Sloanea ELAEOCAKPACEAE-TILIACEAE Tilia 



1. Sloanea sinensis (Hance) Hu (AA.J. 5:230). Tree, to 15 m.; fls. VIII-IX; fr. X- 



XI; valves of mature carpels purple within. South China; locally in Che., Ki. 

 Forest. 



2. Elaeocarpus Linn. EA^IS (Tan Pa Shu Shu) 

 Trees with simple penninerved lvs. and infl. of axillary racemes: fls. bisexual; 

 sepals and petals 5 ; stamens numerous, in groups, attached within the receptacle and 

 alternating with its lobes; ovary 2-5-celled: fr. a drupe with one bony stone; seeds 

 1 in each cell. 50 species, in the Old World tropics from Australia to South China; 

 10 or more species in South China. (Greek: elaeo, olive, and carpon, fruit, from the 

 resemblance of the fruit of certain species to that of the olive.) 



Key to the Species 



Petals crenulate or shortly toothed at the top, not laciniate: lvs. punctate 



beneath; secondary nerves usually extending to the serration sinuses. 1. E. chinensis 



Petals laciniate into filiform divisions, cleft to the middle: lvs. not punctate; 



secondary nerves arcuate, not extending to the margin 2. E. sylvestris 



1. Elaeocarpus chinensis (Gard. & Champ.) Hook. f. (Be.F. 43). Tree, to 10 m.; 

 fls. V; fr. blue-black, X. South China; locally in An., Che., Ki. Forest. 



2. Elaeocarpus sylvestris (Lour.) Poir. (E. decipiens Hemsl.) W\ffi (Tan Pa Shu) 

 (Mak.F. 340; Suny. 2:278). Tree, to 20m.; fls. VI-VII; petals laciniate; fr. blue- 

 black, X. Indo-China, south China, Japan; locally in Che., Hun., Ki. Forest. 



106. TILIACEAE Linden Family f[^sff4 (Tuan Shu K'o) 

 Trees, shrubs or herbs with mostly alternate simple stipulate undotted lvs. and 

 perfect regular fls.: sepals and petals 3-5, free, valvate (petals rarely wanting); stamens 

 10 or more, the filaments usually united at the base into 5 bundles: fr. a capsule, 

 nut, drupe or berry. 41 genera with 400 species, widely distributed; 5 genera and 25 

 species in China. 



Key to the Genera 



A. Plants woody: fr. indehiscent at maturity. 



Peduncles adnate, for about half their length, to a large oblong 



yellow or whitish membranous bract: lvs. long-petiolate 1. Tilia 



Peduncles without bracts: lvs. short-petiolate 2. Grewia 



AA. Plants herbaceous: fr. a dehiscent capsule. 



Stamens all fertile 3 - Corchorus 



Half the stamens without anthers 4. Corchoropsis 



1. Tilia Linn. Linden ffl$M (Tuan Shu Shu) 

 Deciduous trees, mostly pubescent with fascicled hairs, and with long-petiolate 

 lvs.; stipules caducous: infl. in drooping cymes, the peduncle adnate, for about half 

 its length, to a membranous ligulate bract: fls. yellow or white; sepals and petals 5; 

 the fascicles of stamens opposite the petals; ovary 5-celled: fr. globose or ovoid, in- 

 dehiscent, with usually 1-3 seeds. 30 species, in north temperate regions; 15 in China. 

 (An old Latin name.) 



Key to the Species 

 a. Lvs. denticulate, with slender bristle-like teeth, broadly ovate, 



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