Symplocos 



SYMPLOCACEAE 



Symplocos 



140. SYMPLOCACEAE Sweetleaf Family WftPt (Hui Mu K'o) 

 Shrubs or small trees with alternate simple estipulate lvs.: infl. axillary; fls. per- 

 fect, or sometimes unisexual, regular; calyx membranous, 5- (or 4-) lobed; corolla 

 5-10- (or 4-) lobed; stamens 15 to many (or 4-10), fascicled, a cluster opposite each 

 lobe of the corolla and attached to its base; ovary more or less inferior; style one: 

 fr. obliquely attached, drupe-like. Contains only the following genus. 



1. Symplocos Jacq. Sweetleaf WJf-Wk (Hui Mu Shu; Gray Wood Genus) 

 Characters of the family. 300 species, of tropical and subtropical Asia and 

 America; 50 in China. (Greek: symplokos, connected; referring to the united sta- 

 mens.) 



Key to the Species 



a. Lvs. membranous, deciduous. 



Lvs. pubescent on both sides: calyx lobes acute, villose: fr. hairy 1. S. chinensis 

 Lvs. glabrous above, usually pubescent beneath: calyx lobes round- 

 ed, not villose, but ciliate along the margins: fr. glabrous... 2. S. paniculate/, 

 aa. Lvs. coriaceous, evergreen, 

 b. Fls. in axillary racemes. 



c. Calyx lobes glabrescent or ciliate, not canescent. 

 Fr. oblong or urceolate, 8-10 mm. long. 

 Brts. of the season fenugineous-tomentose: fr. oblong, 



about 8 mm. long 3. S. anomala 



Brts. of the season glabrous: fr. urceolate, about 10 mm. 



long 4 . S. caudata 



Fi. globose or ovoid, about 4 mm. long: brts. pilose 5. S. lancifolia 



cc. Calyx short-canescent-sericeous: corolla lobes connate to the 

 middle: brts. of the season scabrous: lvs. lanceolate- 

 oblong, 5-10 cm. long: fr. canescent, urceolate, 6-7 m. 



long . . . , 6 . S. confusa 



bb. Fls. in sessile fascices. 



Brts. glabrous, densely and minutely crystalline-granular (under 

 magnification): calyx of fr. cleft to base; lobes gray-pilose 



on back, 2x (or more) as long as broad: lvs. oblong .... 7. -S. setchuensis 

 Brts. ferrugineous-tomentose: calyx of fr. cleft 1/2-2/3; lobes 



glabrous on back, as broad as long: lvs. linear to lanceolate. 8. S. stellaris 



1. Symplocos chinensis (Lour.) Druce (S. sinica Ker) IpSM (Hua Pai T'an; Chinese 

 White Dalbergia) (R.M. 760). Shrub or small tree; fls. white, V; fr. black, 

 pubescent, X. Eastern and central China; locally in An., Che., Hun., Hup., Ki., 

 Ku. Woodland. 



2. Symplocos paniculata (Thunb.) Miq. (S. crataegoides Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don). 

 Asiatic Sweetleaf ££| (Pai T'an; White Delbergia) (R.M. 760). Shrub or tree, 

 to 12m.; fls. white, IV-V; fr. blue-black, glabrous, IX-X. Eastern Asia; locally 

 in An., Che., Hon., Hup., Ki., Ku. Woodland. 



3. Symplocos anomala Brand (S. alata Brand) (E.P.IV. 242:67). Shrub or tree, to 

 15 m.; fls. creamy-white, IX; fr. brownish-black, VII. Central and southern China; 

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



4. Symplocos caudata Wall, ex G. Don |Ilg| (Shan Fan; Mountain Tannin) (H.F. 

 3:577). Shrub or tree, to 12 m.; fls. greenish white, IV; fr. VIII. Eastern Asia; 

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



