Japan Flora: Evergreen shrub to abou 1 m. high, with yellow discoid sessile scales; leaves somewhat coriaceous, lanceolate to broadly so, or rarely narrowly oblong, 4-8 cm. long, 1.2-2 cm. wide, abruptly acute to shallowly cordate at base, mostly glabrous, often puberulous on the upper side near base, sparsely scaly beneath, entire, the margin slighdy recurved, the petioles 2-6 mm. long; flowers 2-5, nearly umbellate, pale greenish yellow, the pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long; calyx small, with 5 undulate teeth; corolla 5-lobed, infundi- buliform, 2.5-3 cm. across, with discoid sessile scales outside; stamens 10, the filaments slightly pilose near base; style glabrous; capsules cylindric, 1-1.2 cm. long, 2.5-3 mm. across. Apr.-May. Rocky wooded slopes in mountains;

Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu.

Var. hypoglaucum Suto & Suzuki. Leaves obovate-oblong, usually slightly glaucous beneath, with sessile discoid scales on both surfaces while young, persistent only beneath; corolla puberulent outside, scarcely scaly. May. Honshu (Mount Ozaku in Shimotsuke); rare.