Litsea verticillata Hance, Jour. Bot. 21: 356. 1883: Liou, Laur. Ch. 

 Indoch. 171. 1933; Allen. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 3.73. 1937. 



Litsea tnultiumbcUata Lecomte. %'oqV.' Arcli. ';<Ius. '(Pai'îs)'" V 5: 8^ 

 1913, FI. Gén. Indo-Chine 5: 133. 1914; Liou, Le. 



Indo-China, Tonkin, Thai Nguyen, Petelot 4888, October, 1933, in 

 open forests. Kwangsi, Kwangtung, and Hainan. 



Liou thought that both Litsea niidtiiimbcllata Lecomte and L. brevi- 

 petiolata Lecomte might prove to be but forms of Hance's species. He 

 further notes the close resemblance of ail three to Actinodaphne 

 glomerata Nées. Dr. Allen placed L. multiumbdlata Lecomte as a 

 synonym of Litsea verticillata Hance and L. brevipetiolata Lecomte as 

 a variety of the same species. I judge that with almost equal propriety 

 one might place the species in either Litsea or in Actinodaphne. 



Litsea euosma W. \V. Sm. in Notes Bot. Gard. Edinb. 13: 166. 1921; <<. 



Allen, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 368. 1937. /k; k> . if^^- l'Y^V' ^'? 3^ 

 Indo-China, Tonkin, route from Laokay to Chapa, ait. idoO to 1300 

 m., Petelot 3381, February, 1929. Yunnan, Burma, Indo-China. 



This is apparently distinct from Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pars. It may 

 not, however, be distinct from L. mollis Hemsl., the type of the latter 

 being a spécimen with immature fîowers. L. mollijolia Chun (1934) is 



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a synonym of HemsIey's species, and is an unnecessary name as Litsea 

 mollis Hemsl. (1891) is older than L. mollis Boerl. (1900). 



