156 CHINESE ECONOMIC TBEES 



Phoebe nanmu (Oliver) Gamble. (1914). 

 *(Persea nanmu Oliver). (1880). 

 (Maohilus nanmu (Oliver) Hemsley). (1891). 



A tree sometimes 30 m. high and 1.5 m. in diameter of trunk; 

 branchlets slender, more or less hirsute or pubescent when young, at 

 length becoming glabrescent. Leaves .coriaceous, broadly lanceolate, or 

 somewhat obovate, usually from 5 to 10 cm. in length and from less than 

 1.2-4 cm. wide in widest part, abruptly acuminate at apex, the base 

 narrowly or broadly cuneate, glabrous above and distinctly gray or brown 

 pubescent on the lower surface, especially along the midrib and principal 

 veins. 



Flowers with 6 perianth segments, short and rounded at the apex 

 and united at the base into a broad spreading cup which serves as a 

 receptacle for the fleshy fruit. 



Fruit an ovoid, fleshy, blackish berry, about 12 mm. long on short 

 pubescent pedicels which enlarge but slightly at the base of the perianth 

 cup. Ripe in September and October. 



Found in Yunnan and Western Szechuan where it has been described 

 as a common tree attaining large size. ' 



There are several other species of Phoebe which have been described 

 as native in China and there are some as yet not described or named. 



Phoebe neurantha (Hemsley) Gamble. 

 (Machilus neurantha Hemsloy). 

 Recorded from Kiangsi, Hupeh and Szechuan. 



Phoebe sheareri (Hemsley) Gamble. 

 (Machilus sheareri Hemsley). 



Kiangsi, Chekiang, Hupeh and Szechuan. 



Phoebe macrophylla (Hemsley) Gamble. 



(Machilus macrophylla Hemsley). 



A native of Hupeh and Szechuan. 



This species must be given a new botanical name because there 

 already existed a Phoebe macrophylla, described by Blume and published 



*Noti;— The synonymy given above indicates the close relationship of the 

 •three genera. It is sometimes impossible to assign a species to its proper genus 

 without adequate specimens for study. 



