LAURACEAE. — LINDERA 83 



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

 600 m., March and June 1907 (No. 3721; bush 3 m. tall); Patung 

 Hsien, ravines, alt. 300-1000 m., April 1907 (No. 3722; bush 2-3 m. 

 tall, flowers yellow); Hsing-shan Hsien, cliffs, alt. 600-1000 m.. May 



1907 (No. 3725; bush 4-6 m.tall, flowers yellow) ; without locality, April 

 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1787). Western Szech'uan : base of Wa- 

 shan, thickets, alt. 1000-1300 m., October 1908 (No. 3716; bush 3-6 

 m. tall, fruit black); same locality, alt. 1800 m., October 1903 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 4439); Yachou Fu, thickets, alt. 1000-1300 m., August 



1908 (No. 3717; bush 3-6 m. tall, fruit black); west and near Wen- 

 ch'uan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1000-1600 m., common, July and Sep- 

 tember 1908 (Nos. 3719% 3718; bush 2^ m. tall, fruit black); near 

 Mao-chou, Chiu-ting-shan, thickets, alt. 1300 m.. May 22, 1908 (No. 

 3719; bush 2.5-3 m. tall); Mt. Omei, May 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 5181). 



To this variety which has lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, pubescent or glabres- 

 cent leaves belong all the specimens collected by Henry and Faber enumerated by 

 Hemsley under his var ?. 



Lindera fragrans OUver in Hooker's Icon. XVIII. t. 1788 (1888).— 

 Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 388 (1891).^ 



Western Hupeh: neighborhood of Ichang, cliffs of glens and 

 gorges, alt. 30-300 m., abundant, March 23, July 1907 (Nos. 3723, 

 3724; bush 1-2 m. tall, flowers yellow, fruit black); Hsing-shan Hsien, 

 rocky places, alt. 300-1000 m., July 1907 (No. 3720; bush 2-3 m. tall, 

 fruit black); Kui Chou, April 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 1807); with- 

 out iocahty, April 1900 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 41, 289). 



Lindera Prattii Gamble, n. sp. 



Arbor ad 10 m. alta; ramuh crassi teretes, brunnei, molliter puberuli, 

 innovationes dense ferrugineo-velutinae; gemmae ovatae, velutinae, 

 perulis imbricatis obtusis. Folia coriacea, alterna, elliptico-ovata v. 

 interdum elliptico-obovata, apice abrupte cuspidato-acuminata, basi 

 rotundata v. subcordata; supra glabra oHvacea, infra glauca et prae- 

 cipue ad nervos puberula, 10-20 cm. longa, 5-10 cm. lata; costae 3 ex 

 imo basi oriendae additis interdum 2 tenuibus secus margines, mediana 



' We refer as a synonym to this species L. ? Rosthornii Diels (in Bot. Jahrh. 

 XXIX. 350 [1900]) of which we have seen fragments and a photograph of the 

 type. We are unable to find any marked difference between the two species, 

 though the specimens of typical L. fragrans have the leaves generally more dis- 

 tinctly 3-nerved and more glaucous on their under surface, but these characters are 

 not quite constant. A. R. and E. H. W. 



