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Sympolcaceae 



pilose on both surfaces and on the nerves beneath, the petiole 

 3-8 mm. long; panicles 3-6 cm. long, pilose, the bracts mem- 

 branous, linear, small, caducous; flowers white, 7-8 mm. 

 across; calyx-teeth ovate-rounded, membranous; stamens 

 slightly longer than the corolla; fruit obliquely ovoid, 6-7 mm. 



long, white. May- June. Honshu; rare. Forma pilosa 



(Nakai) Ohwi. S. crataegoides sensu auct. Japon., non 

 Hamilt.; Pdura paniculata var. pilosa Nakai; P. ciliata Nakai; 

 P. pilosa Nakai ex Honda; P. chinensis var. pilosa (Nakai) 



Nakai Sawa-futagi, Rurimi-no-ushi-koroshi, Nishigori. 



Fruit blue. Common in mountains and hills; Hokkaido, 



Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. ^Korea, Manchuria, and China. 



The typical phase accurs in Formosa, s. China, Indochina, 

 Philippines, and the Himalayas. 



3. Symplocos paniculata (Thunb.) Miq. Primus pani- 

 culata Thunh.; Palura paniculata (Thunb.) Nakai Kuromi- 



NO-NisHiGORi, Shiro-sawa-futagi, Nishigori. Large decidu- 

 ous shrub with exfoliating bark, branches glabrous; leaves ob- 

 long or elliptic, rarely somewhat ovate, 5-10 cm. long, 2.5-4 

 cm. wide, acuminate to acute at both ends, incurved-toothed, 

 the petioles 5-10 mm. long; inflorescence 3-7 cm. long, nearly 

 glabrous; flowers white, about 8 mm. across, short-pedicellate; 

 calyx-teeth ovate, rounded, membranous; fruit ovoid-globose, 



black, 6-7 mm. in diameter. ^May-June. Honshu (centr. 



distr. westw.). 



Var. pubescens (Nakai) Ohwi. Palura paniculata var. 

 pubescens Nakai; P. chinensis var. pubescens (Nakai) Nakai; 



S. tanakana Nakai; P. tana\ana (Nakai) Nakai Kuromi- 



No-SAWA-FUTAGi. Bark transversely fissured; young branch- 

 lets and underside of leaves pilose. Honshu (w. distr.), 



Shikoku, Kyushu. s. Korea. 



4. Symplocos myrtacea Sieb. & Zucc. Bobua myrtacea 

 (Sieb. & Zucc.) Miers; Dicalyx myrtacea (Sieb. & Zucc.) Hara 



Hai-no-ki. Small glabrous evergreen tree; branches 



dark brown, slender, the young branchlets terete, pale green to 

 vivid green when dried; leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate or nar- 

 rowly so, 4-7 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide, caudate, abrupdy 

 mucronate, rounded to abrupdy acute at base, obtuse-toothed, 

 lustrous, pale green beneath, the petioles slender, 8-15 mm. 

 long; racemes 3- to 6-flowered, loose, nearly corymbose, the 

 pedicels 8-15 mm. long, slender, the bracteoles lanceolate, 

 membranous, long-hairy on back, slightly longer than the 

 calyx, caducous; calyx-limb short, the teeth ovate-deltoid, small, 

 less than 1 mm. long; corolla about 12 mm. across; stamens 

 nearly as long as the corolla; fruit narrowly ovoid, 7-8 mm. 



in diameter. May. Honshu (sw. Kinki Distr. and westw.), 



Shikoku, Kyushu. 



5. Symplocos lancifolia Sieb. & Zucc. S. leptostachys 

 Sieb. & Zucc; S. lancifolia var. leptostachys (Sieb. & Zucc.) 

 Miq.; Bobua lancifolia (Sieb. & Zucc.) Miers; B. leptostachys 

 (Sieb. & Zucc.) Miers; Dicalyx lancifolia (Sieb. & Zucc.) Hara 



Shirobai. Small evergreen tree with slender, terete, 



gray-brown branches, the branchlets yellow-brown pilose; 

 leaves narrowly ovate to broadly lanceolate, 4-6(-8) cm. long, 

 1.5-2.5(-3) cm. wide, caudate, mucronate, acute or sometimes 

 rounded at base, deep green and lustrous with the midrib 

 puberulent on upper side, slightly paler and appressed-hairy 

 beneath while young, undulate-toothed, the petioles 2-4 mm. 

 long; inflorescence spicate, 1-3 cm. long, densely yellow-brown 

 pilose; flowers 10-15, sessile, about 4 mm. across, the bracts 

 and bracteoles broadly deltoid, as long as the calyx-tube; calyx- 

 teeth elliptic, 0.7 mm. long; fruit broadly obovoid-ellipsoidal, 



5-6 mm. long, black. Sept.-Oct. Honshu (Kinki Distr. 



and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. Ryukyus. 



