TREES AND SHRUBS 



JAPANESE SKIMMIA, Skimmia japonka. 



Gardens. An excellent specimen for town gardens. March. 



Flowers white, usually dioecious, scented, somewhat resembling blossom of 

 Holly; Inflorescence a thyrsoid panicle, .pedunculate, broadly-oblong, many- 

 flowered ; Calyx short, 4-lobed ; Petals 4, oblong, spreading, longer than 

 calyx : Disk inconspicuous ; Stamens equal in number to and opposite petals, 

 hypogynous; Ovarii superior, style 3-lobed ; Fruit a drupe, about size of a 

 pea, red, persistent all the year. 



Leaves simple, alternate, crowded in parts so as to appear sub-verticillate, 

 oblong, entire, acuminate, pellucid-dotted, tapering into short petioles, ex- 

 stipulate, glabrous, coriaceous, deep lustrous green. 



An evergreen shrub, 3-4 ft. ; Braneldets green, glabrous. 



Native of Japan ; name from Japanese skimmi, a poisonous fruit. 



Skim mi a ha areola. 



Gardens. Needs shelter in winter. The flowers have a strong citron 

 scent. March. 



Flowers pale yellow, polygamous, fragrant, in a dense terminal panicle, 

 rachis and peduncle purple-dotted ; Sepals 5, Petals 5, Stamens 5, alternating 

 with petals ; Fruit a drupe, ovate, smooth, nearly size of Olive, 1-3 cartila- 

 ginous 1-seeded kernels. 



Leaves alternate, sub-opposite, oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at base, entire, 

 acute, petiolate, dark green above, yellowish beneath, 3-5 ins. long. 



An evergreen shrub, 4 ft. ; glabrous, aromatic. 



Native of Nepaul. 



OBLATE-BERRIED SKIMMIA, Skimmia oblata. 



Gardens. March. 



Flowers white, fragrant, in a thyrsoid panicle, short, terminal; Females, 



Calyx 4-5-lobed; Petals 4-5, red on outside in bud; Stamens rudimentary 



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