Celtis ULMACEAE-MORACEAE Ficus 



Fr. solitary, reddish brown; peduncle shorter, about as long 



as the subtending petiole 3. C. sinensis 



Lvs. 7-14 cm. long : frs. 10-13 mm. in diam., dull orange, solitary 



on stout stalks 2-3 times the subtending petiole 4. C. julianae 



1. Celtis bungeana Blume Bunge's Hackberry MMffi (Hei Tan Shu; Black-bullet 

 Tree) (R.M.185). Tree, to 20 m.; fls. IV; fr. black, VII-IX. Central and northern 

 China, Manchuria, Korea; locally in An., Hup., Ku. Woodland. 



2. Celtis biondii Pampan. ^3W (Tzu Tan Shu; Purple-bullet Tree) (R.M.186). 

 Tree, to 14 m.; fls. IV; fr. orange, VIII-IX. Central China; locally in An., Che., 

 Hup., Ki., Ku. Woodland. 



3. Celtis sinensis Pers. Chinese Hackberry ftHJ (P'o Shu) (R.M.186). Tree, to 

 20m.; fls. IV; fr. orange, VI-VIII. Eastern China, Korea, Japan; locally in An., 

 Che., Hun., Hup., Ki., Ku. Village tree. Fig. 62. 



4. Celtis julianae Schneid. (R.M.187). Tree, to 25 m.; fls. IV; fr. orange, IX. 

 Eastern and central China; locally in An., Che., Hup. Forest. 



7. Aphananthe Planch. fitHJsflS (Ts'ao Yeh Shu Shu) 



Deciduous (ours): lvs. 3-nerved at the base: fls. monoecious: fr. an ovoid or 

 subglobose drupe. 3 or 4 species, in Asia and Australia; one in China. (Greek: 

 aphanes, inconspicuous; and anthe, flower.) 



1. Aphananthe aspera Planch, fitljjsf (Ts'ao Yeh Shu; Coarse-leaved Tree) (R.M. 

 187). Tree, to 40 m.; fls. V; fr. VIII; veins of If. ending in teeth. Japan, 

 eastern China, Korea; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. Temple forests. Fig. 63. 



42. MORACEAE Mulberry Family JkPt (Sang K'o) 



Deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs with milky sap: fls. small, unisexual; the 

 staminate in catkins; the pistillate usually in spikes or heads, crowded on a variously 

 modified receptacle: fr. a fleshy syncarp including many small achenes or drupes. 

 About 55 genera with 1,000 species, mostly tropical; 8 genera and over 100 species 

 in China. 



Key to the Genera 



A. Fls. enclosed in a fleshy pear-shaped, ovoid or globose receptacle 



which becomes the fr 1. Ficus 



AA. Fls. in a spike or head on the outside of the receptacle. 



Brs. not spiny: staminate fls. in catkins: If. margins serrate. 



Fr. a globose syncarp : pistillate fls. in a head-like cluster 2. Broussonetia 



Fr. an oblong syncarp : both staminate and pistillate fls. in spikes 3. Morus 

 Brs. spiny : both staminate and pistillate fls. in head-like clusters : 



If. margins entire 4. Cudrania 



1. Ficus Linn. Fig ^j$fH (Jung Shu Shu; Banyan Tree Genus) 



Mostly evergreen trees, shrubs or woody vines: usually monoecious: fls. very 

 small, borne inside a Jiolloiv pear-shaped or subglobose receptacle with a narrow 

 opening: fr. a fleshy sometimes edible receptacle ivitliin ivhich numerous seed-like 

 achenes develop. About 600 species, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical 

 regions; 90 in China. (The Latin name for the fig.) 



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