Vitis VITACEAE-ELAEOCAKPACEAE Sloanea 



Vigorous vine; fls. VI-VII; fr. black, IX-XI China; locally in An., Che., Hun., 

 Hup., Ki., Ku. Forest, thickets, 



2. Vitis chungii Metcalf (L.S.J. 11:102). Woody vine; fls. VI; fr. VIII. South 

 China; locally in Ki. Thickets. 



3. Vitis hancockii Hance (V. fagifolia Hu) \l\^WWMM) (Shan Mao Chii Yeh P'u 

 T'ao; Mountain Hairy Pterocarya-leaf Grape) (I.P.S. 2:37; L.S.J. 11:102). Trailing; 

 fls. IV-V; fr. black, VII- VIII. East-central China; locally in An., Che. Brush, 

 land. 



4. Vitis flexuosa Thunb. ^H (Ko Lei; Blossoming Vine) (R.M. 612). Slender vine; 

 fls. VI; fr. black, IX; lvs. pubescent on the veins beneath. Japan, Korea, China; 

 locally in Ku. Thickets, grassland. 



5. Vitis betulifolia Diels & Gilg (L.S.J. 11:102). Woody vine; fls. VI; fr. blue- 

 black, without waxy bloom, IX. Central and western China; locally in Ku. 

 Thickets. 



6. Vitis wilsonae Veitch (R.M. 616). Woody vine; fls. VI; fr. black, with waxy 

 bloom, IX. Central China; locally in An., Hup., Ki., Ku. Woodland. 



7. Vitis rotundifolia Michx. (R.M. 615). Vigorous vine; fls. VI; fr. purple, VIII- 

 IX. Introduced from eastern North America; locally in Ku. Cultivated, fruit. 



8. Vitis hui Cheng (Sc.C. 10:77). Scandent shrub; fr. VIII. Central China; locally 

 in Ki. Thickets. 



9. Vitis labrusca Linn. Fox Grape (R.M. 615). Vigorous vine; fls. VI; fr. purple- 

 black, IX. Introduced from eastern North America; locally in An., Ku. Cultivated, 

 fruit. Fig. 230. 



10. Vitis quinquangularis Rehd. (V. pentagona Diels & Gilg) ^fj#j (Mao P'u T'ao; 

 Hairy Grape) (R.M. 614; AAJ. 26:480). Vigorous vine; fls. VI; fr. IX. Central 

 and western China; locally in An., Che., Hup., Ki. Thickets. 



11. Vitis thunbergii Sieb. & Zucc. HH (Ying Yu; Green Vine) (R.M. 614). Slender 

 vine; fls. VII-VIII; fr. black, IX-X; teeth of lvs. apiculate. Japan, China; locally 

 in An., Hup., Ki., Ku. Thickets. 



12. Vitis piasezkii Maxim. (R.M. 615). Woody vine; fls. V; fr. VIII. China; locally 

 in Che., Hun., Hup. Woodland. 



105. ELAEOCARPACEAE Elaeocarpus Family HA|sjf4 (Tan Pa Shu K'o) 

 Trees and shrubs with simple penninerved lvs.: infl. of racemes, panicles or fascicles: 

 fls. regular, usually perfect; stamens numerous, free to the base; anthers opening by 

 terminal pores; disk present; ovary 2~many -celled: fr. a capsule or drupe. 7 genera 

 with 125 species, in tropical regions; 2 genera and 15 species in China. 



Key to the Genera 



Fr. a spiny 4-valved capsule: sepals and petals 4 1. Sloanea 



Fr. a 1-stoned drupe: sepals and petals 5 2. Elaeocarpus 



1. Sloanea Linn. WMMM (Hou Huan Shi Shu; Monkey 's-joy Genus) 



Trees with simple penninerved lvs. and infl. of panicles, racemes or fascicles: fls. 

 bisexual; sepals, petals and carpels 4; stamens numerous, on a fleshy disc: fr. a spiny 

 4-valved capsule; seeds 1 in each cell. 60 species, mostly of South America, but a 

 few in Malaya, Indo-China and South China; 4 or 5 species in South China. (Named 

 in honor of Sir Hans Sloane, British physician and botanist, 1660-1753.) 



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