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DISTRIBUTION. Ten species are known ranging from the Himalayas to Japan.

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Figure 7. Enkianthus quinqueflorus, Lour. ENKIANTHUS QUINQUEFLORUS, Lour.

D. C. Prod. VII 732.

"A glabrous erect shrub. Leaves deciduous, crowded at the ends of the branches, oblong or obovate-oblong, acuminate, 2 to 4 inches long, entire, narrowed into a petiole of 3 to 4 lines, coriaceous and shining, strong- ly reticulate on both sides. Flowers pedicellate, drooping, issuing several

The Hong Kong Naturalist.

The Hong Kong Naturalist.

Vol. III, Nos. 3 and 4.

Plate 31.

Enkianthus quinqueflorus. Lour.

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