Buxus sinica
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Synonyms
- Buxus harlandii Hort, not Hance
- Buxus microphylla var. sinica Rehder & E.H.Wilson
Infraspecifics
Editorial Note
Treated by Bean as Buxus microphylla var. sinica.
A shrub 3 to 18 ft high in the wild state; young stems downy. Leaves lustrous green, to 12⁄5 in. long, ovate to obovate, with the venation visible on the upper surface of the leaf.
Native of China, where it is widespread. The “B. harlandii” of gardens belongs here; it is a dwarf form, perhaps of garden origin, growing to about 2 ft high, with leaves to 11⁄2 in. long and barely 1⁄4 in. wide.
var. insularis (Nakai) M.Cheng
Synonyms
Buxus microphylla var. koreana Nakai ex Rehder
Editorial Note
Treated by Bean as Buxus microphylla var. koreana.
A dense shrub about 2 ft high; young stems and leaf-stalks downy. Leaves to about 3⁄5 in. long, obovate to elliptic-oblong, margins inrolled, venation scarcely visible on upper surface of leaves.
Native of Korea and Japan, valued in the north-eastern U.S.A. for its great hardiness.
