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foot of the EK'ina Mountains, where it grows in bushes of about three 
feet in height. Unfortunately it is not hardy in England. It was first 
mentioned by Jussieu in his Genera Plantarniu in 1789. It was intro- 
duced into Erance by Michaux and Olivier, and into England in 1790 
by SiiJ oseph Banks. 
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