Lauraceae 



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7. NEOLITSEA Merr. Shiro-damo Zoku 



Evergreen dioecious trees; leaves alternate, petiolate, entire, usually 3-nerved from above the base or rarely penninerved, often 

 silky-pubescent while young; inflorescence umbellate, subsessiie, enclosed while young by involucral bracts; flowers unisexual, the 

 perianth-segments 4, deciduous, the tube very short; stamens in the staminate flowers 6(-8), all fertile, in 3 series, the outer 4 



without glands, the inner 2 each with a gland on each side, the anthers introrse, 4-locular; fruit a berry, red or black. About 



60 species, in e. Asia, Malaysia, and India. 



lA. leaves 8-18 cm. long; petioles 2-3 cm. long; flowers yellow, in autumn; fruit red 1. iV. sericea 



IB. Leaves 5-12 cm. long; petioles 8-15 mm. long; flowers reddish, in spring; fruit black 2. AT. aciculata 



1. NeoUtsea sericea (Bl.) Koidz. Laurus sericea Bl.; 

 Litsea glauca Sieb.; Malapoenna sieboldii O. Kuntze; JV. glauca 

 (Sieb.) Koidz.; AT. sieboldii (O. Kuntze) Nakai; N. latijolia 



Koidz., non S. Moore Shiro-damo. Evergreen tree with 



greenish branchlets; leaves coriaceous, oblong or ovate-oblong, 

 8-18 cm. long, 4-7 cm. wide, obtuse, 3-nerved from above the 

 base, white beneath, densely yellow-brown silky while young, 

 glabrescent or the hairs becoming scattered, the petioles 2-3 

 cm. long; inflorescence umbellate, sessile, yellow-brown villous, 

 the pedicels 7-10 mm. long in fruit, shghtly thickened above; 



fruit ellipsoidal, 12-15 mm. long, red. Sept.-Oct. Honshu, 



Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea, Formosa, and China. 



2. Neolitsea aciculata (Bl.) Koidz. Litsea joliosa Sieb. 

 & Zucc, non Nees; Litsea aciculata Bl.; Malapoenna aciculata 



(Bl.) O. Kuntze Inugashi, Matsura-nikkei. Evergreen 



tree; leaves coriaceous, oblong to obovate-oblong, 5-12 cm. 

 long, 2-4 cm. wide, obtuse, 3-ncrved from above the base, 

 white, glabrous or slightly appressed-pubescent beneath, the 

 petioles 8-15 mm. long; flowers reddish, the pedicels hairy, 

 7-8 mm. long; fruit ellipsoidal, slightly longer than the pedi- 

 cel, with a small cup-shaped perianth-tube at base, black. 



Mar.-Apr. Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), Shikoku, 

 Kyushu. Ryukyus and Korea. 



8. LITSEA Lam. Hama-efwa Zoku 



Evergreen dioecious trees; leaves alternate, rarely subopposite, usually penninerved; inflorescence umbellate, sessile or peduncu- 

 late, subtended by 4-6 involucral bracts; perianth-segments 6, the tube short or ovoid; stamens 9-12, the first and second series 



without glands, the anthers introrse, 4-locular; fruit a berry often surrounded by an inflated perianth-tube at base. About 150 



species, abundant in tropical Asia and Australia, few in Africa and America. 



1. Litsea japonica (Thunb.) Juss. Tomex japonica 

 Thunb.; Fiica japonica (Thunb.) J. F. Gmel.; Tetranthera ja- 

 ponica (Thunb.) Spreng. Hama-brva. Evergreen tree; 



branches yellowish velvety; leaves coriaceous, oblong to nar- 

 rowly so, 7-15 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, slightly recurved on 

 margin, obtuse, glabrous above, yellowish velvety beneath, the 

 lateral nerves 8 to 12 pairs, prominently raised beneath, the 



petioles 15-40 mm. long, densely woolly; inflorescence short- 

 pedunculate, often branched; flowers very short-pedicelled, the 

 perianth-segments deciduous; stamens 9; fruit ellipsoidal, blue- 

 purple, 15-18 mm. long, about 12 mm. across, with a cup- 

 shaped perianth-tube at base. Oct.-Nov. Thickets and 



woods near the sea; Honshu (Nagato Prov.), Shikoku, Kyu- 

 shu. Ryukyus and s. Korea. 



9. ACTINODAPHNE Nees Kago-no-ki Zoku 



Evergreen dioecious trees; leaves alternate, sometimes subverticillate, coriaceous, penninerved; inflorescence umbellate, en- 

 veloped by deciduous imbricate bracts while young, pedunculate or sessile; flowers small, the perianth-segments 6, sometimes 

 persistent, the tube short; perfect stamens 9, in 3 series, the outer 6 without glands, the anthers introrse, 4-locular; fruit a berry 

 with a persistent perianth at base. About 100 species, in the Tropics of Asia and Malaysia. 



lA. Leaves broadly oblanceolate to obovate-oblong, 5-10 cm. long, glabrous, obtuse; inflorescence subsessiie; fruit globose, red. 



L A. lancijoUa 



IB. Leaves lanceolate, sometimes oblanceolate, 10—25 cm. long, scattered puberulous beneath, long-acuminate; inflorescence a compound 



umbel, short pedunculate; fruit ellipsoidal, black 2. A. longijotia 



1. Actinodaphne lancifolia (Sieb. & Zucc.) Meissn. 

 Daphnidium lancijolium Sieb. & Zucc; lozoste lancijoUa 

 (Sieb. & Zucc.) Bl.; Litsea lancijoUa (Sieb. & Zucc.) F. Vill. 

 Kago-no-ki. Evergreen tree; leaves coriaceous, obovate- 

 oblong to broadly oblanceolate, 5-10 cm long, obtuse, glabrous, 

 whitish beneath, the lateral nerves 7 to 10 pairs, the petioles 

 8-15 mm. long, scattered-pubescent; inflorescence subsessiie, 

 the pedicels 5-10 mm. long in fruit, thickened; fruit obovoid- 

 globose, 7-8 mm. long, 6-7 mm. across, with a 6-parted 



persistent perianth at base. Sept. Honshu (Kanto Distr. 



and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. s. Korea and Ryukyus. 



2. Actinodaphne longifoUa (Bl.) Nakai. Machilus (?) 



longijoUa BL; lozoste acuminata Bl.; A. acuminata (Bl.) 



Meissn.; Fiwa longijoUa (Bl.) Nakai Baribari-no-ki, Ao- 



KAGo-NO-Ki. Evergreen tree with stout glabrous branches; 

 leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate to narrowly so, sometimes 

 oblanceolate, 10-25 cm. long, 15-30 mm. wide, long-acumi- 

 nate, glaucescent and slighdy puberulous beneath, the lateral 

 nerves 10 to 15 pairs, the petioles 10-30 mm. long; inflores- 

 cence on a peduncle 5-10 mm. long, the perianth-segments 



deciduous; fruit ellipsoidal, about 15 mm. long, black. 



Aug. Honshu (s. Kanto Distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyu- 

 shu. Ryukyus. 



