Japan Flora: Large glabrous evergreen shrub with pale gray-brown branches; leaves narrowly oblong or broadly oblong-lanceolate, 7-12 cm. long, 2.5-4 cm. wide, acuminate, acute at base, deep green above, serrulate especially toward the tip or subentire, the petioles 7-15 mm. long; flowers about 5 mm. across, pale yellow or orange­ yellow, the pedicels 7-10 mm. long.  Sept. Kyushu (s. distr.); planted chiefly in the western parts of our area.  China and India.