MANGOt-lACEJE OF BRITISH INDIA.
obovold, shortly beaked.—TF««. Tent. Fl. 'Nep., t. U.—Sphwrostcnm gran<iiflonmi Bool,
fil. Thorns Fl. Ind. 81. .
T e m p e r a t e Himalaya from Ghurwal to Bhotaii, at elevations of from 6,000 to 10 000
f e e t . '
PLATE 69A. Scliizandra grandiflora, Hook. fil. CJ- RW. - L , flowering branch with
female flowers; 2, female flower; .3, male flower; 4, ripo frui t : of natural sue.
2. S. ELOSGATA, Ilook. fd. Thoms. Fl. Br. hid. i, 44. A woody climber with thin,
brown, lenticellate branches. Leaves membranous, ohlorg-Ianeeolale to ovate, acuminate
or acute ; the edges cartilaginous, entire, or minutely and remotely dentate ; base cuneate
or rounded, slightly unequal; beneath glaucous, the reticulations faint; main nerves
4 to 5 pairs ; length 2 to 3-Ò in., breadth 1 to 1-5 in. ; petiole -5 to -7 in., slender.
Floigers -5 to -lb in. in diara., yellowisli, axillary, solitary, or in fascicle.s of 2 or 3 on
slender, ebraeteolate pedioels 1 to 1-5 in. long, iiepals 3, orbicular. Feiuls 6, larger
t l i an the sepals, ovate-orbicular. Stamens as in S. Roxburghiana. Fruii 2 to 3 in. long ;
t h e rachis very slender, swollen at intervals ; carpels sub-sossile, globose, grooved on one
side, not beaked.—-^.^teros/ewa dongatum, Blmne Fl. Jav. ScMz., t. ö ; Hook, fil ^
Thoms. Fl. Ind. ^b.—Sphcsrostema grandißmm, Wall. Cat. 4983, A in part\y C.
T e m p e r a t e Himalaya from Nepal to Sikkim, alt. 5,000 to 6,000 feet;'Khasia Hills.
DISTUIB.—Java.
PLATtì 6i)B. Schizandra elongata, Hook. ßl.~5, branch with male flowers; 6, branch
w i t h fruit: of natural size; 7, female flower dissected to show the threo sepals, six
petals, and gyncecium : enlarged.
3. S. PROPINQUA, Rook. fil. ^ Thorns. Fl. Br. Ir^d. Ì, 45. A woody climber; young
branches with slender, pale brown, lenticellate bark. Leaves slightly flesliy, ovate°
lanceolate, acuminate; edges with minute distant teeth or sub-entire; tlie base 'rounded
or caneate, slightly unequal; under surface slightly pale; the reticulations wide, not
p r o m i n e n t ; main nerves 6 to 7 pairs, faint, anastomosing far from the margin; length
3-5 to 4-5 in, breadth 1-25 to 1-4 in.; petiole -4 to -ß in. Flowers -6 in. in diam.,
yellow or orange, axillary, snlitary, on bractoolate pedicels as long as, or shorter than,
t h e peti>des. Sepals and petals broadly ovate or obovate ; anthers 12 to 15, -embedded
in the conjoined globose fleshy mass of filaments. Fruit 6 in. long; the axis cylindric,
fleshy, rough; carpels sub-sessile, globose, baccate, 2-secdcd.—Ilook. Ic. PI. I. 1715 —
Sphcerostema propinquum, £1. Fl. Jav. Schizandrece 15; Hook, fil ^ Thoms. FL Ind. 85,—
Kaäsura propinqua, Wall. Tent. Fl. Sep. 11, t. 15.
W e s t e r n Himalaya from Gharwal to Nepal, at elevations of 4,000 to 6,000 feet.
PLAXIÌ 4IA. Schizandra propinqua, Hook. fil. Thojns.— l, branch with male
flowers; 2, petals and andrcccium of a male flower, dissected; 3, ripe fruit: of natural
size; 4, andrcccium; 5, calyx: enlarged.
