SPECIES ASIATICAE. 167 
Frutex vel arbor 3-12 m. alta valde aromatica. Rami graciles 
- primum cinereo-pubescentes mox glabrescentes nigricantes. 
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Folia sub anthesi persistentia, sub fructu delapsa (sed eo tempore 
novella bene evoluta), alterna, tenuiter papyracea, petiolo I-1.5 
cm. longo cinereo-pubescente praedita; lamina vulgo 8-12 cm. 
longa, 3-4 cm. lata, lanceolata, longe acuminata, basi cuneata, 
supra laete viridis glabra, subtus subcinerea ubique subsparsim 
molliter villosa, costa media infra eminente densiuscule albido- 
villosa, nervis 9-12-paribus cum nervulis infra conspicuo reti- 
culatis. Inflorescentiae masculinae numerosae e ramulo brevi 
Pubescente orientes vulgo 3-6-natae, pedunculis gracilibus spar- 
sim pubescentibus 1-1.5 cm. longis, umbellulis nutantibus, brac- 
teis 4 subrotundatis circ. 5 mm. longis extra glabris vel sub- 
glabris intus sericeis, pedicellis 3 mm. longis sericeis. Peri- 
anthii segmenta 6 tenuiter membranacea subglabra circ. 3 mm. 
longa, oblonga vel subelliptica. Stamina 9 filamentis 3 mm. 
longis villosis eis seriei tertiae biglandulosis, antheris 1.5 mm. 
longis quadrilocellatis. Ovarii rudimentum conspicuum. In- 
florescentiae femininae minus numerosae staminodiis biglandul- 
osis conspicuis. Fructus maturus globosus cire. 5 mm. diametro 
apice apiculatus pedicello ad 5 mm. aucto suffultus, perianthii 
tubo vix incrassato. 
“West China :—Hills to the North-West of Tengyueh, Yun- 
nan, in open situations amongst scrub and in thickets. Lat. 25° 
to’ N. Alt. 8,000 ft. Shrub or tree of 10-40 ft. Flowers gol- 
“den yellow, fragrant. Bark and foliage aromatic. November 
*zo12.”’ G. Forrest. No. 9333- 
‘“‘Divide between the Shweli and Tengyueh Valleys, in thickets 
and forests. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 6-7,000 ft. Shrub or tree of 
20-40 ft. In seed. Foliage, bark and especially seeds and seed 
covers strongly fragrant of oil of lemons; seed covers full of an 
essential oil resembling same. Worthy of cultivation from an 
economic standpoint. May 1912.’”’ G. Forrest. No. 7858. 
“Hills south of Tengyueh, in open thickets. Lat. 25° N. 
Alt. 8,000 ft. Shrub of ro-15 ft. Flowers yellow. December 
1913.’ G. Forrest. Nos. 12101, 15951. 
“N?Maikha-Salween divide, Yunnan, in thickets. Lat. 26° 
to! N. Alt. 8,000 ft. Fruits black. June rgr9.” G. Forrest. 
. No. 17947. 
_ The following fruiting specimen is probably conspecific fi 
““Sonth of Red River from Maumli, Yunnan. Alt. 6,000 ft. 
Tree of 20 ft.”? A. Henry. No. 9185. 
Litsea shweliensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis L. Wallichii, Hook. f. a qua inter alia foliis 
obovatis longiuscule petiolatis facile distinguitur ; L. mishmien- 
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