Japan Flora: Glabrous, evergreen, scandent shrub, the branches nearly terete, elon­gate, with a raised pulvinus like leaf-scar on each side; leaves rather thick, ovate or ovate-oblong, 5-10 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, abruptly acuminate to acute, abruptly acute at base, deep green and lustrous above, entire, the petioles 7-12 mm. long; inflorescence usually 1-flowered, rarely 3-flowered; flowers pen­dulous, white, the peduncles 1-2 cm. long; calyx-lobes semi- rounded, ciliolate, less than 1 mm. long; corolla 5-parted nearly to the base, the lobes deltoid-lanceolate, puberulous inside; anthers erect, 5-6 mm. long, with a dense tuft of hairs on back; fruit globose, red, about 1 cm. across, 3- or 4-seeded.  July. 

Honshu (Awa Prov. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu; rather rare.

Gardneria insularis Nakai It is reported to occur in Kyushu (Tsushima and Buzen Prov.).  s. Korea.