4. S. AXILLARIS, Hook. fil. ^ Thoms. Fl. Br. Intl. i, 45. A slender woody creeper ; the
y o u n g branches angular, smooth. Leaves thinly coriaceous, narrowly lanceolate or oblon-»-
lanceolate, much acuminate, distantly and minutely dentate or sub-entire; the base acut^
iDwer surface pale; the reticulütions wide, not prominent; nerves S or ü pairs, faint;
l e n g t h 2'5 to 3 in., breadth -6 to 1 in,; petiole -5 to '65 in. Flowers -5 in. in diam.^
scarlet, axillary, solitary, sessile or on bracteolate pedicels shorter th.m the petioles.
KADSURA. 22 1
Sepals orbicular; petals ovate-rotund. Anthers as in S. propinqua. Fruit 1 to 2 in. long;
t h e rachis slender, smooth; carpels globose, sub-sessile; seeds 1 or 2.—Sphcerostmia
axillare, Bl. Bijdr. 22; Fl. Jav. Schizand. 14, t. 3; Hook. fil. ^ Thoms. Fl. Ind. 80.
K h a s i a Hills, alt. 4,000 to 5,000 feet; Shan Hills, Upper Burmah, 4,000 feet,—
General Colleti.
DiSTiiiB.—Java and Sumatra.
Specimens from Java have leaves from 1 to 1-5 in. broad, and the pedictls of
t h e flowers arc much longer than iu those from the Khasia Hills.
PLATE 74A. Schizandra axillaris, Bl.—7, flowering branch: of natural size;
8, flower; 9, stamens:
8. Kadsura, Kaempfer.
CHmbing glabrous shi'uhs. Leaves exstipulate. Flowers unisexual, white, yellow or
reddish, axillary or in the axils of scales near the hase of short, lateral, leafy branches.
Sepals and petals 9 to 13, imbricate in about 3 series, s Stamens 5 to 15 or more,
i n a spiral series; filaments very short, free or sub-connate, often fleshy; anthers free
or sub-immersed in a fleshy head of confluent filaments; cells small, remote. ? Ovaries
many, densely imbricated; stigma sessile; ovules 2 to 4. Fruit a globose head of
indehiscent, fleshy, 1-seeded carpcls. Seeds 1 or 2, suspended; albumen fleshy; testa
c r u s t a c e o u s ; embryo minute. DISTEIB.—Temp, and sub-trop. Asia. Species about 8.
Synopsis of species.
Individual eaipels muoronate or beaked.
Leaves broadly OTate to orate-oMong; flowers and fruit mostly axillary . . K. mmclens.
„ ovato-rotund ; flowers aad fruit usually on the stem below tbo leaves . 2. K. eaulifiora.
„ ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate; filaaionts mostly conuate
Iadi7idaal carpels truncate, not beaked.
Leaves broadly ovate ; filaments all free
„ lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate
4. K. WioMiana.
5. K. lanceolata.
1. K. SCANDENS, Bl. Fl. Jav. Sehizandreco, p. 9, i. 1. A woody, glabrous climber,
30 to 40 feet long; the bark dark-coloured, irregularly striate. Leaves coriaceou.s,
b r o a d l y ovate to ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, entire; the base rounded, very slio-htly
decurrent along the petiole; main nerves about 5 pairs, sub-erect; lenc^th of blade
4 to 6 in., breadth 2 to 4 in.; petiole about 1 in,, expanded at the base. Fhtvers
a x i l l a i y , with a few from the trunk below the leaves, solitary, on bracteolate pedunclesthose
of both sexes similar. Cahjx cf 3 ti-iangular sepals much shorter than the petals
and united at the hase. Felals ovate-oblong, blunt, fleshy, ei-ecto-patent, sub-concave
Male fioivers with numerous short, cuneate, equal stamens, densely packed on an ovoid'
fleshy receptacle; the connective fleshy; the anthers sub-truncate, 2-celled Female
fimers without stamens; the ovaries numerous, compressed; the stigmas sessile elongate
fleshy. Bipe fruit sub-globose, 2 to 2-5 in. in diam. ; the individual carpels selile'
globose or sub-compressed, fleshy, mucronate or beaked, less than -5 in in diam —Mi '
Fl. Ind. Bat. i,pt. ii, 19; Ei.^g in Journ. As. Soc. Ber^g. vol. 58, pt. ii, 2.75.~Sarcocarpon
scandons, Bl. Bijdr. 21. ^
Perak, Penang; at low elevations.
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