ChionanihH* OLEACEAE-LOGANIACEAE Gardneria 



8. Chionanthus Linn. Fringe Tree -/fUJ^IM (Liu Su Shu Shu) 

 Dioecious deciduous trees or shrubs with simple entire lvs. and conspicuous white 

 fls. in loose panicles; corolla lobes strap-shaped, linear: fr. an oval dark blue drupe, 

 1-seeded. 2 species, one in eastern North America and one in China. (Greek: chion, 

 snow; and anthos, flower; referring to the abundant white flowers.) 



1. Chionanthus retusa Lindl. 9fc$c$ (Liu Su Shu; Tassel Tree) (R.M. 791). Shrub 

 or tree, to 6 m.; fls. white, VI-VII; fr. dark blue, IX-X; lvs. 4-10 cm. long. 

 Eastern Asia; locally in An., Che., Ku. Forest, planted, ornamental. 



143. LOGANIACEAE Strychnine Family MfkPt (Ma Ch'ien K'o) 

 Herbs, shrubs or trees with opposite simple stipulate lvs, and perfect regular usually 

 4-5-merous fls.; stamens as many as the corolla lobes and alternate with them; ovary 

 superior, 2-celled: fr. a capsule, berry or drupe. 32 genera with 800 species, tropical 

 and subtropical regions. 6 genera and 26 species in China. 



Key to the Genera 



Erect shrubs, with stellate glandular or scaly pubescence: fr. a 2- 



valved capsule with many seeds 1 . Buddleia 



Scandent shrubs, glabrous: fr. a 2-seeded berry 2. Gardneria 



1. Buddleia Linno. Butterfly Bush |f|&1p:JH (Tsui Yu Ts'ao Shu) 

 Erect plants with stellate, glandular or scaly pubescence and numerous clustered 

 4-merous fls. : fr. a 2-valved capsule with numerous very small seeds. 70 species, 

 tropical and temperate regions; America, Asia and southern Africa; 17 in China. 

 (After Adam Buddie, an English botanist, who died in 1715.) 



Key to the Species 



Lvs. serrate, tomentose beneath: brs. terete or obscurely angled: calyx 

 and corolla pubescent outside; corolla straight, orange at the 

 mouth 1 • B. davidii 



Lvs. entire, glabrous or nearly so: brs. conspicuously angled: calyx 

 and corolla finely glandular outside; corolla curved, not marked 

 with orange at the throat 2 . B. lindleyana 



1. Buddleia davidii Franch. Orange-eye Butterfly-bush ^llfif (Ta Yeh Tsui 

 Yu Ts'ao) (R.M. 795). Shrub, to 5 m.; fls. lilac and orange, VII-X. China; 

 locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



2. Buddleia lindleyana Fortune MMM (Tsui Yu Ts'ao; Fish-intoxicated Herb) 

 (R.M. 794). Shrub, to 2m.; fls. purplish violet, VI-IX. Eastern China; locally 

 in An., Ki., Ku., Che. Woodland, planted, ornamental. 



Buddleia officinalis Maxim, is found in the Ichang Gorge, Hupeh and in Shensi, Kansu and 

 Szechuan. Fig. 298. 



2. Gardneria Wall. MW^MM (P'eng Lai Ko Shu) 

 Scandent shrubs, glabrous, with opposite petiolate entire evergreen lvs.: fls. ax- 

 illary, solitary or in pedunculate clusters; calyx small, 4-5-lobed; corolla-lobes 4-5, 

 thick, valvate in bud; stamens 4-5, on the corolla tube; anthers subsessile; ovary 2- 



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