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made into incense sticks. These sticks, by foreigners termed " joss-sticks " are 

 used by the Chinese in enormous quantities at all religious ceremonies. When 

 burning they emit a pleasant fragrance. E. H. W. 



Lindera glauca Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. I. 325 (1850). 



Benzoin glaucum Siebold & Zuccarini in Abh. Akad. Miinch. IV. pt. III. 205 

 {Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. II. 81) (1846). 



Kiangsi : Kuling, thickets, alt. 1200 m., July 1907 (No. 1620; bush 

 2.3 m.). Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, thickets, 

 alt. 300-1300 m., abundant, April and October 1907 (No. 563; bush 

 2-4 m. tall, flowers yellow, fruit black) ; Changyang Hsien, April 1900 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 49) ; without locahty, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 1788). Eastern Szech'uan: banks of Yangtsze River, alt. 

 300 m., April 1908 (No. 3677; bush 2 m.). 



This is an exceedingly common deciduous shrub in western Hupeh and the 

 leaves assume very fine colors in the autumn. In late summer the plants are cut 

 down and converted into incense in the same way and by the same process as that 

 of the evergreen species. E. H. W. 



Lindera megaphylla Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 389 (1891). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, woods and open 

 country, alt. 300-1000 m., common, October 1902 (No. 302, in part; 

 tree 8-20 m. tall, girth 1-3 m., fruit shining black); in a ravine 50 

 kilometres south of Ichang, alt. 300 m., March 15, 1907 (No. 302, S, 

 in part; tree 16 m. tall, girth 2 m., flowers yellow) ; 30 kilometres south 

 of Ichang, alt. 300 m., March 20, 1907 (No. 302, <?, in part; tree 10 m. 

 tall, girth 1.5 m., flowers yellow); Changlo Hsien, open country, alt. 

 300-1000 m., April, May 1907 (No. 302, in part, 9 ; tree 6-15 m. tall, 

 girth 1-2 m., flowers yellow); Changyang Hsien, roadsides, alt. 600 

 m., July and November 1907 (No. 302, in part; tree 12-16 m. tall, 

 girth 1.5-2 m.); Hsing-shan Hsien, roadside, alt. 800 m., October 

 1907 (No. 302, in part; tree 10 m. tall, girth 1 m.); without precise 

 locality, alt. 300-750 m., April and October 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 59). Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, alt. 300-1300 m., common, 

 June 1908 (No. 3706, in part; tree 13-20 m. tall, girth 1.5-3 m.) ; Wen- 

 ch'uan Hsien, valley of Min River, alt. 600-1300 m., October 1908, 

 (No. 3706, in part; tree 12-20 m. tall, girth 1.5-3 m., fruit black). 



This handsome umbrageous tree is one of the most common evergreens in west- 

 ern Hupeh and Szech'uan up to an altitude of 1200 metres. The branches are 

 thick, erect-spreading and form a more or less broadly oval crown. The trunk is 

 massive and the bark is gray and rather rough. This species is dioecious, and the 

 stalked clusters of flower-buds are formed and are prominent in late autumn but 



