Liriodendron MAGNOLIACEAE-SCHISANDRACEAE Schisandra 



Two species, one in China and one in eastern North America. (Greek: lition, lily; 

 and dendron, tree.) 



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1. Liriodendron chinense Sarg. Chinese Tulip Tree W$-$\ (E Chang Ch'iu; Goose- 

 foot Catalpa) (R.M. 253). Tree, to 15 m.; fls. yellow and pink, V-VI; fr. VII-X. 

 Central China; locally in Che., Ki. Forest or cultivated. Fig. 119. 



66. SCHISANDRACEAE Schisandra Family it S^?-^ 

 (Pai Wu Wei Tzu K'o) 



Woody vines with alternate exstipulate lvs.: fls. unisexual, hypogynous; perianth 

 segments few to many, essentially similar (ours); stamens 4-80; anthers dehiscent 

 by longitudinal clefts: filaments fused, at least at the base, into a modified column; 

 carpels 12-300, on a modified receptacle, each with 2-5 ovules: fr. aggregate and 

 baccate, composed of a modified torus and sessile drupe-like 1-5-seeded carpels; seeds 

 with copious oily endosperm. Two genera with over 45 species, in eastern Asia, 

 Malaya and eastern North America. Both genera and 15 species in China. 



Key to the Genera 



Carpels borne in a spike on a cylindric receptacle 1. Schisandra 



Carpels borne in a head-like cluster on an ovoid sub-clavate or ellipsoid 



receptacle 2. Kadsura 



1. Schisandra Michx. :\Ui n \irM (Pai Wu Wei Tzu Shu; 

 Northern Five-flavored Seed) 



Twining shrubs, apparently dioecious: Jls. in slender-stalked axillary clusters, 

 unisexual; carpels numerous, along a slender receptacle, forming in fr. a pendulous 

 spike of berries. 25 species, mostly in eastern Asia; one in North America and 17 

 in China. (Greek: schizein, to cleave; and andros, man; referring to the cleft anthers 

 of the type species.) 



Key to the Species 



Leaf blades elliptic to elliptic-ovate, usually broadest near or above 

 the middle, 5-11 x 3-7 cm. drying brownish; veinlet reticulation 

 inconspicuous : perianth segments usually elliptic to oblong - 

 obovate, longer than broad : carpels 30-50 : testa smooth or 

 rarely rugulose dorsally : Central China 1 • S. sphenanthera 



Leaf blades ovate-elliptic, usually broadest below the middle, 6-14 

 x3.5-7cm., drying green or olivaceous; veinlet reticulation 

 prominent : perianth segments broadly elliptic to suborbicular, 

 nearly as broad as long : carpels about 25 : testa rugulose to 

 tuberculate : eastern and southeastern China 2. S. viridis 



1. Schisandra sphenanthera Rehd. & Wils. ^f^S?^?- (Hua Chung Wu Wei Tzu; 

 Central China Five-flavored Seed) (R.M. 254). Woody vine; fls. orange, V-VI; 

 fr. red, VIII-X. Central and western China; locally in An., Hup., Ki., Ku. 

 Forest. 



2. Schisandra viridis A.C. Sm. (Sa. 7:129). Woody vine; fls. greenish yellow, V- 

 VI; fr. red, VII-IX. Eastern and southeastern China; locally; in An., Che., Ki. 

 Forest. 



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