166 RUTACEAE, 
SKIMMIA. 
(Family Rutaceae). 
More or less aromatic tender 
shrubs: evergreen. Twigs mod- 
erate, green, terete, smooth ex- 
cept for oil-papules: pith relative- 
ly large, round, spongily. exca- 
vated. Buds__s solitary, small, 
round-conical, with 2 or 3 small 
scales, for the most part sup- 
pressed. Leaf-scars alternate, 
low, half-round, crowded toward 
the end of the season’s growth, 
separated, narrower and reduced 
elsewhere: bundle-trace 1, round: — 
stipule-scars lacking. Leaves sim- 
ple, slightly revolute, somewhat 
crenate above the middle. The 
small red or _ black  berry-like 
fruits are often present in winter. 
Skimmias are tender and can 
be grown only in the South, 
where they are counted among 
the best evergreen shrubs for smoky cities. 
Leaves oblanceolate, blunt-pointed: fruit scarlet. 
(1). S. japonica. 
Leaves more lanceolate and acuminate: fruit crimson. 
S. Fortunei. 
