C. controversa Hemsl. Very similar to C. alternifolia, but much taller, normally tree-like, to 15 m, branches also tiered, brown, pruinose (important for identification!); leaves broad elliptic, short acuminate, 7-15 cm long, with 6 - 9 vein pairs, pubescent beneath, hairs all facing in one direction; flowers in flat, 10 - 15 cm wide cymes, june; fruits blue-black, 6 mm thick. BM 8464; NK 16: 15; KIF 1: 94 (= C. brachypoda K. Koch non C. A. Mey.; C. macrophylla Koehne non Wall.). Japan, China. 1880. z5-6 Plate 138; Fig. 274.
'Variegata' (Barbier). Leaves white bordered. introduced by Barbier to the trade in 1896. Beautiful planted as a specimen; frequently found in French and Italian parks. The most splendid specimen in Europe is in the park of Dunloe Castle, near Killarney, Ireland, about 8 m high and 10 m wide, quite regular in its broad conical habit. Plate 76.