Ilex AQUIFOLIACEAE-CELASTRACEAE Celastrus 



17. Ilex macrocarpa Oliv. ,'j g (Ch'ing P'i; Green Bark) (R.M. 552) Deciduous tree, 

 to 10 m.; fls. white, IV-V; fr. black, XXI. South, central and western China; 

 locally in An., Che., Hun., Ki., Ku. Woodland. 



18. Ilex micrococca Maxim. (R.M. 550). Deciduous tree, to 20m.; fls. VI; fr. red, 

 X-XI. South China, Japan; locally in Che., Ki. Woodland. 



19. Ilex macropoda Miq. (7. dubia Britt. var. pseudomacropoda Loes.; I. montana 

 Torr. & Gray var. macropoda (Miq.) Fern.) (R.M. 552). Shrub or tree, to 10 m.; 

 fls. V-VI; fr. red, IX-XI. Japan, China, Korea; locally in An., Che., Ki. Forest. 



20. Ilex aculeolata Nakai (AA.J. 30:277). Deciduous shrub, to 2m.; fls. white, V; 

 fr. black, IX. Central and south China; locally in Hun., Ki. Forest. 



96. CELASTRACEAE Staff Tbee Family $j^f4 (Wei Mao K'o) 

 Shrubs or trees, often climbing, with simple stipulate lvs. and small regular fls.: 

 stamens 5-10; disk present; ovary 3-5-celled: fr. a capsule with 2 usually arillate 

 seeds in each cell. 45 genera with 500 species, temperate and tropical regions; 8 

 genera and over 100 species in China. 



Key to the Genera 



Lvs. alternate: infl. terminal. 



Fr. a 1-seeded nutlet, 3-winged; seeds without aril 1. Tripterygium 



Fr. a capsule; seeds with fleshy crimson aril 2. Celastrus 



Lvs. opposite: infl. axillary 3. Euonymus 



1. Tripterygium Hook. f. W^jHM (Lei Kung T'eng Shu; 



God-of-Thunder Vine) 



Deciduous glabrous scandent shrubs with alternate lvs. and small polygamous fls.; 

 infl. terminal: stamens 5: fr. a 3-winged 1-seeded nutlet; seeds without aril. 3 species 

 in eastern Asia; one in China. (Greek: tri, three, and pterex, pterygos, wing; refer- 

 ring to the 3-winged fruit.) 



1. Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. f. (T. forrestii Loes.) fl^jitfg^ (K'un Ming Shan 

 Hai T'an; Kunming Mountain Crabapple) (Ed.N. 8(36): 4; Bo.Ma. 160, T. 9488). 

 Woody vine; fls. creamy white, VI-VII; fr. IX-X; axes of infl. ferrugineous- 

 pubescent. China; locally in An., Che., Hun., Ki. Thickets. 



2. Celastrus Linn. Staff Tree ^j&jggg (Nan She T'eng Shu) 

 Shrubs, usually deciduous and climbing, with alternate petiolate lvs. and polygamo- 

 dioecious 5-merous fls.: infl. terminal: stamens 5: capsule usually yellow, breaking 

 into 3 valves each with 1 or 2 seeds; seeds with crimson aril. Over 30 species, in 

 Asia, Australia, America; 20 in China. {Kelastros, old Greek name of an evergreen 

 tree, probably Ilex Aquifolium.) 



Key to the Species 



Fls. in terminal panicles: brts. angular: lvs. 10-18 cm. long 1. C. angulata 



Fls. in axillary cymes: brts. terete: lvs. 5-12 cm. long. 



Winter buds 7-10 mm. long: lvs. elliptic: fr. 10-12 mm. across 2. C. gemmata 



Winter buds smaller: lvs. ovate to oblong-ovate: fr. about 8 mm. across. . 3. C. orbiculata 



1. Celastrus angulata Maxim, g#£ (K'u Shu P'i; Bitter Bark) (R.M. 561). Climb- 



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