Japan
Of this compact-growing, small-leaved species, there are several forms: Fortunei has rounder leaves, and is a stronger grower than the type; variegata has leaves blotched with dull yellow.
I. Dahoon (Dahoon). fl., peduncles lateral and terminal, in panicled corymbs. May and June. Berries red. l. lanceolate-elliptical, coriaceous, almost quite entire, with the edges a little revolute, and with the midrib, petioles, and branchlets villous. h. 8ft. North America, 1726. (W. D. B. ii. 114.) I. D. myrtifolia (Myrtle-leaved). fl., peduncles slender, three to nine-flowered, or the more fertile shorter and one-flowered, smooth. May. l. linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, sparingly and sharply serrate or entire. h. 6ft. South United States, 1806. Shrub.
I. decidua (deciduous). fl., peduncles of the sterile flowers longer than the petioles, of the fertile ones short; calyx teeth smooth, acute. May. l. wedge-oblong or lance-obovate, obtusely serrate, downy on the midrib beneath, shining above. United States. Shrub. (W. D. B. ii. 115.) I. dipyrena (two-seeded).* fl. small, sessile, disposed in axillary fascicles. April and May. Berries dark brown, two-seeded. l. elliptical-oblong, mucronate, on short stalks, even, hardly wavy, remotely spiny-serrated. Branchlets angular. h. 12ft. North India, 1840. (B. F. F. 15.) I. glabra (smooth). Inkberry. fl., peduncles of the sterile flowers three to six-flowered, of the fertile ones one-flowered; calyx teeth rather blunt.