MENISPERMACEAE • LARDIZABALACEAE 149 



SiNOMENIUM ACUTUM (MeNISPERMUM ACUTUM, CoCCULUS DIVERSIFOLIUS). 



Chinese Moonseed. 12. June. D. Ls. very variable in shape and size, ov., 6, 

 heart-shaped or kidney-shaped, sometimes lobed, deep bright green, hairless, 

 long-stalked. Fls. small, yellow, unisexual, in slender panicles up to 12. Berry 

 black with blue bloom. China, Corea, and Japan. (Fig. 30 d.) 



Family 10. LARDIZABALACEAE. P3+3, A3 +3, G3 

 Mostly climbers. Ls. alternate, compound, long-stalked. Fruit fleshy. 



AKEBIA. Climbers. Lflts. notched at apex. 



A. lobata. 20. April. \ E. Ls. 3-fol.; lflts. ov., 3, base rounded or straight, 

 hairless, margin undulate; long-stalked. Female fls. i, maroon red; male 

 much smaller, purple. Fruit 2, sausage-shaped, pale purple, edible. 

 Japan. (Fig. 2 j.) 



A. quinata. 40. April. | E. Ls. digitate, 5-fol.; lflts. ov., 2, entire, rounded 

 or tapering base, hairless. Female fls. i|, dark chocolate purple; male \, 

 purple ; all slender-stalked in slender fragrant drooping sprays. Fruit 4, 

 sausage-shaped, grey or purple, containing numerous seeds in white 

 pulp. China and Japan. (Fig. 5 G.) 



DECAISNEA. Buds large, pointed. Young shoots, stout, hairless. Ls. pinnate, 

 36; lflts. ov., 6, pointed, entire, hairless, glaucous below. Fls. i, yellowish green, 

 in drooping panicles. Fruit 4, sausage-shaped, fleshy. 



D. Fargesii. 10. June. D. Fruit bright blue. China. (Fig. 10 A.) 



D. insignis. 10. June. D. Fruit yellow. Himalaya, 



HOLBOELLIA. Climbers. Ls. 3-fol. or digitate; lflts. pointed. 



H. coriacea. 30. May. E. Ls. 3-fol.; lflts. ov., 3, entire, hairless, leathery, 

 dark glossy green. Fls. i, unisexual, fragrant, in branched clusters in 

 1. -axils; male greenish white, female purplish. Fruit 3, sausage-shaped. 

 China. (Fig. i k.) 

 H. {Stauntonia) latifolia. 50. May. E. Ls. 3-9-fol.; lflts. ov., 7. Fls. and 

 fruit as above. Himalaya. 



Lardizabala biternata. Climber. 30. May. E. Ls. 3-fol. or twice 3-fol.; 

 lflts. ov., 4, with a few sharply pointed teeth. Male fls. f , purple, fleshy, in drooping 

 spike; female fls. i, purple, fleshy, soHtary on slender stalk. Chile. (Fig. i m.) 



Sargentodoxa (Holboellia) cuneata. Climber. May. D. Ls. 3-fol., long- 

 stalked; lflts. unequal; terminal one ov., 5, tapering base, stalked; lateral ones 

 slightly larger, very unequal at base, nearly stalkless; all palmately nerved, green 

 below. Fls. f , unisexual, in drooping racemes, sexes on different plants. Fruit \, 

 a black i -seeded berry. China. (Fig. 2 D.) 



Sinofranchetia sinensis. Climber. 40. May. D. Ls. 3-fol. at end of long 

 stalk ; lateral lflts. ov., 6, entire, unequal-sided, nearly stalkless ; terminal one stalked. 

 Fls. small, dull white, in drooping racemes. Fruits grape-like, purple, borne 

 alternately on long hanging stalk. China. (Fig. i n.) 



Stauntonia hexaphylla. Climber. May. E. Ls. 3-7-fol., long-stalked; lflts. 

 ov., 5, pointed, leathery, hairless, long-stalked. Fls. f , unisexual, white tinged with 

 violet, in few-flowered racemes. Fruit size and shape of walnut, purple, sweet, 

 and watery. China and Japan. (Fig. 5 a.) 



