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literature abounds with pleasing and witty allusions to 
the lovely Fudsi, type of spring, and paintings are common 
representing the shrub in flower; on festive occasions, these 
pictures are suspended above the seat of honour. Kempfer, 
that faithful chronicler of the prevailing customs in those 
countries which he visited, has mentioned many usages ap- 
pertaining to the Fudsi, among which we only quote one, 
still practised by youthful lovers. On our journey to Jeddo, 
we observed, in the court of a temple, that to several bunches 
of the unexpanded flowers of the Fudsi little billets on diffe- 
rently coloured papers, were attached; and we heard that 
they were so placed by the young persons who took the more 
or less vigorous expansion of the branches as a presage of 
their future unions, as accompanied with greater or less de- 
grees of felicity. 
It cannot be doubted that the Wisteria Sinensis was in- 
troduced to Japan from China, where it is so much cultivated. 
45. Wisteria brachybotrys, n. sp, 
46. Styrax obassia, n. sp. | 
47. Pterostyrax corymbosum, Siebold; a new plant of 
Styracee. 
48. Lychnis grandiflora, Jacq. 49. L. Senno (L. Chalce- 
donica, 77.) 
50. Cornus officinalis, n. sp. 
51. Hydrangea Azisai, Siebold ; very closely allied to H. 
hortensis, L, 52. H. Otaksd,n.sp. 53. H. Japonica, n. sp. 
54. H. petiolaris n. sp. 55. H. Belzonii, n. sp. 56, 57. H. acu- 
minata, n. sp. 58. H. Thunbergii, Siebold. 59. 1, H. stel- 
lata, Siebold. 59. 2, H. cordifolia, n. sp. 60. H. virens, 
Siebold. 61. H. paniculata, Siebold. 62. H. hirta, n. sp. 
63, 64. H. involucrata, Siebold. 
65, 66. Cardiandra alternifolia, Siebold; new genus of 
Hydrangeg., 
67. Euscaphis s/apAyleoides, Siebold; new genus of Sta- 
Phyleacee, founded upon the Sambucus Japonica, 'Th. 
68. Skimmia Japonica, Th. 
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