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Hah. Prov. Musashi: Tokyo, Bot. Gard. Koishikawa, cultivated (Herb t 

 Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Oct. 17, 1878 ; T. Blaldno ! April 21, and 

 Autumn 1890, Feb. 1902), Komaba, Bot. Gard. Agric. Coll. Imp. Univ. 

 Tokyo, cult. {T. Maldno\ Feb. 1902); Prov. Ivo : Matsuyama, cult. {K. 

 Okudaira ! Nov, 27, 1897). 



This may be the hybrid between Osmantlius Aquifollum Sieb. and 

 0. fragrans Lour., as given above, having leaves and flowers which are 

 just intermediate to them. It is only known in cultivation. 



Osmanthus fragrans Lour. var. aurantiacus Makino. 



Tree. Leaves j^atent, lanceolate, acuminate, acute at base, interrupted- 

 ly serrulate or entire, 7-16 cm. long, li-4^cm. or sometimes more wide, 

 coriaceous ; midrib prominent beneath ; veins loose and also prominent 

 beneath. Inflorescence axillary. ^ : Flower orange-coloured, exceedingly 

 fragrant, fasciculate, with filiform pedicel longer than the flowers them- 

 selves. Calyx minute, 4-lobed ; lobes often unequal, subdeltoid, minutely 

 suberose. Corolla patent, about 8 mm. across, deeply 4 -parted ; lobes 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire thick. Stamens 2, inserted to the corolla- 

 tube ; filament extremely short ; anther ovato-orbicular, longer than the 

 filament. Kudimentary pistil minute, erect, oblong- subulate, pointed up- 

 wards. ^ : Flower not yet seen. 



Hab. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, Bot. Gard. Koishikawa, cult. (Herb. ! 

 Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Oct. 15, 1879 ; T. Makino ! Oct. 1890, Oct. 

 1897, Oct. 4, 1898). 



This has formerly been introduced from China next to the typica, and 

 now is commonly cultivated. The typica has whitish flowers. 



Var. latifolius Makino. 



Branches erect or ascending. Leaves decussate, erect-patent, or 

 patulous, loosely approximate towards the top of branchlets, petiolate, 

 oblong, abruptly acuminate, obtuse at the base, uninterruptedly serrulate 

 but entire at the base, glabrous, coriaceous, deep green above, paler 

 beneath, 6i-13 cm. long, 2|-6cm. wide; midrib prominent beneath; 

 veins 5-7 on each side, loose, prominent beneath, erect-patent, arcuate 

 upwards ; veinlets rather loosely reticulated ; petiole semiterete, 8-13 mm. 

 long. Flowers white. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa : Sakawa, cult. {T. Makino \); Prov. Musashi: 

 Tokyo, Bot. Gard. Koishikawa, cult. {T. Makino \ Feb. 1902), Id. Ushi- 

 gome, cult. (T. BIakino\ Feb. 1902}. 



