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do not commence to open until early spring. The ovoid plum-like fruit is shining 

 black and is produced in enormous quantity. Colloquially this tree is known as 

 " Nanmu shu " and the wood is valued for furniture making and in general car- 

 pentry. 



Pictures of this tree will be found under Nos. 73, 347, 493 of the collection of 

 my photographs and also in my Vegetation of Western China, Nos. 290, 291, 292. 



E. H. W. 



Lindera umbellata Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 145, t. 21 (1784). 



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

 204 {Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. II. 80) (1846). 



Kiangsi : Kuling, thickets, alt. 1200 m., July 1907 (No. 1634; bush 

 1.5-2 m., tall). Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, thickets, alt. 

 600-1300 m., July 1907 (No. 3684; bush 2.5-3 m. tall, fruit black); 

 Patung Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300-2000 m., August 1907 (No. 3680; 

 bush 3-4 m., fruit black); without locality, April 1900 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 34, in part). Western Szech'uan: west and near Wen-ch'uan 

 Hsien, thickets, alt. 1000-1300 m., September 1908 (No. 3673; bush 

 3 m. tall, fruit black); northeast of Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 2600- 

 3000 m., July 4, 1908 (No. 3675; bush 5-6 m. tall); without precise 

 locaUty, alt. 3000 m., July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 4427). 



No. 3675 seems a little doubtful. 



Here may be added the description of a new variety not collected during the 

 Arnold Arboretum Expeditions. 



Lindera umbellata, var. latifolia Gamble, n. var. 



Folia ovata, acuminata, ad 11 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata. Pedicelli fructiferi crassiores. 

 Western Hupeh: without locality, June 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 610**). 

 I consider that Shearer's specimen from Kiukiang and Faber's No. 42 from 

 Ningpo Mts. in Herb. Kew, also belong to this variety. 



Lindera membranacea Maximo wicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Peter s- 

 hourg, XII. 72 (1867); in Mel. Biol. VI. 175 (1867). 



Benzoin membranaceum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. I. 569 (1891). 



Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, ravines, alt. 600-1000 m., 

 September 1907 (No. 3671; bush 2-4 m.); near Ichang, thickets, alt. 

 300-1000 m., May 1907 (No. 3681; bush 3 m., flowers yellow); Hsing- 

 shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 300-1300 m., common. May and July 1907 

 (No. 3678, in part; bush 2-4 m., flowers yellow, fruit black); Chang- 

 yang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 600-1100 m., common, April 1907 (No. 

 3678, in part; bush 2-6 m. tall, flowers yellow); Kui Chou, July 1901 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 2784); without locality, September 1901 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 1795^). 



