Kadsura SCHISANDRACEAE-LAURACEAE Chimonanthus 



2. Kadsura Juss. ^JL^=fM (Nan Wu Wei Tzu Shu; 

 Southern Five-flavored Seed) 



Evergreen twiners: fls. unisexual, axillary, usually solitary; carpels becoming 

 berries and forming a globose head. 22 species, in eastern Asia and Malaysia; 7 in 

 China. (The Japanese name.) 



1. Kadsura longepedunculata Finet & Gagnep. (K. Peltigera Rehd. & Wils.) iS^^jjE 

 %=f- (P'an Chu Nan Wu Wei Tzu; Climbing (twining) Kadsura) (Sarg. 7:183). 

 Woody vine; fls. ivory yellow, VII-VIII; fr. red, X. China; locally in An., 

 Che., Ki., Ku. Forest. 



67. ILLICIACEAE Anise Tree Family W&Pc (Hui Hsiang K'o) 



Evergreen aromatic glabrous shrubs or small trees with alternate entire coriaceous 

 minutely punctate exstipulate lvs.: fls. bisexual, solitary or in axillary clusters of 

 3's, yellow or purplish; perianth segments 7-33, the inner ones becoming progressively 

 larger than the outer which are often bract-like; stamens 4-50; carpels 7-15, free 

 and 1-ovuled, forming a single whorl: fr. a star-shaped whorl of woody tardily 

 dehiscent 1-seeded follicles. One genus with over 40 species in southeastern Asia, 

 Malaysia and eastern North America. 



1. Illicium Linn. Anise Tree InfUM (Hui Hsiang Shu) 

 Characters of the family. 16 species in China. (Latin: illicium, that which 

 entices, referring to the agreeable odor of the plant.) 



1. Illicium lanceolatum A. C. Sm.* UBS (Hung Hui Hsiang; Red Foeniculum) 

 (Sarg. 5:43). Shrub, to 2m.; fls. red, V-VII; fr. VIII-IX, small, usually with 

 8 carpels. China; locally in An., Ki. Forest. Fig. 120. 



* It has seemed to the writer that the differences between this and /. henryi Diels, to 

 which our specimens were previously referred, are of varietal rather than specific rank. Dr. 

 Smith (Sarg. 5:44, 64) notes the relationship with /. henryi and an overlapping range. 



68. CALYCANTHACEAE Calycanthus Family MM& (La Mei K'o) 

 Shrubs with aromatic bark and opposite entire lvs.: fls. perfect, solitary; sepals 

 and petals similar, in many series; carpels numerous, on the inside of an urn-shaped 

 receptacle, becoming achenes. Two genera with 6 species, in eastern Asia and North 

 America; one genus and two species in China. 



1. Chimonanthus Lindl. EISM (La Mei Shu) 

 Fls. yellow, appearing before the lvs.; stamens 5 or 6. Two species, in China. 

 (Greek: cheimon, winter; and anthos, flower, referring to its flowering during the 

 winter.) 

 1. Chimonanthus praecox (L.) Link (fffij (La Mei; Winter Plum) (R.M. 256). 

 Shrub, to 2m.; fls. yellow, XII-III; fr. VI-VII. China; locally in An., Ku. In 

 woods and planted, ornamental. Fig. 121. 



69. LAURACEAE Laurel Family jgffi (Chang K'o) 



Aromatic trees and shrubs with alternate (ours) or opposite simple ivs.: fls. 

 unisexual or bisexual, ivithout petals; perianth usually in two similar whorls; stamens 

 6-30; anthers opening by valves; ovary superior, 1-celled, 1-seeded: fr. a drupe or 



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