Osmanthus (osmanthus)

[NL. (Loureiro, 1790), lary clusters, followed by woody or stony roundish drupes. The highly fragrant flowers of O. fragrans, an evergreen shrub of China and Japan, afford a perfumers' oil, and are used by the Chinese to scent tea. O. American us, of the southeastern United States, is called devil-wood. IMG:content-1894.png:[blocks in formation]