Akebia LARDIZABALACEAE-BERBERIDACEAE Berberis 



T'ung) (R.M.221). Woody vine; fls. V; fr. VIII-X. Central China to Japan; 

 locally in An., Ki. Mixed woods. 



2. Holboellia Wall. ^MJ&M (Niu Mu Kua Shu: Cow Quince Genus) 

 Evergreen twiners with digitate lvs.: monoecious: fls. in axillary racemes; 

 sepals 6, fleshy. 5 species, in eastern Asia; most of them occurring in China. (After 

 F. L. Holboell, Danish botanist.) 



1. Holboellia coriacea Diels H/RH (Ying Chao Feng; Eagle-clawed Liquidambar) 

 (R.M.221). Woody vine; fls. IV; fr. VII-IX. Central China ; locally in An., Che., 

 Ki. Brushland. 



62. SARGENTODOXACEAE ±wM® (Ta Hsiieh T'eng K'o) 



Deciduous twining shrub with alternate long-petioled trifoliolate lvs. and deciduous 

 campanulate fls. in pendulous racemes; sepals 6, petaloid; nectaries 6, very small; 

 stamens 6: fr. an ovoid receptacle with numerous stalked subglobose berry-like one- 

 seeded carpels. One monotypic genus, in China. 



1. Sargentodoxa Rehd. & Wils. ~j\wMM (Ta Hsiieh T'eng Shu) 



Characters of the family. (After C. S. Sargent, director of the Arnold Arboretum; 

 1841-1927; Greek: doxe, glory.) 



1. Sargentodoxa cuneata (Oliv.) Rehd. & Wils. ^uiiJi (Ta Hsiieh T'eng; Great 

 Blood Vine) (R.M.222). Twining shrub; fls. VII; fr. VIII. China; locally in An. 

 Forest. 



63. BERBERIDACEAE Barberry Family /Jn^ (Hsiao Nieh K'o) 



Shrubs or herbs with alternate lvs.: fls. perfect; sepals and petals usually in two 

 rows and overlapping; stamens opposite the petals; anthers usually opening by two 

 valves; carpel one, becoming a berry or capsule. 10 genera with 250 species, widely 

 distributed, especially in the northern hemisphere; 7 genera and over 50 species in 

 China. 



Key to the Genera 



A. Lvs. simple : spiny shrubs 1 . Berberis 



AA. Lvs. Compound: plants not spiny. 



Herbs : leaves ternately compound 2. Epimedium 



Shrubs. 



Lvs. simply (once) pinnately compound; If ts : toothed 3. Mahonia 



Lvs. thrice pinnately compound; lfts. entire 4. Nandina 



1. Berberis Linn. Barberry 'him (Hsiao Nieh Shu) 



Spiny shrubs with yellow wood and simple or one-foliolate lvs.: stamens 6, 

 sensitive to shock; anther valves hinged at the top; fls. pale yellow, in drooping 

 racemes: fr. a berry: the spines are modified lvs. About 175 species; 40 or more in 

 China. (From "Berberys", the Arabic name of the fruit.) 



Key to the Species 



Lvs. serrate or spiny-dentate: fls. 10-20, in long racemes 1. B. henrynna 



Lvs. entire : fls. solitary, or in short racemes or umbel-like clusters 



Lvs. oblong-rhomboid, 3-10 cm. long : spines 4-5 cm. long 2. B. virgetorum 



Lvs. spatulate or obovate, 1-3 cm. long: spines 0.5-2 cm. long 3. B. thunberoii 



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