Japan Flora: Glabrous evergreen tree; leaves subcoriaceous, narrowly ovate or oblong, 6-12(-15) cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, obtuse, glaucous beneath, the midrib 3-parted near base, the petioles 8-18 mm. long; in- florescence shorter than the leaves, glabrous; peduncles promi- nent, the pedicels rather short; perianth-segments about 2.5 mm. long, broadly ovate, puberulent inside; fruit ellipsoidal, 10-12 mm. long, black.-June.

Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea, China, Ryukyus, and Formosa.