Japan Flora: Large shrub; leaves glabrous on upper side, glaucous and sparingly stellate-pubescent beneath while young, abruptly acute, slightly cordate, the nerves appressed-pilose while young; spikes sev¬eral-flowered; flowers yellow, about 15 mm. long; stamens half as long as the petals, the anthers purple. Apr. Mountains;

Kyushu (Kirishima Mts.).