148 TROCHODENDRACEAE • MENI SPERM ACE AE 



Tetracentron sinense. 100. Midwinter. D. Buds slender-pointed. Ls. 

 alternate, ov., 3, palmately 5-7-nerved, heart-shaped base, finely round-toothed, 

 slender-stalked. Fls. small, yellowish, in hanging spikes up to 6 long. Fruit I, 

 dry, brown, 4-celled. China. (Fig. 78 c.) 



Trochodendron aralioides (Gymnanthus paradoxus). 30. June. E. Ls. ov., 

 lane, 6, long-pointed, long-stalked, leathery, toothed, in whorls or grouped radially 

 at end of whorled branches. Fls. rather like ivy, greenish yellow, in terminal 

 upright racemes. Fruit f, brown, Japan. (Fig. 55 F.) 



Family 7. CERCIDIPHYLLACEAE. P4, A 00, G2-5 



Cercidiphyllum japonicum. Katsura Tree. 100. March. D. Forming 

 several spirally twisted and furrowed trunks. Ls, opposite, ov. or round, 2\, 

 heart-shaped base, palmately nerved, round-toothed, slender-stalked. Fls. incon- 

 spicuous, unisexual, on separate trees. Fruit |, a many-seeded pod. Japan. 

 (Fig. 59 c.) 



Variety sinensis. Colours better in autumn according to Messrs. 

 Stewart & Son, Wimborne. 



Family 8. ANONACEAE. K3, C6, A 00, G 00 



AsiMiNA TRILOBA. Pawpaw. 15. May-June. D. Ls. alternate, obov., 12, entire, 

 pointed, hairless, short-stalked, disagreeable odour when crushed. Fls. 2, purple, 

 solitary, nodding at end of short thick stalk. Fruit 5, bottle-shaped, in whorls, 

 edible. South United States. (Fig. 114 k.) 



Family 9. MENI SPERM ACE AE. K3 +3, C3 +3, A3 +3, G3 or more 

 Mostly climbers. Ls. alternate, palmately nerved, entire or lobed. 

 COCCULUS, Fls. small, in axillary or terminal spikes or panicles. Fruit a berry. 



C. carolinus {Menispermum carolinium). Carolina Moonseed. 12. June- 

 July. D. Ls. round or triangular, ov., 3I, rounded or heart-shaped base, 

 sometimes lobed, hairless above, downy below. Fruit red. South 

 United States. (Fig. 114 j.) 



C. laurifolius {Menispermum laurifolium). 10. E. Ls. lane, 8, 3-ribbed, dark 

 glossy green. Himalaya. (Fig. 114 H.) 



C. trilohus {Cehatha orbiculata). 12. August. D. Ls. ov., 4, heart-shaped or 

 tapering base, sometimes lobed, downy on both sides. Fruit bluish black. 

 Corea and Japan. 



MENISPERMUM. Ls. peltate. Seed crescent-shaped. 



M. canadense. Moonseed. 15. June. D, Ls. as broad as long, base straight 

 or rounded, strongly veined, long-stalked; stalk attached just inside 

 margin, which is sometimes divided into shallow angular lobes. Fls. 

 numerous, inconspicuous, greenish yellow, in slender, long-stalked 

 clusters. Berries like black currants, in long loose panicles. North 

 America. (Fig. 31 B.) 



M. dauricum. 15. June. D. Like above, but Is. more distinctly peltate. 

 East Asia. 



