LAUKACEAE. LINDERA 79 



Litsea Faberi Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 381 (1891). 

 Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, July 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 5175). 



NEOLITSEA Merr. 

 Neolitsea lanuginosa Gamble, n. comb. 



Tetradenia lanuginosa C. G. Nees von Esenbeck in Wallich, PI. As. Rar. II. 



64, t. 576 (sphalmate Tetranthera) (1831). 

 Litsea lanuginosa C. G. Nees von Esenbeck, Syst. Laur. 634 (1836). 



Neolitsea lanuginosa, var. chinensis Gamble, n. var. 



Folia glabriora, oblanceolata, subtus magis glauca et costis nervis 

 et nervulis transversis magis prominentibus. Drupa globosa nigra. 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, woodlands, alt. 900-1200 m., 

 October 1908 (No. 3707; small tree 9 m. tall). Western Hupeh: 

 Patung Hsien, July 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 2266). 



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

 Arnold Arboretum Expeditions. 



Neolitsea umbrosa Gamble, n. comb. 



Tetradenia umbrosa C. G. Nees von Esenbeck in Wallich, PI. As. Rar. II. 64 



(1831), excludenda var. /3. 

 Tetradenia consimilis C. G. Nees von Esenbeck, 1. c. (1831). 

 Litsea umbrosa C. G. Nees von Esenbeck, Syst. Laur. 623 (1836). 

 Litsea consimilis C. G. Nees von Esenbeck, 1. c. 628 (1836), excludendo 



synonymo Laurus involucrata Roxburgh. 



Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, September 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 5180). 



LINDERA Thumb. 



Lindera communis Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 387 (1891). 



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

 1000 m., common, May and September 1907 (No. 296, in part; bush 

 2-5 m., flowers yellow, fruit dark red); Hsing-shan Hsien, ravines, 

 alt. 600 m.. May 10, 1907 (No. 296, in part; bush 5 m., flowers yellow); 

 Changlo Hsien, cliffs, alt. 300-800 m.. May 1907 (No. 296, in part; 

 bush 3-4 m., flowers yellow); without locality, April and May 1900 

 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 246, 600). Western Szech'uan: Kiating Fu, 

 thickets, alt. 300-600 m.. May 1908 (No. 3726; bush 3 m.). 



This and other evergreen shrubby species of Lindera abound on the cliffs of 

 the glens and gorges of western Hupeh and Szech'uan. These shrubs are cut 

 down and tied into bundles and thoroughly dried in the sun. The branches 

 and leaves are then pounded into powder in a stamping mill driven by water 

 power: the powder is treated with glutinous rice-water to make it adhesive and is 



