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Meratia praecox, Rehd. & Wilson (Calycanthus praecox, Linn. Chimonanthus fragrans, Lindl.). Lvs. elliptic-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, bright green, lustrous above, glabrous beneath, 3-5 in. long: fls. very fragrant, 11½ in. broad, outer sepals yellow, inner ones striped purplish brown. Feb., March. China. Japan. B.M. 466. L.B.C. 7:617. L.D. 3:173. G.C. III. 11:213. Gn.M. 5:141. Var. grandiflora, Rehd. & Wilson (Chimonanthus fragrans var. grandiflora, Lindl.). Fls. much larger and brighter-colored. B.R. 451.—The evergreen M. nitens, Rehd. & Wilson (Chimonanthus nitens, Oliver), with long-acuminate lvs. and smaller and paler fls. (H.I. 16:1600) is not yet introduced.
Meratia praecox, Rehd. & Wilson (Calycanthus praecox, Linn. Chimonanthus fragrans, Lindl.). Lvs. elliptic-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, bright green, lustrous above, glabrous beneath, 3-5 in. long: fls. very fragrant, 11½ in. broad, outer sepals yellow, inner ones striped purplish brown. Feb., March. China. Japan. Var. grandiflora, Rehd. & Wilson (Chimonanthus fragrans var. grandiflora, Lindl.). Fls. much larger and brighter-colored.—The evergreen M. nitens, Rehd. & Wilson (Chimonanthus nitens, Oliver), with long-acuminate lvs. and smaller and paler fls. is not yet introduced.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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