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NEW AND It ARE PLANTS. 
Symplocos japoxica, De Candolle. Japan Symplocos ( Paxt . FI. Gard ., i. p. 61).—Xat. Ord., Styracacese § 
Symplocese.—Syn., S. lucida, Zuccarini; Farlgyi of the Chinese.—An evergreen shrub, or hush growing, naturally 
twenty feet in height, and much used by the Japanese for decorating the shrines of their idols. Its hardiness 
appears uncertain, hut it certainly forms a very lively-looking 
shrub. The leaves are obovate cuspidate, light green and shin¬ 
ing, with something of the aspect of a hay; it has small pale 
yellow flowers in clusters from the axils of the leaves. Thun- 
berg took it for a Myrtle, Fortune for a Holly. From Japan, 
southern provinces. Introduced by Mr. Fortune in 1850. 
Messrs. Standish and Xoble, of Bagshot. 
Quercus sclerophylla, lincUey. Hard-leaved Oak {Paxt. 
FI. Gard ., i. 59).—Corylaceae.—A very fine evergreen tree, 
with smooth branches, hearing leathery-stalked leaves, four to 
six inches long, and about half as much in width, coarsely 
toothed, shining and bright green above, glaucous, with fine 
down beneath. The acorns grow in compact spikes three or 
four inches long, and are small, roundish, downy, almost en¬ 
closed within the very deep tomentose, scaly cups. From 
the north of China. Introduced by Mr. Fortune in 1850. 
Messrs. Standish and Xoble, of Bagshot. 
Ilex corxeta, Findley. Homed Holly {Paxt. FI. Gard ., 
i. 43).—Xat. Ord., Aquifoliaceae.—A fine hardy evergreen shrub, 
with oblong coriaceous deep green leaves,! obtuse at the base, 
truncate at the apex, almost always furnished with three strong 
spines at the end, which in old plants sometimes turn up their 
ends, and assume the appearance of strong horns. The 
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1. Symplocos japonica. 2. Quercus sclerophylla. 3. Ilex cornuta. 
, benies arc, large, in sessile axillary umbels. From the north of China. Introduced by Mr. Fortune in 1849. 
J Flowers in spring. Messrs. Standish and Xoble, of Bagshot. 
