254 AKT. I. B. HAYATA : 



between the two specimens in the shape of leaves. I think, however, 

 from the general appearance of the plant, that one may be the partner 

 of the other, and therefore I have here described them under the 

 same name. In case that they should not be of the same species, the 

 present name should be used for the male plant. To prevent a confu- 

 sion of nomenclature, which may have crept in from such an 

 error, I have here given the descriptions of the male and female 

 separately. 



Lindera communis Hemsl. in Foebes et Pemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. II. 

 p. 387. 



Ha,b. Uraisha, leg. N. Konishi, Aprih. 1908, (No. (39), 

 (No. 93 o) ; Nantô : Suisha, leg. N. Konishi, Feb. 1907, (Fl. J). 



DisTEiB. China : Hupeh, Szechuen, Kwangtung. 



Obseev. Ramuli fusco-cinerascentes, longitudinaliter rugosi, 

 cicatricibus basi elevatis foliorum notati, ramulis fuscentibus breve 

 villosis. Folia persistentia alterna petiolata, oblonga, 8 cm. longa, 

 23 mm. lata, apice acuminata, basi acuta, (acuminibus 13 mm. longis 

 apice obtusis), supra glabra, subtus breve tomentosa, costis et venis 

 supra leviter impressis, subtus prominente elevatis venis primariis 

 utrinque latere 5, a costa angulo 40^ egressis, prope marginem 

 arcuatis, anastomosantibus, venis secundariis transverse reticulatis, 

 petiolis 7 mm. longis hirsutis. Flores umbellatim 5-6 ad axillas 

 foliorum dispositi, perulis caducis globocis 5 mm. longis, extus basi 

 sericeo-pubescentibus. Flores perfecti non visi. Bacca globosa, 

 5 mm. longa apice breve apiculata, 5-6 umbellatim ad axillas 

 foliorum disposita, pedicellis 1 cm. longis, pubescentibus, peri- 

 anthii tubo explanato parum aucto 6-lobo insidens, lobis a basi 

 deciduis. 



My plant is very like Lindera communis Hemsl. It is a little 



