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Symplocos Japonica. Be Candolle [alias 

 S. lucida-, Zuccarini). A hardy (?) evergreen 

 shrub, from Japan, belonging to the natural 

 order of Sapotads. Flowers in small, pale yellow 

 clusters. Introduced by Messrs. Standisli and 

 Noble. (Fig. 38.) 



This is said to grow in Japan to the size of the European 

 ash-tree, with a close head ; or to become a coppice-bush 

 20 feet high. The Japanese call it Furoggi. Thunberg 

 took it for a myrtle ! It is much used by the Japanese for 

 decorating the shrines of their idols, for which its evergreen 

 habit renders it suitable. According to Siebold, it gi-ows 

 naturally in the southern provinces of Japan along with 

 true Laurels, Terebinths, Magnolias, and Buckthorns. 



Rhaponticum acaule. Be Candolle [alias 

 Cynara acaulis, Linnaus j alias Cynara humilis, 

 Jussieu j alias Serratula acaulis, Be Candolle ; 



