212 SAXIFRAGACEAE • HAMAMELIDACEAE 



RIBES — continued 



R. vihiirnifolium. 8. April, E. Ls. ov., i|, blunt-ended, not lobed, glossy 

 above, coarsely toothed, resin-dotted below, odorous when rubbed, 

 shortly stalked. Fls. pink, in short erect racemes. California. (Fig. 97 c.) 



SCHIZOPHRAGMA. Climbing by aerial roots. Ls. opposite, ov., toothed, 

 long-stalked. Fls. yellowish white, similar to Hydrangea, but outer fls. have one 

 large bract only. 



S. hydrangeoides. 40. July. D. Young stems reddish, hairless. Ls. broadly 

 ov., 4, coarsely and evenly toothed, deep green above, silky hairs below. 

 China and Japan. (Fig. 58 h.) 



S. integrifolia. 30. July. D. Ls. 6, minutely and distantly toothed. China. 



* Weinmannia trichosperma. 40. May. E. Ls. opposite, pinnate; Iflts. f, 

 toothed ; triangular wing on each side of common stalk between each pair of Iflts. 

 Fls. small, white, fragrant, in short racemes (resembling mignonette). Chile. 

 (Fig. 8 D.) 



Family 45. HAMAMELIDACEAE. K (4-5), C4-5 or o, A4-5, G (2) 



Ls. alternate, simple, stipulate. Fls. small, in heads or racemes. Fruit woody, 

 2-celled. 



CORYLOPSIS. Ls. ov., 4, with prominent parallel veins reaching to margin 

 which is finely and distantly toothed, straight or slightly heart-shaped base, slender- 

 stalked. Fls. yellowish, in drooping catkins, K5, C5, A5. 



C. pauciflora. 4. March-April. D. Branchlets and Is. hairless or nearly so. 



Fls. in 2-3-flowered catkins. Japan. 

 C. spicata. 6. March-April. D. Branchlets and Is. downy. L.-stalk 



woolly. Fls. in 7-10-flowered catkins up to i^ long, fragrant. Japan. 



(Fig. 97 E.) 

 C. Willmottiae. 12. March-April, D. Branchlets brown, spotted, hairless. 



Ls. glaucous below, with hairs on midrib and veins. Catkins up to 3 long. 



China. (Fig. 97 D.) 



Disanthus cercidifolius. 10, October. D. Branchlets spotted, hairless. 

 Ls. roundish ov., 4, palmately veined, entire, hairless, long-stalked. Fls. \, 

 star-shaped, dark purple, in pairs set back to back at end of short stalk, 5-parted. 

 Japan. (Fig. 119 G.) 



DiSTYLiUM racemosum. 25. March-April. E. Ls. ov., 3, leathery, entire, 

 pointed, glossy, hairless. Fls. reddish purple, stalks covered with rusty scurf; in 

 small erect racemes. Fruit erect, hairy, 2-horned. Japan. (Fig. 119 h.) 



Fortunearia sinensis. 25. May, D. Branchlets and 1. -stalks densely 

 covered with star-shaped hairs. Ls. obov., 6, rounded or straight base, abruptly 

 pointed, margins undulating and minutely toothed, short-stalked. Fls. small 

 and inconspicuous, K5, C5, A5, in catkin-like terminal racemes developing in 

 autumn. Fruit \, a brown capsule containing two glossy dark brown seeds. China. 



FOTHERGILLA. Ls. obov., broadly ov., margins toothed at outer end or 

 wavy, Fls. crowded in erect brush-like heads, without petals but with long con- 

 spicuous stamens. 



F. alnifolia {F. Gardenii). 3. April-May. D. Ls. 2, coarsely toothed at outer 



