Chaenomeles ROSACEAE Photinia 



1. Chaenomeles lagenaria Koidz. Japanese Quince Pjjtl#5^ (T'ieh Ken Hai Tang; 

 Stuck-on-the-stem Crabapple) (R.M. 399). Shrub, to 2 m.; fls. red, pink or white, 

 clustered, III-IV; fr. yellowish green, X. China; locally in Che., Ku. Cultivated, 

 ornamental. Fig. 160. 



2. Chaenomeles sinensis (Thouin) Koehne Chinese Quince %.}& (Mu Kua; Woody 

 Gourd) (R.M. 400). Tree, to 4m.; fls. pink, solitary, IV-V; fr. dark yellow, X. 

 China; locally in An., Ku. Cultivated, ornamental, fruit. 



20. Eriobotrya Lindl. Loquat flfcjeJg (P'i P'a Shu) 

 Evergreen shrubs and small trees with large simple strongly veined lvs. up to 3 

 dm. long: fls. white, in wooly terminal panicles; stamens about 20: fr. a fleshy 

 pome; carpels joined together, with thin endocarp; seeds one to few, large and slip- 

 pery. 10 species, in eastern Asia; 7 in China. (Greek: erion, wool; and botrys> 

 cluster; referring to the wooly infi.) 



1. Eriobotrya japonica Lindl. Loquat gfcft; (P'i P'a) (R.M. 385). Evergreen tree, 

 to 5m.; fls. cream-colored, X-XII; fr. yellow, IV- VI. Central China; locally in 

 An., Che., Hup., Ki., Ku. Cultivated, fruit. Fig. 161. 



21. Photinia Lindl. SffiJi (Shih Nan Shu) 

 Shrubs or trees with simple usually finely serrate shining lvs.; fls. small, usually 

 white, in compound, often flat-topped, clusters; stamens about 20: styles 2; fr. a 

 small red pome, open at the top; carpels more or less free at the tips; seeds 1-4. 30 

 species, mostly of eastern Asia; 27 in China. (Greek: photeinos, shining, referring 

 to the glossy lvs.) 



Key to the Species 



a. Lvs. deciduous: infi. with warty axes. 

 Infi. corymbose. 



Lvs. villose beneath: fls. and young brts. pubescent: petioles 



1-5 mm. long 1. P. villosa 



Lvs., fls. and young brts. glabrous: petioles 5-10 mm. long .. 2. P. beauverdiana 



Infi. subumbellate, glabrous 3. P. partrifolia 



aa. Lvs. evergreen: axes of the infi. not warty. 



Winter buds 3-4 mm. indiam.: petioles 2-4 cm. long: fls. 6-7 mm. 



in diam.; petals not bearded 4. P. serrulata 



Winter buds 1-2 mm. in diam.: petioles 1-1.5 cm. long. 



Lvs. pubescent on veins beneath: fls. 1 cm. across: fr. 7-10 mm. 



long 5. P. davidsoniae 



Lvs. glabrous on both sides: fls. 6-7 mm. across; petals bearded: 



fr. 5-6 mm. long 6. P. glabra 



1. Photinia villosa DC. ^l^fi (Mao Yeh Shih Nan) (R.M. 384). Tree, to 10 m.; 

 fls. white, V-VI; fr. red, X. Japan, Korea, China; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. 

 Forest. 



2. Photinia beauverdiana Schneid. (R.M. 384). Tree, to 6m.; fls. white, V; fr. 

 scarlet. Central and western China ; locally in An., Che., Hup., Ki., Ku. Forest. 



3. Photinia parvifolia (Pritz.) Schneid. [±!5fi (Shan Shih Nan; Mountain Photinia) 

 (R.M. 384). Shrub, to 2 m.; fls. V-VI; fr. scarlet, X. Eastern and central China; 

 locally in Ku. Woodland. 



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