Tap, 8538. 
ACTINIDIA cuHINENSIS. 
China. 
TERNSTROEMIACEAE. Tribe SAURAUJEAE. 
Aotinipia, Lindl.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 184. 
Actinidia chinensis, Planch. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot, vol. vi. p. 303; Oliver 
in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1593; Dunn in Journ. Livn. Soc., Bot, vol. xxxix. p. 408; 
foliis suborbicularibus vel late ovatis basi cordatis vel rotundatis subtus 
tomentosis distincta. 
Frutex scandens. Rami juniores hispi:li, seniores glabrescentes. Folia longi- 
petiolata, dimorpha; folia ramulorum sterilinm majuscula, late ovata vel 
elliptica, breviter acuminata vel cuspidata; folia ramulorum floriferoruam 
suborbicularia, apice breviter cuspidata rotundata vel retusa, basi plus 
minusve cordata, 6-12 cm. diametro, venulis productis denticulata, supra 
puberula nervis densius induta, subtus dense molliter pubescentia nervis 
prominentibus ; petioli 3-5-6 cm. loagi, dense hirsuti. Cymae in axillis 
foliornm delapsorum ortae, pauciflorae; pedicelli circiter 1-5 mm. longi, 
hirsuti. lores unisexuales, aurantiaci, 4-5 cm. diametro. Flores ¢ : 
Sepala ovato-oblonga, extra brunneo-tomentosa. Petala latissime obovata, 
breviter unguiculata. Stamina numerosa; filamenta filiformia; antherae 
sagittatae. Ovarii rudimentum dense lanatum, multiloculatum loculis 
20-25 minutis; styli totidem, lineares. Flores Q (alabastra tantum 
cognita): Sfaminodia numerosa. Ovarium subglobosum, tomentosum, 
usque ad 30-loculatum ; styli in alabastro recurvati. Baccae ellipsoideae, 
tomentosae, circiter 4 cm. longae, calyce persistente reflexo. Semina 
oblongo-ellipsoidea, 2-2°5 mm. longa, reticulato-foveolata.—T. A. SPRAGUE. 
The genus Actinidia, to which the subject of our illustra- 
tion belongs, is one as to the position of which there has 
been some debate. .In the Genera Plantarum it was 
referred by Bentham and Hooker to the natural family 
-Ternstroemiaceae, but in the Natiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien it 
was transferred by Gilg to the Dilleniaceae. Dunn, who 
has recently monographed the genus Actinidia and re- 
investigated its affinities, has once more included it in the 
Ternstroemiaceae, relying largely in so doing upon its 
versatile anthers, numerous seeds unprovided with an aril, 
and moderately large embryo. The species of Actinidia 
are said to be polygamous or dioecious; according to 
Schneider A. chinensis is dioecious, and this statement is 
apparently correct, for the plant figured at t. 1593 of the 
Icones Plantarum bears young flowers which appear to be 
functionally female, whereas the plaut which has supplied 
Fesruary, 1914. 
