|thirty years ago|on the |its growth and the size of
|by Mr. John C. |throat |its panicles. Four hundred
|Teas in Indiana,| |flowers have been borne on
|U.S.A. | |a single panicle.
| | |Generally, the plant is
| | |intermediate between the
| | |two species that share its
| | |parentage.
| | |
C. Kaempferi |China; |Flowers |Whilst this species--named
|introduced by |1 inch |in honour of Engelbert
|Siebold in 1849 |across; |Kaempfer, who visited Japan
| |reddish- |in the seventeenth
| |brown and |century--bears a strong
| |purple |resemblance to the American
| |markings |C. bignonioides, it is
| | |neither so fine nor so
| | |ornamental a tree. It has
| | |naturally the same rounded
| | |habit, but is never so
| | |large. The leaves differ
| | |in frequently being more
| | |or less lobed. Kaempfer
| | |noted this tree in Japan,
| | |and until a recent date it
| | |was regarded as indigenous
| | |to that country. Recent
| | |travellers have, however,
| | |concluded it to be (like
| | |many other popular trees in
| | |Japan) of Chinese origin
| | |solely. It is frequent in
| | |the grounds surrounding
| | |Buddhist temples in Japan.
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