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Buxus sempervirens Linn. var. japonica (Muell. Arg.) Makino 

 in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, IX. 1895. p. 281. 



Buxus japonica Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XVI. 1, p. 20 ; Miq. Prol. 

 Fl. Jap. p. 292. Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. I. p. 428 ; Pax. in Engl, 

 et Prantl Die Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5, p. 133 ; Palib. in Act. Hort. Petrop. 

 XVIII. p. 189. 



Buxus sempervirens (lapsu typogr. virens) Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 77, excl. 

 syn. ; Sieb. et Zucc. in Abh. Akad. .Munch. IV. 2, p. 142 ; Forbes et Hemsl. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. p. 418, non Linn. 



Buxus sempervirens b. suffrulicosa Sieb. Synops. PI. Oeconom. Jap. 

 1830, p. 30. 



Hob. Prov. Musashi: Tokyo, cult. (T. Makino \ May 1896, April 17, 

 1897), Ibid. Bot. Gard. Koishikawa, cult. (Herb. ! Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. 

 Tokyo, April 16, 1878) ; Prov. Shimotsuke : Urayama in Nikko (Herb. ! 

 I.e. Oct. 8, 1879); Prov. Idzu : Isl. Kodzu-shima (S. Okubol herb. I.e. 

 April 27, 1987), Summit of Mt, Hachidyo-fuzi in Isl. Hachidyo (S. Okubo ! 

 herb. 1. c. May 13, 1887) ; Prov. Tosa : Nagano near Sakawa (T. Makino ! 

 Spring 1892, Nov. 27, 1892). 



var. microphylla Bl. in herb. Lugd.-Batav. ex Miq. 1. c. ; Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. V? p. 267. 



Buxus microphylla Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhandl. Akad. Muench. IV. 2, 

 p. 142 ; Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. I. p. 632 ; Baill. Monogr. Bux. et Sty]. 

 p. 64. 



Buxus japonica /?. micropliylla Muell. Arg. 1. c. ; Miq. 1. c. ; Franch. 

 et Sav. 1. c. 



Buxus sempervirens a. angustifolia Sieb. 1. c. 



Tsuge Ksempf. Amcen. Exot. p. 781. 



Hah Prov. Shimoosa : Mama (Herb. ! Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 

 April 6, 1878) ; Prov. Awa in Isl. Shikoku : Kamimyo-mura (B. Yatabe ! 

 herb. 1. c. July 24, 1888) ; Prov. Tosa : Sakawa (T. Makino ! April 1892). 



var. liukiuensis Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, IX. 1895, p. 279. 



A shrub ; branches yellowish ; branchlet puberulent. Leaves opposite, 

 oblong-ovate, obovato-oblong, obovate, ovate, or oblanceolate, attenuated at 

 base, emarginate, entire, thinly coriaceous, green and shining above, paler 

 beneath, 1J-3 cm. broad, 3-6 cm. long including the slightly puberulent 

 short petiole ; veins many, erect-patent, branching, delicately prominent 

 above when dried. Inflorescence axillary, cluster-flowered, furnished with 

 a firm rounded ciliated and small bract under each flower, the female flower 



