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countries about the year 1820. As it is the product
regions and cannot bear cold climates, it must be kept
of warm
in hot
1 louses. The stem is soft and flexible like a vine, attaining to a
lu-ight of about 4 fts. In early summer it brings forth panicles of
single white fragrant flowers.
391. Jasminum sambac, Ait., Jap. Morinkwa ; an
evergreen shrub of the order Jasminaceas introduced from Loochoo
Islands about the year 15^6. The stems attain to a height of
about 4 fts. Late in summer, it bears single
white flowers with a
very strong agreeable odour. It resembles the former being of
the same genus, and in winter it must be kept in hot houses.
392. Olea fragrans lutea, Jap. Mokusei, Kin-mokusei ;
an evergreen tree of the order Oleacea? planted in gardens,
attaining to a height of about 10 fts. Late in autumn, it produces
small reddish yellow flowers in clusters from the axils of the
leaves. The flowers are strongly fragrant and called Tankei (red
olea fragrans).
393. Olea fragrans alba, Jap. Gin-mokusei / a variety
of the former of the same quality with white flowers and larger
leaves, but with less odour. A variety having leaves with coarsely
dentated edges
is called Hiragi-mokusci.
394. Daphne odora, 77/., Jap. Jincho-ge ; an evergreen
shrub of the order Thyrnelaeaceas planted in gardens, attaining to
a height of 3-5 fts. It grows in the form of a thicket. In winter
it
brings forth buds in clusters, which open in spring. The
flowers are of purplish red outside, and white inside. The leaves
are marginned with pale yellow. That with white flowers has
leaves not marginned, and grows higher than the other, with a
stronger odour. The one here illustrated refers to the latter kind.
395. Cymbidium ensifolium, Sw., Jap. Suru-gn-ran t
O-ran ; an evergreen herb of the order Orchidacese growing wild
in the provinces of lyo, Kii, and especially Suruga, whence the
name. The leaves are 2-3 fts. long. In summer and autumn it