Stachyurus STACHYURACEAE-BEGONIACEAE Begonia 



115. STACHYURACEAE Stachyurus Family WRfflft (Ching Chieh Hua K'o) 

 Heterogamous or dioecious shrubs or small trees with alternate serrate Ivs.; 

 stipules small, caducous: fls. regular, in pendulous axillary racemes; sepals and 

 petals 4; stamens 8, distinct; ovary superior, incompletely 4-celled; stigma 4-lobed: 

 fr. a leathery berry with many arillate seeds. Only one genus, in Asia. 



1. Stachyurus Sieb. & Zucc. MWitM (Ching Chieh Hua Shu; 

 Lofty-banner Flower Genus) 



Characters of the family. 5-6 species, Asiatic; 5 in China. (Greek: stachys, 

 spike, and urus, tail, referring to the shape of the inflorescence.) 



1. Stachyurus chinensis Franch. jKiP^ (Shui Liang Tzu; Cool-water Tree) (R.M. 

 654). Shrub, to 4m.; fls. greenish, IV; fr. yellow, tinged red, VII-VIII. China; 

 locally in An., Che., Hun., Hup., Ki. Forest. 



116. PASSIFLORACEAE Passion Flower Family MUkMft 



(Hsi Fan Lien K'o) 



Herbaceous (ours) or somewhat woody vines, climbing by tendrils: Ivs. alternate, 

 simple, entire or lobed, mostly stipulate: fls. regular, perfect or unisexual; calyx 

 3-5-lobed, sometimes petaloid; petals as many as the calyx lobes and alternate with 

 them, or none; a corona, an outgrowth of the receptacle or calyx tube, usually present; 

 stamens 5 alternate with the petals; the filaments united and joined to the stalk of 

 the 1-cel led supersior stipitate ovaty; styles usually 3: fr. berry-like or a 3-valved 

 capsule. 11 genera with 600 species, in warm regions; one genus and 5-10 species 

 in China. 



1. Passiflora Linn. Passion Flower MH3IK (Hsi Fan Lien Shu; 



Western Lotus Genus) 

 Fls. perfect, large and showy, solitary or in racemes; bracteoles 3; petals as long 

 as the calyx lobes; corona of many segments borne on the calyx tube, and a small 

 basal corona surrounding the lower end of the gynophore: ovary with 3 placentae: 

 fr. fleshy, with arillate seeds. 300 species, mostly of tropical America; 5-10 in China. 

 (Latin: flos passionis, passion flower.) 



1. Passiflora incarnata Linn. Maypop (B.M. 691). Perennial vine; fls. white and 

 purple or pink; fr. fleshy. Introduced from eastern United States; locally in Ku. 

 Planted, ornamental. 



117. BEGONIACEAE Begonia Family %KMW% (Ch'iu Hai T'ang K'o) 

 Succulent monoecious herbs (ours) or shrubs with alternate oblique Ivs.: fls. more 

 or less regular; the staminate opening first; sepals and petals 2, all petaloid; stamens 

 many; ovary inferior (half superior in hildebrandia) 2-3-celled: fr. an angled or winged 

 capsule (rarely a berry) with many fine seeds. 5 genera with 800 species, in moist 

 tropical countries (except Australia); one genus and 15 species in China. 



1. Begonia Linn. fXU^M (Ch'iu Hai T'ang Shu) 

 Perianth conspicuous and slightly irregular: ovary inferior. 390 species, distributed 

 as for the family; 15 in China. (After Michel Begon, 1638-1710, French patron of 

 botany and superintendent at Santo Domingo.) 



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