After a survey of extensive collections from both the field and herbarium specimens, the species long recognized as Neolitsea sericea var. sericea of Lanyu Island was determined to be young seedlings of N. sericea var. aurata, the only variety on the island. Systematic studies of unknown plants scattered along the Southern Cross-Island Highway, On Yangming mt. and in the Experimental Forest of the Fushan Branch, TFRI, revealed to be N. sericea var. sericea, species widely distributed in Japan, eastern China and Korea.