Expl. Southern Jap., ARS 34-1, p. 43. 1957, as /. mutchagara Makino - 

 seed coll. 1956 by J. Creech (Creech coll. No. 659) from the wild at 

 4,500 ft elev., Yakushima, Japan; tree to 15 ft; lvs. crenate; fr. black, 2-3 

 in a cluster; PI 237878. This is the same plant cited in E. Griffith and H. 

 Hyland, USDA Pit. Inventory 165:76. 1966, as var. mutchagara. Some 

 other authors (cf. Hu, Hara & Yamazaki) do not accept Ohwi's reduction 

 of/, mutchagara Makino to a var. of/, crenata. We accept a more recent 

 assignment of /. crenata var. mutchagara as a syn of /. maximowicziana 

 var. kanehirae. = /. maximowicziana var. kanehirae (Yamamato) 

 Yamazaki, /. mutchagara Makino. 



MYRTIFOLIA (G. Malmborg, Amer. Nurseryman 135(11): 11. 1947) - 

 compact; lvs. small. Illegitimate, since the name /. aquifolium 

 MYRTIFOLIA has priority. 



MYRTIFOLIA AUREO-MACULATA (Louis de Smet Nurs., Ledeberg - 

 Lez-Gand, Belgium, cat. p. 59. 1887, without descr.). Illegitimate, since 

 the name / aquifolium MYRTIFOLIA AUREO-MACULATA has 

 priority. 



NAKADA (T. Dudley and G. Eisenbeiss, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 16: 14-17. 

 1977; idem, Mitt. Deut. Dendr. Gesel. 70:127. 1978; idem, HortSci. 

 13(6):709. 1978 - resembles the female clone MARIESII in habit and 

 leaf, but NAKADA is slightly faster growing and has slightly larger lvs.; 

 male; (Nummularia Group). Named by Dudley and Eisenbeiss for 

 Nakada Nurs. Originally distributed by USDA Pit. Introd. Service, Glenn 

 Dale, Maryland, as var. nummularia, PI 236233. It was redistributed in 

 1978 by the U.S. National Arb. as NAKADA, NA #25701. J. Creech, 

 Pit. Exploration Ornamentals in Southern Japan, USDA, ARS 34-1:39. 

 1957, as var. nummularia - pit. purchased by J. Creech from Nakada 

 Nurs., Angyo, Japan, 1956; PI 236233. G. Eisenbeiss & T. Dudley, 

 Proc. 54th Meet. Holly Soc. Amer., p. 12. 1977 - Holly Soc. Amer. Reg. 

 No. 5-77 by T. Dudley and G. Eisenbeiss. 



NANA (Daisey Hill Nurs., Newry, Ireland, cat. p. 53. 1922, without 

 descr.). Illegitimate, since the name /. aquifolium NANA has priority. 



NANA COMPACTA (T.H. Everett, ed., cat. Hardy Trees & Shrubs New 

 York Botanic Gdn., p. 54. 1942, without descr.). Illegitimate, since 

 individual words of the name have been published previously as cultivar 

 names of/, crenata. 



NANKING (Wister et al., Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6:35. 1953, without 

 descr.) - introd. about 1947 by Styer's Nurs. D. Wyman, Amer. 

 Nurseryman 1 12(9): 122. 1960 - upright, dense, rapid growing, soft 

 texture; some resemblance to /. glabra; lvs. blue green; male; sdlg. orig. 

 about 1932; sel. and named by Styer Nurs., Concordville, Pennsylvania. 



NATIONAL (in U.S. Pit. Pat. No. 4685. 1981 for/. X meserveae MESID 

 VARIETY, without descr.). In this pit. pat. of MESID VARIETY 

 mention is made that MESID VARIETY was found superior in hardiness 

 to /. crenata NATIONAL. No other record has been found for /. crenata 



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