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mm. long at anthesis, pubescent. Apr. Chinese shrub 



often planted in warmer parts and sometimes naturalized. 



3. Lindera glauca (Sieb. & Zucc.) Bl. Benzoin glau- 



cum Sieb. & Zucc. Yama-kobashi. Large deciduous shrub; 



leaves oblong to elliptic, often ovate or obovate-oblong, acute 

 to subacute at both ends, whitish, with deciduous hairs be- 

 neath, green, glabrous, the midrib puberulous above, the peti- 

 oles short, 3-4 mm. long; peduncles very short, the pedicels 

 13-15 mm. long, thickened at apex; fruit globose, black, 6-7 



mm. across. Apr. Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), 



Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea, China, and Formosa. 



4. Lindera erythrocarpa Makino. Benzoin erythrocarpa 



(Makino) Rehd.; L. thunbergii Makino, excl. syn. Kana- 



KUGi-NO-Ki. Large deciduous shrub; leaves oblanceolate to 

 oblong, 6-13 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide, acute or slightly ob- 

 tuse, glabrous above, glaucescent and with sparse deciduous 

 hairs beneath, the petioles 6-10 mm. long; peduncles 3-5 mm. 

 long, the pedicels pubescent, 10-12 mm. long in fruit; fruit 



globose, 5-6 mm. across, red. May. Honshu (s. part of 



centr. distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. ^Korea and 



China. 



5. Lindera citriodora (Sieb. & Zucc.) Hemsl. Aperula 

 citriodora (Sieb. & Zucc.) Bl.; Benzoin citriodorum Sieb. & 

 Zucc; L. citrata Koidz., excl. syn.; Litsea citriodora (Sieb. & 



Zucc.) Hatusima Ao-moji. Small deciduous glabrous 



tree; branches dark green; leaves alternate, thinly chartaceous, 

 broadly lanceolate to narrowly oblong-ovate, 7-15 cm. long, 

 2-4.5 cm. wide, long-acuminate, glaucous beneath, the veinlets 

 slightly raised above, the petioles 12-25 mm. long; peduncles 

 10-12 mm. long, the pedicels 4-6 mm. long, slightly thickened 

 at apex; anthers 4-locular; fruit about 5 mm. across, globose, 



black. Mar. Low elevations; Kyushu. Ryukyus and 



Formosa. 



6. Lindera umbellata Thunb. Benzoin umbellatum 

 (Thunb.) O. Kuntze; L. hypoglauca Maxim.; Benzoin hypo- 

 glaucutn (Maxim.) O. Kuntze; L. umbellata var. hypoglauca 

 (Maxim.) Makino; Benzoin thunbergii Sieb. & Zucc; L. ob- 

 tusa Fr. & Sav. Kuro-moji. Erect deciduous shrub; 



leaves thinly chartaceous, narrowly oblong to ovate-oblong, 

 5-9 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. wide, whitish hairy beneath, gla- 

 brescent, the lateral nerves 4 to 6 pairs, the veinlets weak and 

 not raised beneath, the petioles slender, 10-15 mm. long; in- 

 florescence pubescent, the peduncles 4-8 mm. long, the pedi- 

 cels 15-22 mm. long; perianth-segments elliptic, 3-4 mm. 



long; fruit about 6 mm. across, black. Honshu, Shikoku, 



Kyushu; rather common. China. 



Var. membranacea (Maxim.) Momiyama. L. membra- 

 nacea Maxim.; Benzoin membranaceum (Maxim.) O. Kuntze 



Oba-kuro-moji. Plant larger than in the typical phase, 



the leaves narrowly oblong to obovate, 6-12 cm. long, 3-5 cm. 



wide, the lateral nerves 5 to 8 pairs. Hokkaido, Honshu 



(n. distr.). 



Var. lancea Momiyama. Hime-kuro-moji. Leaves lanceo- 

 late-oblong to oblanceolate, acuminate, the silky hairs beneath 

 persistent, the petioles shorter, pubescent, the peduncles 



shorter, with yellowish velvety persistent hairs. Honshu 



(Suruga Prov. to Kii and Kawachi Prov.) , Shikoku, Kyushu. 



7. Lindera sericea (Sieb. & Zucc.) Bl. Benzoin seri- 

 ceum Sieb. & Zucc; L. umbellata var. sericea (Sieb. & Zucc.) 

 Makino; Benzoin umbellatum var. sericeum (Sieb. & Zucc.) 

 Rehd. Ke-kuro-moji. Shrub; leaves chartaceous, nar- 



rowly obovate, 6-15 cm. long, 2-6 cm. wide, acuminate to 

 very acute, cuneate, short-pubescent on both sides and with 

 scattered long hairs beneath especially on nerves and on mid- 

 rib above, whitish beneath, the lateral nerves 6 to 9 pairs, the 

 veinlets prominent and raised beneath; inflorescence few-flow- 

 ered, the pedicels slightly thickened above in fruit, 15-18 mm. 



long; fruit globose, about 7 mm. across, black. Honshu 



(Kii Prov.), Shikoku, Kyushu. 



Var. glabrata Bl. L. sericea var. tenuis (Nakai) Momi- 

 yama; L. subsericea Makino; Benzoin sericeum var. tenue 



Nakai Usuge-kuro-moji, Miyama-kuro-moji. Leaves 



somewhat smaller and thinner, not short-pubescent on both 



surfaces but scattered long-hairy beneath. Honshu (Kanto 



to centr. distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. 



6. PARABENZOIN Nakai Shiro-moji Zoku 



Deciduous dioecious shrubs; leaves alternate, petiolate, simple or 3-fid, penninerved or 3-nerved; inflorescence umbellate, short- 

 pedunculate, with 4 involucral bracts when young; flowers similar to those of Lindera, the pedicels thickened; fruit large, globose, 

 irregularly splitting into 5-6 segments and exposing the single yellow-brown seed. Japan and China. 



lA. Leaves usually 3-cleft, 3-nerved from the base 



IB. Leaves simple, undivided, not 3-nerved from the base. 



1. P. trilobum 

 . 2. P. praecox 



1. Parabenzoin trilobum (Sieb. & Zucc.) Nakai. Ben- 

 zoin trilobum Sieb. & Zucc; Lindera triloba (Sieb. & Zucc.) 

 Bl. Shiro-moji. Deciduous shrub; leaves thinly char- 

 taceous, broadly deltoid-obovate, often 3-lobed, 8-12 cm. long, 

 7-10 cm. wide in the divided ones, 3-5 cm. wide in the simple 

 ones, glaucescent and glabrous beneath except for spreading 

 hairs on the nerves, 3-nerved from the base, the lobes ovate, 

 acuminate, the petioles 10-20 mm. long; inflorescence short- 

 peduncled, the pedicels thickened in fruit, 8-12 mm. long; 



fruit globose, about 12 mm. across. Apr. Honshu (centr. 



distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu; rather common in 

 mountains. China. 



2. Parabenzoin praecox (Sieb. & Zucc.) Nakai. Ben- 

 zoin praecox Sieb. & Zucc; Lindera praecox (Sieb. & Zucc.) 



Bl. Abura-chan. Deciduous shrub to small tree; leaves 



chartaceous, ovate to narrowly so or elliptic, 5-7 cm. long, 

 2-4 cm. wide, acuminate, glabrous, whitish and often soft- 

 pubescent on the nerves beneath, the petioles slender, 10-20 

 mm. long; flowers opening before the leaves, the pedicels 

 thickened, 8-10 mm. long, slightly ligneous; fruit globose, 

 brownish yellow, about 15 mm. across. Mar.-Apr. Moun- 

 tains; Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; rather common. 



