata v. cuneata; supra glabra, olivacea, subtus 

 ferrugineo-velutina, 9-14 cm. longa, 4-6 cm. lata; costa conspicua, 

 subtus conspicue elevata; nervi utrinque 6-10 curvati et prope mar- 

 ginem arcuatim juncti, secundarii pauci breves; nervuU trans versi 

 paralleli, omnes subtus conspicui; petiolus 1-3.5 cm. longus, ferrugineo- 

 velutinus. Flores in umbellulis pedunculatis in racemis axillaribus 

 fulvo-velutinis brevibus (vix 1 cm. longis) 3-4-floris; pedunculi 1 cm. 

 longi; bracteae ovatae, deciduae ; bracteae involucrales 4-6, orbiculares, 

 reflexae, 5 mm. longae; flores in umbellulis <? 6, pedicellis brevibus 

 sericeo-villosis; perianthii $ tubus brevis; lobi obovati, 3 mm. longi, 

 glanduloso-punctati, extus villosi, intus glabri; 9 ignoti; stamina 

 normaliter 9, exserta (ahquando, praecipue in flore medio, plura); 

 ordinis I. et II. 6 mm. longa, antheris obovatis et filamentis gracilibus 

 parce hirsutis; ordinis III. breviora, 4-5 mm. longa, antheris oblongis 

 et filamentis ad basim glanduHs 2 stipitatis munitis; ovarium in flore 

 $ rudimentarium nullum, in flore 9 ignotum. Drupa ellipsoidea 

 glabra, 1 cm. longa et 7 mm. diam., basi perianthii tubo incrassato 

 irregulariter fisso 3 mm. longo suffulta; pedicellus fructifer incrassa- 

 tus, ad 5 mm. longus. 



Western Szech'uan: without precise locality, ravines, alt. 1200 

 m., July and October 1903 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 4422, 4422^); Kiating 

 Fu, hill-side thickets, alt. 300-500 m., September 1908 (No. 3694). 



This species is near L. elongata Hooker f., and L. Faberi Hemsley, but the 

 leaves are less prominently nerved and are distinctly obovate in shape. 



Here may be added notes on two Chinese species not collected during the Arnold 

 Arboretum Expeditions. 



Litsea elongata Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. V. 165 (1886). 

 Daphnidium elongatum C. G. Nees von Esenbeck in Wallich, PL As. Rar. II. 

 63 (1831); Syst. Laur. 620 (1836). 

 Western Hupeh : without locality, April and September 1901 (Veitch Exped. 

 Nos. 1784, 2591). 



