KADSURA (its Japanese name). SYN. Sarcocarpon. ORD. Magnoliaceae. A genus comprising about seven species of half-hardy climbing shrubs, natives of the mountains of Eastern tropical Asia. Flowers whitish or reddish, axillary or solitary. Leaves coriaceous, rarely membranaceous. Only one species is in general cultivation; it thrives in almost any soil, if grown against a wall. Cuttings of nearly ripened shoots will root in sand, under a bell glass. KADSURA japonica (Japanese). fl. white; peduncles opposite the leaves, one-flowered, usually solitary, longer than the petioles. June to September. l. oval or oblong-oval, acute at both ends, serrated, smooth, thick. Japan, 1846. Half-hardy shrub. (S. Z. F. J. 17.) There is a very pretty variegated form of this species.