Lauraceae 



471 



Cinnamomum brevifolium Miq. C. maruha Jungh. 



Maruba-yabu-nikkei. Leaves nearly orbicular, 3-nerved 



from the base. This may be a variant of No. 3. 



4. Cinnamomum sieboldii Meissn. C. lotireiri sensu 



auct. Japon., non Necs Nikkei. Evergreen tree; branches 



with scattered short appressed hairs while young; leaves coria- 

 ceous, narrowly ovate-oblong, rarely broadly lanceolate, 8-15 



cm. long, (2-) 2.5-5 cm. wide, glabrous (young leaves ap- 

 pressed white-pubescent), caudate, glaucous beneath, the mid- 

 rib 3-parted near base, the petioles 15-20 mm. long; inflores- 

 cence much shorter than the leaves, rather densely appressed 

 white-hairy; perianth-segments about 5 mm. long, oblong, ap- 



pressed-puberulent on both sides. May-June. Planted in 



warmer districts. Ryukyus (?). 



4. MACHILUS Nees Tabu-no-ki Zoku 



Evergreen trees with alternate, penninerved, petiolate leaves; panicles axillary; flowers bisexual, small, the perianth-segments 6, 

 equal or the outer 3 slighdy smaller, persistent, the tube short; perfect stamens 9, in 3 series, the anthers 4-Iocular, the outer 6 

 without glands, introrse, the inner 3 each with 2 glands at base, extrorse; staminodes 3, capitate, stipitate; ovary sessile; berry ellip- 

 soidal or globose, with persistent reflexed perianth-segments at base. About 60 species, in s. and e. Asia. 



lA. Leaves obovate to broadly oblanceolate, sometimes oblong, glabrous, abruptly obtuse 1. A/, thtinbergii 



IB. Leaves obovatc-oblong to lanceolate or oblanceolate, usually tapered and sometimes caudate 2. M. japonicus 



1. Machilus thunbergii Sieb. & Zucc. Tabu-no-ki, Inu- 

 Gusu. Large evergreen tree with stout, terete, glabrous 



branches, the bud-scales many, the inner ones yellow-brown, 

 woolly; leaves coriaceous, obovate, elliptic or broadly oblanceo- 

 late, 8-15 cm. long, 3-7 cm. wide, abruptly obtuse, usually 

 acute at base, lustrous and deep green above, penninerved, 

 pale green and with slighriy raised veinlets beneath, die peti- 

 oles 2-3 cm. long, stout; inflorescence glabrous; flowers pedi- 

 celled, the perianth-segments 5-7 mm. long, narrowly oblong, 

 brown-pubescent inside; fruit globose, about 10 mm. across, 



black-purple. Mar.-May. Hills, lowlands, and foothills; 



Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; common. s. Korea, Ryukyus, 



Formosa, and China. 



2. Machilus japonicus Sieb. & Zucc. M. thunbergii var. 



japonicus (Sieb. & Zucc.) Yatabe Hosoba-tabu, Aogashi. 



Evergreen tree with glabrous branches, the bud-scales many, 

 ciliate; leaves lanceolate or obovate-oblong, 8-20 cm. long, 2-4 

 cm. wide, sometimes oblanceolate, somewhat lustrous, whitish 

 with slighdy raised veinlets beneath, gradually acuminate or 

 caudate, acute at base, the petioles 15-20 mm. long; inflores- 

 cence glabrous; flowers pedicelled, the perianth-segments 4-5 

 mm. long, narrowly oblong, puberulent inside and on margin; 



fruit globose, about 10 mm. long. May-June. Honshu 



(Kinki Distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. s. Korea and 



Ryukyus (?). 



5. LINDERA Thunb. Kuro-moji Zoku 



Dioecious trees and shrubs; bud-scales few to many or absent; leaves alternate or subopposite, deciduous, sometimes evergreen, 

 penninerved, sometimes 3-nerved; inflorescence umbellate, sessile or peduncled, with usually 4(2-5) involucral bracts in bud; 

 flowers unisexual, the perianth-segments 6, deciduous, nearly equal, the tube short; stamens usually 9, in 3 series, the outer 

 6 witiiout glands, the inner each with 2 glands, die antiiers introrse, 2-locular (4-locular in No. 5) ; staminodes absent; berry 



globose or ovoid. About 100 species, in warmer and tropical regions of the N. Hemisphere, few in N. America, abundant in 



Asia. 



l.\. Leaves 3 -nerved from the base. 



2A. Leaves often 3-cleft, deciduous, ovate-orbicular 1 . L. obtusiloba 



2B. Leaves unlobed, evergreen, elliptic or broadly so 2. L. strychnifolia 



IB. Leaves penninerved. 

 3A. Branchlets yellowish brown; winter-buds sessile. 



4 A. Petioles 3-4 mm. long; leaves oblong to elliptic; fruit black, 6-7 mm. across 3. L. glauca 



4B. Petioles 7-20 mm. long; leaves oblanceolate; fruit red, 5-6 ram. across 4. L. erythrocarpa 



3B. Branchlets dark green; flowers opening before or with the leaves; fruit black. 



5A. Leaves glabrous; pedicels 4-6 mm. long, glabrous; winter-buds sessile 5. Z.. cttriodora 



5B. Leaves long-pubescent at least while young; pedicels 13-20 mm. long, pubescent; winter-buds stipitate. 



6A. Petioles 10-15 (-20) mm. long; leaves without prominentiy raised veinlets beneath 6. L. umbellata 



63. Petioles 5-10 (-15) mm. long; leaves with prominently raised veinlets beneath 7. L. sericca 



1. Lindera obtusiloba Bl. Benzoin obtusilobum (Bl.) red. Apr.-May. Mountains; Honshu (Kanto Distr. and 



O. Kuntze Dan-kobai. Large shrub; leaves alternate, westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea and China. 



ovate-orbicular or broadly so, 5-15 cm. long, 4-13 cm. wide, 2. Lindera str>'chnifolia (Sieb. & Zucc.) F. Vill. Daph- 



usually 3-lobed, green and slighdy pubescent above while nidium sttychnijolitim Sieb. & Zucc; Benzoin strychnijolium 



young, whitish and often long-pubescent becoming glabrate (Sieb. & Zucc.) O. Kuntze Tendai-uyaku. Evergreen 



beneath, subobtuse to subacute, truncate to shallowly cordate shrub; leaves subcoriaccous, elliptic to broadly obovate, 4-6 



at base, die lobes ovate-deltoid, the lateral ones erect, obtuse, cm. long, 2.5-4 cm. wide, caudate, with an obtuse tip, glaucous 



die petioles 1.5-3 cm. long; flowers opening before the leaves, beneath, densely pale brown-pubescent while young, glabres- 



the peduncles absent, the pedicels 12-15 mm. long, pubescent, cent, except the midrib, the veinlets rather prominent, the 



slighdy thickened at apex; fruit globose, about 8 mm. across, petioles 5-10 mm. long; peduncles absent, the pedicels i-A 



