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In Hupeh this shrub is commonly known as " Mu-chiangtzu " and the pungent 

 fruit is used as a spice. E. H. W. 



Lindera refiexa Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 391 (1891). 

 Kiangsi : Ruling, thickets, alt. 1200 m., common, July and August 

 1907 (Nos. 1621, 1632, 1639; bush 3 m. tall). 



I make this identification with some doubt because Ford's specimen from which 

 Hemsley described the species is rather poor. 



Lindera setchuenensis Gamble, n. sp. 



Arbor ad 18 m. alta, ramulis brunneis conspicue lenticellatis 

 gracilibus. Folia chartacea, Hneari-oblonga, apice et basi acuminata, 

 supra glabra olivacea, subtus grisea, praesertim ad nervos et nervulos 

 minute pubescentia, 15-17 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata; costa supra 

 gracilis, subimpressa, subtus conspicue elevata; nervi laterales utrinque 

 circa 17, secundariis brevibus alternantibus multis; nervulis transversi 

 conspicui, ramosi; reticulatio areolata; petiolus gracilis 7 mm. longus. 

 Umbellulae $ nondum visae, 9 solitariae v. binae ex axillis foliorum; 

 pedunculus brevis; bracteae involucrales orbiculares, fere glabrae, 3 

 mm. longae; flores in umbellulis 5; perianthii lobi oblongi, tenues, vix 

 1 mm. longi; staminodia 9, ordinum I. et II. clavata, 0.75 mm. longa, 

 basi villosa, ordinis III. paullo breviora, obtusa, glanduUs 2 magnis 

 capitatis stipitatis ad basim; ovarium ovoideum, stylo curvato, stig- 

 mate capitato. Bacca ovoidea, 1 cm. longa, perianthii tubo incrassato 

 cupuliformi staminodiis persistentibus suffulta; pedicellus fructifer 

 incrassatus, 5 mm. longus. 



Western Szech'uan: Yachou Fu, open country, alt. 900 m., 

 October 1910 (No. 4586). 



Lindera strychnifolia Villar in Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 3, Nov. App, 

 182(1880). rs.;...v..c..^^)K^.v.:) 



Benzoin strychnifolium^Kunize, Rev. Gen. PI. I. 569 (1891). 

 Daphnidium stnjchnifolium Siebold & Zuccarini in Abh. Akad. Munch. IV. 

 pt. III. 207 {Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. II. 83) (1846). 



Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets, alt. 1200 m., July 1907 (No. 1635; a 

 dense bush 1-2 m. tall). Western Szech'uan: Wen-ch'uan Hsien, 

 thickets, alt. 1200-1500 m., October 1910 (No. 4593; bush 3 m. tall, 

 fruit black). 



Lindera strychnifolia, var. Hemsleyana Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 

 352 (1900). 



Lindera strychnifolia, var.? Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 392 (1891). 





