descr. St. John's Nurs., Worcester, England, cat. p. 48. 1893, without 

 descr. Andorra Nurs., Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, cat. p. 27. 1903 - 

 more upright growth than type; lvs. oblong, glossy green. Ibid., cat. p. 

 17. 1910 - broad leaved, with var.fortunei as separate entry. A. Rehder, 

 Man. Cult. Trees & Shrubs, p. 544. 1927 - lvs. elliptic or obovate to 

 oblong-obovate; with syns. of var. elliptica Hort. and var. major Hort. 

 Hillier & Sons, Winchester, England, cat. 1940 - of stronger growth; lvs. 

 a little wider; with syns. of var. elliptica and var. major. B. Boom, 

 Nederl. Dendr., 3d ed., p. 310. 1949 - lvs. large; with var. elliptica Hort. 

 and var. major Hort. in syn. Wister et al., Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6:32. 

 1953, without descr.; with syns. of var. elliptica Siebold, var.fortunei 

 Hort. ex Miquel, ? var. globosa, and var. rotundifolia Maximowicz. 

 H. Hume, Hollies, p. 106. 1953 - compact shrub; lvs. curved, elliptic to 

 elliptic-oblong, base and tip obtuse; male; frequently sold as 

 ROTUNDIFOLIA [in U.S. nurseries]. If all the synonyms reported 

 above were originally intended at the clonal level, now considered 

 cultivar rank, they might all equate to LATIFOLIA. But descriptive data 

 are inadequate or absent, and authentic material for comparison is 

 lacking. Considering the diverse sources, the time periods, and the 

 confusion with ROTUNDIFOLIA, it seems dubious and foolhardy to 

 equate all of the above synonymy to LATIFOLIA at the cultivar rank. 

 There are many different clones that have been named LATIFOLIA. 

 Since all of the material cited by the refs. is of cult, orig., the name var. 

 latifolia is not acceptable at bot. rank. See entries of f. latifolia, 

 LATIFOLIA, var. rotundifolia, ROTUNDIFOLIA, var. major, and 

 MAJOR. Because of the lack of acceptable data to the contrary, 

 var. latifolia Goldring = LATIFOLIA of some authors, f. latifolia 

 (Goldring) Rehder, /. elliptica Siebold, var. elliptica Hort., l.fortunei 

 (cf. G. Nicholson). 



latifolia (Goldring) Rehder (A. Rehder, Biblio. Trees & Shrubs, p. 402. 

 1949, as a change in rank from var. latifolia (Goldring)) - syn. with var. 

 latifolia Goldring, var. major Nicholson, ? var. rotundifolia 

 Maximowicz, l.fortunei Hort. ex Miquel, /. elliptica Siebold ex Miquel. 

 S.-y. Hu, Jour. Arnold Arb. 30:323. 1949 - broad-leaved form; lvs. 

 oblong or elliptic, mature lvs. 13/16"-1 3/16" long, 3/8"-5/8" wide, apex 

 obtuse or subacute. G. Krussmann, Handb. Laub., 1st ed., Fascicle Pub., 

 2:23. Dec. 1960, as a cv. - shrub to 1.5 m tall, very compact, upright; lvs. 

 flat, elliptic to longish, 2-3.8 cm long, narrow obtuse tip, with syn. of 

 l.fortunei Miquel. W.J. Bean, Trees & Shrubs Hardy Brit. Isles, 8th ed., 

 2:440. 1973 - small tree, occasionally to 20 ft; lvs. oval, boxlike, 1/2"- 

 1 1/4" long, l/4"-5/8" wide, teeth minute, rounded; fr. 1/4" in dia. on 

 pedicels that are 1/4" or less in length; introd. by R. Fortune from cult. 

 This descr. is somewhat dubious, since it is identical to the descr. used 

 for /. crenata var. major in W.J. Bean, Trees & Shrubs Hardy Brit. Isles, 

 4th ed., 1:645. 1925. In Bean's 8th ed., no reference or citation is made 

 to his 4th ed.; and var. major is not listed as a syn. of or a different clone 



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