— 55 — 



in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. XXV, 406 (1988); Nakai in Asa- 



hina, Journ. Jap. Bot. XIV, 191 (1938). 

 Actinodaphne chinensis (non Nees) Miquel, 1. c. 1. e. 

 Litscea lancifolia Villar in Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 3, VII, Nov. App. 



181 (1880) ; Hemsley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI, 382 (1891) ; 



Henry, List Formosa 79 (1896) ; Matumura & Hayata, Emun. 



PI. Formos. 352 (1906) ; Hayata, Materials 249 (1911). 

 Litsea coreana Leveille in Fedde, Repert. XII, 370 (1912), pro 



parte. 

 Arbor usque 10-15 m. alta. Cortex trunei lamellis deciduis serpentino- 

 maeulatus. Ranmli glabri lentieellis minutis puuctulati. Folia alterna ; 

 petioli 5-15 mm. longi glabri, lamina glabra oblonga vel oblanceolata 48- 

 105 mm. longa 14-33 mm. lata apice cuspidato-obtusa basi acuta vel 

 euneata, supra nitida, infra glauca v. glaueina. Gennns floriferre in 

 axillis ramorum hornotinorum oriundaa et in meusis Augusti-Octobri 

 patent, globosse 4.0-5.0 mm. louga? aggregatim 3-4 sessiles vel brevissime 

 pedicellata?, squamis paueis extremis rotundatis concavis erassis versus 

 intima obovato-elliptica ca. 6 mm. longa dorso vulpinodiirsuta sensim 

 transeunt. Flores masculi in quaque gemma aggregatim 3-5, pedieello 

 3 mm. longo ad apicem sensim incrassato pubeseente; calyeis tubus 

 obconicus ca. 1.5 mm. longus, limbi 6 patentes 3.0-4.5 mm. longi 1.2—1.8 

 mm. lati oblongi vel obovato-oblongi acutiusculi vel obtusiusculi extus 

 piloselli textu herbacei margine uudulati, interiores 3 exterioribus 

 angustioribus. Stamina 9 omnia fertilia, filamentis filiformibus longe. 

 et sparse crispulo-ciliatis, series tertis basi utrinque crassi-glaudulosis. 

 glandulis breviter stipitatis coriaceis auricularibus ea. 1 mm. longis 1 . 

 antheris tetragono-oblongis 1.2 mm. longis 4Joeularibus, locellis superi- 

 oribus 2 introrsis, inferioribus 2 lateralibus, stamina I series 6.0-6.5 mm. 

 longa calycem supexantia, II— III serium 4.5-5.2 mm. longa calyce sub- 

 ffiquilonga. Flores fseminei aggregatim 3—4 laxiusculi parvi 4.5-5.0 mm. 

 longi 3 mm. lati ; pedicelli crassi 1.5 mm. longi cum tubo calyeis pubes- 

 centes; calyx 6-partitus, lobis exterioribus patentim recurvis, interioribus 

 erectiusculis minoribus ovato-oblongis post anthesin supra basin arti- 

 culatim deciduis .1.8-2.0 mm. longis 0.6-0.8 mm. latis acutiusculis: 