6. Symplocos theophrastaefolia Sieb. & Zucc. S. spicata 

 sensu auct. Japon., non Roxb.; Bobua theophrastaefolia (Sieb. 

 & Zucc.) Miers; Dicalyx theophrastaefolia (Sieb. & Zucc.) Hara 



Kanzabur6-no-ki. Small evergreen tree with terete, 



rather slender, brownish branches, the branchlets brown, ap- 

 pressed-pilose while young; leaves coriaceous, narrowly elliptic 

 or narrowly oblong, sometimes broadly lanceolate, 10-15 cm. 

 long, 3-5 cm. wide, caudate to acuminate, acute to acuminate 

 at base, undulate-toothed, pale green or sometimes very slighdy 

 glaucous beneath, glabrous on both surfaces, the petioles 7-12 

 mm. long; spikes often branched at base, 3-5 cm. long, densely 

 brown-pilose; flowers sessile, 7-8 mm. across, the bracts and 

 bracteoles broadly deltoid, as long as the calyx-tube, densely 

 brown-pilose; calyx-teeth subrounded, ciliolate; fruit depressed- 



urceolate, about 5 mm. long. Aug.-Sept. Honshu (Suruga 



Prov. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. Ryukyus, Formosa, 



and China. 



7. Symplocos kotoensis Hayata. S. lithocarpoides Na- 

 kai; Bobua lithocarpoides (Nakai) Nakai; B. \otoensis (Ha- 

 yata) Yamamoto; Dicalyx \otoensis (Hayata) Hara Aoba- 



No-Ki. Resembles the preceding, the branches thick, terete, 

 appressed brown-pubescent while young; leaves vivid green, 

 coriaceous, elliptic to narrowly oblong, sometimes broadly 

 lanceolate, 15-23 cm. long, 3.5-8 cm. wide, short-caudate to 

 short-acute, acute at base, glabrous and lustrous on upper side, 

 scattered-pilose, pale green and somewhat glaucous beneath, 

 entire to obsoletely undulate-toothed near tip, midrib and 

 lateral nerves raised beneath, the petioles 7-12 mm. long, stout; 

 spikes often branched at base, 4-7(-10) cm. long, sparsely 

 woolly in anthesis, the bracts and bracteoles densely brown- 

 pubescent; fruit black, ovoid-urceolate, about 6 mm. long, the 



calyx persistent. Aug.-Sept. Kyushu (Yakushima and 



Tanegashima). Ryukyus and Formosa. 



8. Symplocos glauca (Thunb.) Koidz. Laurus glauca 

 Thunb.; S. neriifolia Sieb. & Zucc; Bobua neriifolia (Sieb. & 

 Zucc.) Miers; Myrsine thunbergii T. Tanaka; B. glauca 



(Thunb.) Nakai; Dicalyx glauca (Thunb.) Migo ^Mimitsu- 



BAt. Small evergreen tree with stout terete red-brown 

 branches, thinly brown-pubescent while young; leaves thick, 

 oblong-lanceolate to broadly oblanceolate, 8-15 cm. long, 2-3.5 

 cm. wide, acute to acuminate, acute at base, entire or with few 

 short teeth on upper margin, deep green and lustrous, glau- 

 cous and the midrib reddish beneath, the petioles 1-1.5 cm. 

 long; inflorescence very short, axillary, densely brown-woolly; 

 flowers sessile, about 6 mm. across; anthers purplish; fruit 



oblong-ovoid, 12-15 mm. in diameter. July-Aug. Honshu 



(Awa Prov. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. Ryukyus, For- 

 mosa, China, and Indochina. 



9. Symplocos tanakae Matsum. Bobua tanakae (Mat- 

 sum.) Masam.; Dicalyx tana\ae (Matsum.) Hara Hiro- 



ha-no-mimitsubai. Small glabrous evergreen tree, yellow- 

 green when dry, the branchlets rather stout, slightly angled; 

 leaves narrowly oblong, 10-15 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, acute 

 with an obtuse tip, acuminate at base, lustrous above, undulate- 

 toothed on upper margin, the midrib slighdy impressed or 

 flat on upper side, the midrib raised beneath; flowers 8-10 

 mm. across, sessile, in axillary headlike spikes, the bracts 

 and bracteoles depressed-cordate, glabrous, ciliolate; calyx- 

 teeth broadly elliptic, about 3 mm. long, obsoletely ciliolate; 

 fruit ellipsoid-globose, 2-2.2 cm. in diameter, black. Dec. 



