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de Candolle, Prodr. XIV. p. 531 ( 1857)-Miquel in Ann. Mus. Bot. 

 Lugd. Bat. III. p. 133 (1867); Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 297 (1867)-Franchet 

 & Savatier, Enum. PL Jap. I. p. 404 (1875)-Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. 

 St. Petersb. XXVII. p. 532 (1881); in Mel. Biol. XL p. 310 (1881)- 

 Matsumura, Nippon Shokubutsumeii p. 63 no. 753 (1884); Cat. PL 

 Herb. Sci. Coll. Imp. Univ. p. 101. no. 1086 (1895)-Gilg & Loesner 

 in Bot. Jahrb. XXXIV. Beibl. LXXV. p. 53 (1904)-Schneider, Illus. 

 Handb. II. p. 403. fig. 274 m-n (1909)-Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. 

 Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. p. 674 (1910)-Matsumura, Ind. PL Jap. II. 

 pt. 2. p. 388 (1912)-Rebder in Sargent, PL Wils. II. p. 538 (1916)- 

 Yabe, Prelim. Report Fl. Tsing-tau p. 85 (1919)-Loesner in Beihefte 

 Bot, Centralb. XXXVII. 2 Abt. p. 160 no. 703 (1920)-Makino & 

 Nemoto, Fl. Jap. p. 507 (1925). 



Syn. Daphne Fortunei Lindley in Journ. Hort, Soc. London I. p. 

 147 (1846)-Fortune in Journ. Hort. Soc. London II. p. 34 t. 1 (1847)- 

 Lamaire in Flores des Serres III. t. 208 (1847)-Meissner. I.e. 



Daphne Genkwa var. Fortunei Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris 

 2 ser. VII. p. 69 (1884)-Schneider, I.e. 



Frutex; caulis annuus simplex, post 2 annos ramosus, ramuli pilosi. 

 Folia annua lanceolata vel lanceolato-oblonga utrinque acuminata utrin- 

 que parce pilosella, supra viridia infra pallida, 15-50 mm. longa 5-15 

 mm. lata. Flores proecosi in apice ramulorum hornotinorum sericei 

 2-6 umbellati; perigonium extus sericeum, tubo 5-10 mm. longo, lobis 

 4 late obovata vel obovata lilacinis 6-9 mm. longis; stamina 8, 2-serialia; 

 discus annularis; ovarium oblongum pilosum, stigma depresso-capitatum 

 breve stipitatum. Drupa Candida globosa 7-8 mm. longa. 



Hab. in partibus occidentalibus et australibus peninsulse Koreanse 

 secus mare Hoang-Hai. 



Distr. China (Sbangtung, Cbekiang, Hupeh). 



Daphne Fortunei, this name was given to a young plant with 

 showy flowers. The size of flowers differs in individual plants; flowers 

 become smaller as the plant gets older. Flowers of any size can be 

 seen between Daphne Genkwa and Daphne Fortunei. 



