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countries about the year 1820. As it is the product<br />
regions and cannot bear cold climates, it must be kept<br />
of warm<br />
in hot<br />
1 louses. The stem is soft and flexible like a vine, attaining to a<br />
lu-ight of about 4 fts. In early summer it brings forth panicles of<br />
single white fragrant flowers.<br />
391. Jasminum sambac, Ait., Jap. Morinkwa ; an<br />
evergreen shrub of the order Jasminaceas introduced from Loochoo<br />
Islands about the year 15^6. The stems attain to a height of<br />
about 4 fts. Late in summer, it bears single<br />
white flowers with a<br />
very strong agreeable odour. It resembles the former being of<br />
the same genus, and in winter it must be kept in hot houses.<br />
392. Olea fragrans lutea, Jap. Mokusei, Kin-mokusei ;<br />
an evergreen tree of the order Oleacea? planted in gardens,<br />
attaining to a height of about 10 fts. Late in autumn, it produces<br />
small reddish yellow flowers in clusters from the axils of the<br />
leaves. The flowers are strongly fragrant and called Tankei (red<br />
olea fragrans).<br />
393. Olea fragrans alba, Jap. Gin-mokusei / a variety<br />
of the former of the same quality with white flowers and larger<br />
leaves, but with less odour. A variety having leaves with coarsely<br />
dentated edges<br />
is called Hiragi-mokusci.<br />
394. Daphne odora, 77/., Jap. Jincho-ge ; an evergreen<br />
shrub of the order Thyrnelaeaceas planted in gardens, attaining to<br />
a height of 3-5 fts. It grows in the form of a thicket. In winter<br />
it<br />
brings forth buds in clusters, which open in spring. The<br />
flowers are of purplish red outside, and white inside. The leaves<br />
are marginned with pale yellow. That with white flowers has<br />
leaves not marginned, and grows higher than the other, with a<br />
stronger odour. The one here illustrated refers to the latter kind.<br />
395. Cymbidium ensifolium, Sw., Jap. Suru-gn-ran t<br />
O-ran ; an evergreen herb of the order Orchidacese growing wild<br />
in the provinces of lyo, Kii, and especially Suruga, whence the<br />
name. The leaves are 2-3 fts. long. In summer and autumn it