Schoepfia OLACACEAE-ARISTOLOCHIACEAK Viscum, 



1. Schoepfia Schreb. Wfc^M (Ch'ing P'i Mu Shu) 



Shrubs: lvs. rounded at the base: racemes axillary, many-fid.: fls. fragrant, 

 yellow; stamens 4-5, epipetalous; stigma 3-lobed; ovary half -superior: fr. a drupe. 



5 species, in Asia and South America; 3 in China. (Named for Giovanni Schcepf, a 

 German who travelled and collected plants in the vicinity of Ulm.) 



1. Schoepfia jasminodora Sieb. & Zucc. V-f&^fc (Ch'ing P'i Mu; Green Bark Tree) 

 (Fa. B. 1:13). Shrub, to 10m.; fl. IV fragrant; fr. VI-VIII. Japan, China; 

 locally in An., Ku., Che. Open woodland. Fig. 72. 



47. LORANTHACEAE Mistletoe Family 2&&&& (Sang Chi Seng K'o) 



Shrubs, parasitic on trees: Ivs. opposite, entire and coriaceous, without stipules, 

 or wanting: fls. unisexual, usually axillary; petals 4-8; stamens opposite the petals; 

 ovary inferior: fr, a 1-seeded berry or drupe. 21 genera with about 600 species, in 

 tropical and temperate regions; 5 genera and about 30 species in China. 



Key to the Genera 



Lvs. pinnately veined : brs. brown 1 . Loranthus 



Lvs. wanting or 3-nerved : brs. green 2 . Viscum 



1. Loranthus Linn. #^^M (Sang Chi Seng Shu) 

 Brts. brown: lvs. pinnately veined: fls. perfect or unisexual; perianth 4-6-parted : 

 fr. a berry. About 500 species, mostly in the Old World tropics; 18 in China. 

 (Greek: loros, strap; and anthos, flower; referring to the shape of the sepals.) 

 1. Loranthus jadoriki Sieb. & Zucc. #^tf£ (Sang Chi Seng; Mulberry Parasite) 

 (Chen 252). Shrub; fls. reddish brown, VII-X; brts. brown. Japan, China; 

 locally in Ki., Che. Parasitic on brs. of trees. Fig. 73. 



B. H. Danser has proposed a new system of classification for the Loravthinae which includes 

 the Linnaean genus Loranthus (Bui. Jard. Bot. Buit. ser. III. 10 (3): 291-373). In his revision 

 entitled " The Loranthaceae of French Indo-China and Siam " (I.e. 16 (1): 1-63. 3 figs. Bibliog.. 



6 of the 12 genera given are for species treated by Engler and Krause (Pflanzenfam. Ed. 2. II. 

 16b : 144-168) as belonging to the genus Loraiithus. Our species {L. yadoriki) belongs to section 

 Cichlanthus, according to Diels (Di. F. 305). This section has been separated by Danser (l.c) 

 16 : 34) under the Linnaean genus Scurrula which was placed as a synonym of Cichlanthus by 

 Engler and Krause (l.c. 152). 



2. Viscum Linn. ^W^M (Hu Chi Seng Shu; Oak Parasite Genus) 



Brts. green: lvs. 3-nerved or wanting: dioecious: perianth 3-4-parted; anthers 

 opening by many pores: fr. succulent. About 30 species, in temperate and tropical 

 regions; 6 in China. (The Latin name for mistletoe.) 

 1. Viscum angulatum Heyne ex DC. (H.F. 5:225). Shrub, to lm.; fls. yellowish, 



III-IV; fr. X-III; brs. green. China; locally in Ku., Che. Parasitic on brs. of 



trees. 



48. ARISTOLOCHIACEAE Birthwort Family JH9&&14 (Ma Tou Ling K'o) 



Perennial herbs (ours), sometimes shrubby: lvs. alternate or basal, cordate, 

 entire: perianth 3-lobed, irregular, corolline; ovary inferior, 4-6 celled: fr. a capsule. 

 5 genera with over 200 species, in tropical and temperate regions; 3 genera and 

 about 20 species in China. 



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