Tab. 5510. 



RAPHIOLEPIS Japonica, Sieh. et Zucc. ; 

 var. integerrima. 



Japanese Rhaphiolepis, entire-leaved variety. 



Nat. Ord. Rosacea. — Icosandria Digynia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx infundibuliforniis, 5-dentatus, lobis deciduis. Petala 5, 

 obovata v. oblongo-lanceolata. Stamina ad 20, filamentis filiformibus. Ovarium 

 2-loculare; styli 2, exserti, stigmatibus capitellatis. Ovnla in locidis gemina. 

 Pomum disco incrassato clausum, putaraine chartaceo. Semina gibba, testa co- 

 riacea crassissima. — Arbores et frutices Chinenses v. Japonica. Folia simplicia, 

 alterne coriacea, sempervirentia, integerrima v. crenulata. Racemi terminates, 

 erecti ; bracteis squamosis persistentibm. 



Baphiolepis Japonica; foliis obovatis obovato-oblongis oblongo-lanceolatisve 

 obtusis acutisve integerrimis v. crenato-sen'atis, bracteis amplis oblongis 

 ol)tusis ciliatis, calycis lobis parvis triangulari-ovatis ciliatis, petalis late 

 oblongis. 



Raphiolepis Japonica. Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Japon. v. 2. p. 35. 



Yar. integerrima ; foliis crasse coriaceis obtusis v. obtuse apiculatis integerrimis. 



Raphiolepis integerrima. Hook, et Jrn. Bot. Beech. Voy. 263. 



A remarkably pretty plant, with thick, evergreen, shining 

 leaves, and large, white, odorous flowers. We first received it 

 at the Royal Gardens from Berlin, in 1862, and more recently 

 from other quarters. Its native countries are Japan, Bonin, 

 and the Korean Islands. Though very variable in habit, sta- 

 ture, and foliage, it may always be distinguished from its near 

 ally, the Chinese B. Indica, by the much larger flowers and 

 large broad obtuse bracts. 



Descr. A shrub. Branches stout, glabrous, often as thick 

 as a swan's quill. Leaves alternate and obscurely whorled, two 

 to three inches long, shortly petioled, broadly obovate, obtusely 

 apiculate, dark-green and shining above, paler below, obscurely 

 veined. Panicles terminal, erect, two to four inches high, 

 densely clothed below with large, green, imbricating, oblong, 

 concave, ciliated bracts; branches few, and pedicels stout. 



may 1st, 1865. 



