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spotted with white, hairless. Ls. ahernate, oblong, lane, 6, tapered towards both 

 ends, coarsely toothed, two pointed stipules at base of 1. -stalk. Fls. small, yellowish 

 green, in clusters in joints of previous year's growth. Clusters of violet-blue 

 berries. New Zealand. (Fig. 78 m.) 



Family 16. BIX ACE AE. K5, C5 or o, A co, G (2) 



AZARA. Ls. alternate, with very large stipules, one of which is usually enlarged 

 to resemble a second leaf. Fls. small, without petals, but with conspicuous yellow 

 stamens, crowded in small axillary branched clusters. Fruit a berry. 



* A. dentata. 12. July. E. Ls. ov., 2, toothed, bitter. Fls. fragrant. Chile. 



* A. Gilliesii {Qiiillaia petiolaris). 20. April-May. E. Ls. ov., 3, distantly 



toothed, glossy green, hairless. Chile. (Fig. 78 j.) 

 A. microphylla. 25. February-April. E. Ls. ov., i, with a few teeth or entire, 

 glossy, hairless, crowded. Berry red or orange. Chile. (Fig. 78 H.) 



* Berberidopsis corallina. Strangle Bush, Coral Barberry. July-September. 

 E. Climber. Ls. ov., 4, square-cut at base, coarsely spine-toothed, leathery, 

 glaucous below. Fls. i, round, crimson, drooping, long-stalked. Fruit \, a berry. 

 Chile. (Fig. 78 K.) 



Carrierea calycina. 30. June. D. Young shoots and l.-stalks reddish. Ls. 

 alternate, ov., 5, 3 -nerved and rounded or heart-shaped at base, distantly round- 

 toothed, slender-stalked. Fls. i, bluish white, cup-shaped, stalk with pair of 

 yellowish bracts, in terminal panicles. Fruit 3, spindle-shaped, splitting into three; 

 seeds winged. China. (Fig. 81 d.) 



Idesia polycarpa. 30. June. D. Ls. ov., 6, heart-shaped base, distantly 

 toothed, dark green above, glaucous white below, long-stalked. Fls. ^, yellowish 

 green, without petals, in large terminal panicles. Bunches of red berries turning 

 from green to dark brown or red. China and Japan. (Fig. 81 a.) 



Poliothyrsis sinensis. 40. July-August. D. Ls. ov., 6, long-pointed, toothed, 

 hairless or nearly so, long-stalked. Fls. ^, greenish white or yellow, in loose 

 terminal panicles. Fruit f , an egg-shaped many-seeded capsule, seeds winged. 

 China. (Fig. 78 l.) 



Xylosma racemosa. Tung-Ching Tree. 80. August. E. Stem spiny. Ls. 

 ahernate, broadly ov., 3, rounded or broadly wedge-shaped base, unevenly toothed, 

 short-stalked. Fls. small, yellow, fragrant, unisexual, in small axillary racemes. 

 Fruit I, dark purple, style persistent. China. (Fig. 82 H.) 



Family 17. PITTOSPORACEAE. K5, C5, A5, G (2-5) 



* Billardiera longiflora. Purple Apple Berry. Climber, 6, July. E. Stems 

 slender, hairless. Ls. lane, i|, entire. Fls. f, greenish yellow, drooping, slender- 

 stalked, solitary in 1. -axils. Fruit i, oblong, dark blue. Tasmania. (Fig. 115 b.) 



Y 2iriety fructu-albo. Berries white. 



* BuRSARiA SPINOSA. 15. August. E. Ls. alternate, obov., 1 1, toothcd at apcx, 

 stalkless. Fls. J, white, petals narrow, in terminal panicles. Fruit |, a flat reddish 

 brown capsule, produced in great abundance. Australia. (Fig. 81 B.) 



