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Aucuba Japonica. Japan Aucuba. 



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C7<//} a«i Order. 

 Moxcecia Tetrandria. 



Generic CharaSfcr. 



Masc. Cv/. 4-dentatus. Cor. 4-petala. Recept. foramine 

 quadrato pertufum. Fem. Necl.o. Germen inferum. Nux. 

 l-locularis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



AUCUBA japonica. Tbanb. Japon. 64. t. 12, 13. K<empf. 

 Am*n. nnc. Ic Selett. t. 6. tlort. Kew. 

 3. 335. Martyn Mill. O$0. Willd. Sp. 

 PI. <l\ 4. p. 328. 



The Aucuba, of which one fpecies only is known to us, 

 grows into a large tree, and is very much cultivated in Japan 

 for the beauty of its foliage; for ive do not know that it rs 

 applied to any ufe. We are informed by Thunberg, that it 

 varies with leaves of a plain brownifh green colour, and of a 

 lively green variegated with white. We have not obferved 

 the firlt variety in our gardens, but the blotches are more or 

 4 €is inclined to yellow. , 



It flowers with us from May to July, but does not produce 

 f ruit. This, according to K,empfer, is an olive Shaped berry 

 (more properly a drupe) with thin fweetifh -tailed Hem, en- 

 clofing a nut with a very naufeous kernel. 



This fhrub was for fome years preferved in the (love whence 

 " was removed to the greenhoufe or confervatory, and is now 

 found to be as hardy as the Laurel or Lauruihnus. It 11 

 however handfomer in the greenhoufe, as the leaves genera ly 

 "ave a larger proportion of green than when expofed to the 

 cold of our winters. Though introduced no longer ago than 

 1783, by Mr. John Graeffkk, it is now become very com- 

 mon, being eafily propagated by cuttings or layers, and r 

 quiring no peculiarity of management or foil. 



