Helwingia

"Nepaul-barley" by a sudden mutation, we obviously must assume the same in the case of the _Helwingia_ and other normal instances.

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

The character is variable to a high degree, and this fact indicates its varietal nature, though it should be recalled that at least with the _Helwingia_, the majority of the leaves are destitute of flowers, and that in this way some degree of variability is present in this normal case too.

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

For the purpose of a comparison with the _Helwingia_ type we are however, not at all concerned with the species to which the

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

(which is found on the very summit), and three Chinese and Japanese genera, are the principal features of the forest; the common bushes being _Aucuba, Skimmia, _ and the curious _Helwingia, _ which bears little clusters of flowers on the centre of the leaf, like butcher's-broom.

Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864