Tas. 4719. 
SKIMMIA Japonica. 
Japan Skimmia. 
Nat. Ord. AURANTIACEX.—TETRANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Polygama. Calyx hypogynus, persistens, quadrifidus. Corolla 
tetrapetala, decidua, petalis exunguiculatis. FL. HERMAPHR. Stamina 4 vel 5, 
hypogyna, calycis laciniis opposita, antheris dorso affixis anticis. Discus quadri- 
lobus, carnosus, ovarium cingens. Ovariwm superum, quadriloculare, ovulo soli- 
tario pendulo anatropo in quovis loculo. Sty/us simplex, cylindricus, stigmate 
erasso quadrilobo. FL. Masc. Omnia ut in hermaphroditis excepto ovario, 
cujus rudimentum parvum conicum. FL. rem. Stamina abortiva. Drupa su- 
pera, primum carnosa, demum sicca, tetrapyrena ; pyrenis cartilagineis, pendulis, 
monospermis. Semen pendulum, albuminosum ; festa membranacea tenui, e- 
bryone axili erecto, cotyledonibus crassis planis sibi impositis, radicula brevi cy- 
lindrica hilum spectante.—Frutices, ramis adscendentibus, cortice fusco @que ac 
relique plante partes oleo ethereo scatente, foliis simplicibus alternis petiolatis in- 
tegerrimis coriaceis pellucide punctatis per triennium persistentibus exstipulatis, 
floribus post folia provenientibus polygamis in paniculas terminales thyrsoideas et 
subdichotomas dispositis albis v. ochroleucis fragrantibus, drupa supera carnosa te- 
trapyrena. Zuce. 
Sxrum1a Japonica ; foliis alternis breviter petiolatis obovato-oblongis oblongisve 
utrinque attenuatis acutis integerrimis coriaceis pellucide glanduloso-punc- 
tatis glabris, paniculis terminalibus thyrsoideis multifloris, drupis globosis. 
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Sxrumia Japonica. Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 62. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 18. Sieb. 
et Zuce. Fl. Jap. v. 1. p. 125. t. 68. 
Iex Skimmia. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 495. 
Sin San vulgo Mijami Skimmi. Kempf. Amen. Exot. p.179. Banks, Ic. Kempf. 
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Native of Japan, on mountains about Nang: 
Kampfer erroneously describes it as a large tree ; 
the Chinese as well as Japanese, on account of » 
scent of the flowers, compared to that of Daphne 
duced by Mr. Fortune to Messrs. Standish and 
where it proves easy of cultivation, having b 
abroad unharmed, and having been flowered 
house. From that nursery our flowering spe 
JUNE lst, 1853. pe 
