Japan Flora: Large glabrous shrub with grayish branches; leav沈 coriaceous, oblong, sometimes narrowly so or narrowly ovate-oblong, 8-13 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, abruptly acuminate, acute to nearly rounded at base, deep green, serrulate or entire, the petioles 7-13 mm. long; flowers about 5 mm. across, white, the pedicels 7-10 mm. long, Sept
Thought to be spontaneous in mountains of Kyushu; widely cultivated in our area. China,