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Family 4. WINTERACEAE. K3-6, C 00, A 00, G few 

 Ovaries in a single whorl. Aromatic shrubs with alternate entire and hairless leaves. 



DRIMYS. K3. 



* D. aromatica. 15. Summer. E. Ls. oblanc., 3, crowded radially at end of 



shoot. Fls. I, greenish white. Victoria and Tasmania. (Fig. 114 e.) 



* D. Winteri. Winter's Bark. 25. Summer. E. Ls. lane, 10, bright pale 



green, usually crowded radially at end of shoot. Fls. i-|, ivory white; 

 petals linear, spreading, pointed. South America. (Fig. 114 F.) 



ILLICIUM. Ls. lane, entire, leathery, hairless. Fls. i, solitary or in pairs in 

 1. -axils. Fruit i, star-shaped. 



* I. anisatum. Anise. 12. March-May. E. Ls. 3. Fls. greenish yellow. 



China and Japan. (Fig. 114 c.) 



* /. floridanum. Poison Bay. 8. March-May. E. Ls. 4., Fls. purple. South 



United States. (Fig. 114 D.) 



Family 5. SCHIZANDRACEAE. K 00, C 00, A 00, G 00 



Climbers. Ls. alternate, faintly toothed or entire. Fls. unisexual. Fruit a berry. 



* Kadsura chinensis (K. japonica). id. September. E. Ls. ov., lane, 4, 



long-pointed, tapering base, dark green, hairless. Fls. f, white, cup-shaped, 



petals fleshy, solitary on slender stalk. Fruit a round head of red berries. China 



and Japan. (Fig. 78 d.) 



SCHIZANDR.\. Ls. aromatic, with transparent dots. Fruit an elongated spike 

 of red berries hanging from a slender stalk. 



S. chinensis {S. japonica). 30. April-May. | E. Stems reddish brown, slightly 



angled, hairless, warted. Ls. ov., 4, tapering at base to slender stalk, 



veins on lower surface appear dark green against a pale green background. 



Fls. I, pale rose-coloured, fragrant, on slender stalks, in clusters. Fruit 



spike 6, persisting through winter. China and Japan. (Fig. 78 a.) 

 S. glaucescens. April-May. | E. Stem nearly cylindrical. Ls. glaucous below. 



China. 

 S. gra?idi flora. April-May. h E. Ls. like S. chinensis, but thicker. Fls. i, 



white tinged with pink. Himalaya. 

 S. Henryi. April-May. \ E. Stem triangular when young, each angle winged. 



Ls. ov., 4, leathery, glaucous below. Fls. \, white, on stout stalks up to 



2 long. Berries sticky. West China. 

 S. rubriflora. 20. April-May. | E. Fls. deep crimson. West China. 



Family 6. TROCHODENDRACEAE. P4 or o, A4-00, G few 



EUPTELEA. Ls. broadly ov., 4, sharp-pointed, broadly wedge-shaped base, 

 toothed, long-stalked. Fls. small, with numerous red stamens, in axillary clusters 

 Fruit flat, -|, narrowly wedge-shaped, notched on one side. 



E. Franchetii. 40. March-April. D. Ls. finely and more or less evenly 



toothed. Fruit 1-3-seeded. China. (Fig. 78 e.) 

 E.polyandra. 40. March-April. D. Ls. coarsely and unevenly toothed. 

 Fruit I -seeded. Japan. (Fig. 78 f.) 



