Stephania MENISPERMACEAE-MAGNOLIACEAE Magnolia 



About 30 species, mostly in the Old World tropics: 3 or more in China. (Greek: 

 Stephanos, a crown or garland.) 



Key to the Species 



Staminate fls. in umbel-like clusters; stamens 6 1. S. japonica 



Staminate fls. in heads; heads arranged in racemes; stamens 4 2. S. tetrandra 



1. Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers i^Hf (Ch'ien Chin T'eng; A-thousand- 

 ounces-of-gold Vine) (Mak. F. 543). Herbaceous vine; fls. VI-VII; fr. reddish 

 brown, VIII. Southern and eastern Asia; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. Brushland. 



2. Stephania tetrandra Moore %Wfo (Wu Kuei Shao; Turtle Twig) (E.P. 46:282). 

 Herbaceous vine; fls. VI-VII; fr. VIII; If. blade with mucronulate tip. China, 

 Formosa; locally in An., Che., Ki. Brushland. 



65. MAGNOLIACEAE Magnolia Family %W& (Mu Lan K'o) 

 Woody plants with alternate simple lvs.: fls. solitary, fragrant, usually perfect; 

 sepals and petals often similar; carpels many, often on an elongated receptacle, 

 becoming in fr. follicles, samaras or berries. 10 genera with about 80 species, in 

 temperate and subtropical Asia and North America; 9 genera and about 45 species 

 in China. 



Key to the Genera 



A. Carpels not winged, becoming follicles. 



Carpel-bearing receptacle sessile within the fl. 



Ovules 1-2 in each carpel; carpels 1-2-seeded 1. Magnolia 



Ovules many in each carpel; carpels 6- or more-seeded 2. Manglietia 



Carpel-bearing receptacle stalked within the fl 3. Michelia 



AA. Carpels winged, becoming samaras: lvs. truncate 4. Liriodendron 



1. Magnolia Linn. TfvfSfil (Mu Lan Shu) 



Trees or shrubs with large entire lvs. and conspicuous showy terminal fls.: fl. 

 bud enclosed in a stipular spathe; carpels aggregated on a sessile receptacle, forming 

 follicles at maturity. About 35 species, in North and Central America and eastern 

 Asia; 15 in China. (After Pierre Magnol, 1638-1715, French botanist.) 



Key to the Species 



a. Lvs. evergreen, firmly coriaceous, pubescent or glaucous beneath : 

 fls. 15-20 cm. across. 



Shrub or small tree: lvs. slightly glaucous beneath 1. M. coco 



Tree : lvs. ferrugineous-pubescent beneath 2. M. grandiflora 



aa. Lvs. deciduous, pubescent on the veins beneath : fls. appearing be- 

 fore the lvs., 10-15 cm. across. 



b. Fls. appearing with the leaves 3. M. officinalis 



bb. Fls. appearing before the leaves. 



c. Sepals 3, distinct from the purple petals: shrubs 4. M. liliflora 



cc. Sepals and petals alike : trees or shrubs. 



Perianth segments narrow, oblong to lanceolate, 12-18 . . 5. M. stellata 

 Perianth segments broad, spatulate to obovate, about 9. 



Perianth segments white, oblong-ovate 6. M. denudata 



Perianth segments purplish outside, spatulate 7. M. zenii 



1. Magnolia coco (Lour.) DC. 1f$tZElS] (Hsiang Kan Yii Lan; Hongkong Magnolia) 



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