Meliosnia 



SABIACEAE 



MeliosmcL 



2. Meliosma Blume yfcftlfK (P'ao Hua Shu Shu; 

 Glutinous pomentum Tree Genus) 



Upright shrubs or trees: infl. terminal: fls. irregular, mostly perfect; only the 2 

 inner stamens fertile: fr. a usually 1-seeded drupe. 50 species, in Asia and tropical 

 America; 25 in China. (Greek: meli, honey, and osma, odor, referring to the frag- 

 rant flowers.) 



obovate to lanceolate, 



M. pannosa 



M. jtarviflora 



c. 



Key to the Species 



Lvs. simple. 



b. Lvs. evergreen; blades coriaceous, 



tapering to the petiole. 



Lf. blades densely brown-curly-hairy beneath, cuneate-lance- 



olate, acute at apex, tapering to a stout petiole, 5-30 cm. 



long: brs. of the fig. panicle few, densely curly-hairy, 



sepals curly-hairy outside, or nearly glabrous, and ciliate, 



oblong, about 1.3 mm. long: fr. bluish black 1. 



Lf. blades barbate, nearly glabrous beneath, 2-8 cm. long; 

 apex rotund or obtuse, abruptly pointed; nerves prominent 

 and pubescent beneath: brs. of the fig. panicle many, 

 spreading-pubescent; sepals glabrous, oval, ciliate, less 



than 1 mm. long: fr. reddish 2. 



bb. Lvs. deciduous, chartaceous or membranous; blades ovate-el 

 liptic or obovate-oblanceolate, acute or acuminate. 

 Lf. blades entire towards the base, coarsely or remotely 

 serrate or dentate-mucronate towards the apex: fr. red. 

 Lf. blades sparsely pubescent beneath, more densely so on 

 the veins, elliptic-ovate, short-acuminate, 6-16 cm. 

 long; margins weakly or obscurely serrate-mucronate, 

 or nearly entire: fertile stamens with slender boat- 

 shaped appendage from base of filament, exserted, 



often about as long as the style 3. 



blades white-hairy (often densely so) beneath, lanceo- 

 lateelliptic, 4-15 cm. long; margins coarsely serrat- 



emucronate towards the apex 4. 



blades usually serrate or dentate along most of the 

 margin on at least some of the lvs. 

 Lf . blades barbate beneath, obovate-cuneate, abruptly acu- 

 minate, 3.5-15 cm. long: fls. about 4 mm. in diam.; se- 

 pals oblong, ciliate; outer 3 petals orbicular, glabrous, 

 entire; the inner 2 smaller, deeply 2-lobed: fr. black 5. M. cuneifolia 

 Lf . blades pubescent on the nerves beneath, but not barbate. 

 Fig. panicles terminating flexible pendulous brs., arcuate, 

 curving upwards: lf. blades membranous, obovate- 

 elliptic, abruptly acuminate, tapering to the petiole, 

 5-12 cm. long; margins coarsely serrate-dentate, 



mucronate : fr. black (?) 6. 



Fig. panicles terminating stiff erect brs.: the 3 stamino- 

 des alternate with the 3 large outer petals, exserted, 

 about as long as the styles: lf. blades elliptic-ovate, 

 short-acuminate, 6-16 cm. long; margins coarsely 

 (often weakly) serrate-mucronate; or entire towards 



the base : f r. red 



aa. Lvs. compound; lfts. ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, obtuse or acumi- 



Lf. 



M. myriantha 

 M. pilosa 



cc. Lf. 



M. flcxuosa 



3. M. myriantha 



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