SCmiZAHM A COCCINEA
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SCHISANDRA COCCINEA.
SCARLET SCHISANDRA.
Monoicia Pentandria, Linn. Menisperma, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix 9-leaved; leaves arranged in three series. Corolla, none. Anthers sub-sessile,
cohering at their points. Berries one-seeded, inserted upon an elongated,
filiform receptacle. Mzchaux.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Smooth. Leaves petiolate, sub-carneous, lanceolate-oval, acute at apex and base,
margin undulate, very rarely cut into sub-dentiform angles. B.
A scandent twining shrub, attaining a height of ten feet and upwards.
Leaves very numerous, somewhat fleshy, of various sizes,
but much larger and more ovate on the lower part of the plant than
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