Adina 



BUBIACEAE 



Adina 



II. Fls. in axillary or leaf-opposed clusters, or solitary. 



J. Anthers linear: fls. white, tubular-cylindric, at least in bud, 



about 10 mm. long;calyces and axes of the inn. glabrous. 



Anthers exserted and reflexed, subsessile, nearly as long 



as corolla lobes: corolla tube very short: fr. black 10. 

 Anthers included: corolla tube longer than the lobes: fr.red. 11. 

 JJ. Anthers oblong, sessile or nearly so: calyces and axes of 

 the inn. pubescent. 

 Fls. white, tubular or salver-form, 8-10 mm. long; lobes 



of corolla shorter than the tube: fr. blue 12. 



Fls. yellow, campanulate, about 5 mm. long, subtended 

 by 1 or 2 whorls of calyx-like bracts outside the 



calyx: fr. red 13. 



HH. Woody vines. 



Vine woody at base, herbaceous above, twining: fls. many, 

 in axillary and terminal panicles; style 2-parted to near the 



base : fr. berry-like, dry at maturity 14 . 



Vine woody throughout, trailing: fls. few, axillary, scattered; 



style club-shaped, exserted: fr. a capsule 15. 



AA. Plants herbaceous. 



K. Lvs. opposite. 



Coarse twining vines with large lvs., 5-15 cm. long 14. 

 Plants with small lvs., 1-3 cm. long. 



Inn. a terminal cyme 16. 



Inn. axillary 17. 



KK. Lvs. verticillate. 



Fls. 5-merous : f r . fleshy 18 . 



Fls. 4-merous: fr. dry or nearly so 19. 



Randia 

 Prismatomeris 



Lasianthus 



Tricalysia 



Paederia 



Thysa nospermum 



Paederia 



Ophiorrhiza 

 Hedyotis 



Rubia 

 Galium 



1. Adina Salisb. JJK^rJJiM (Shui Tung Kua Shu; 

 Water-winter-squash Genus) 



Trees or shrubs; lvs. long-petioled, with caducous stipules; fls. small, 5-merous, 

 in globular heads; style filiform, longer than the stamens; fr. of 2 dehiscent many- 

 seeded cocci; seeds oblong and winged. 10 species, in tropical Asia and North America; 

 7 in China. (Greek; adinos, crowded; in reference to the flowers being in heads.) 



Key to the Species 



Fig. heads axillary, scattered: brts. glabrous, with many lenticels: If. 



blades lanceolate; petioles up to 1 cm. long 1 . 



Fig. heads terminal. 

 Fig. heads in loose terminal clusters, opposite in arrangement, the 

 lower in leaf axils: brts. glabrous, with a few large lenticels: If. 



blades ovate; petioles 1.5-3. 5 cm. long 2. 



Fig. heads terminating leafy brs.: brts. pubescent, without conspicuous 

 lenticels: If. blades mostly lanceolate, on short petioles or nearly 

 sessile 3 . 



A. pilulifera 



A. racemosa 



A. rubella 



1. Adina pilulifera (Lam.) Franch. (A. globiflora Salisb. (Lee 949). Shrub or tree, 

 to 10m.; fls. yellowish green, VIII. Southern and Central China; locally in An., 

 Che., Hun., Ki., Ku. Woodland. 



2. Adina racemosa (S.&.Z.) Miq. (Lee 950). Tree, 6-10 m. high; fls. pinkish, VI- 

 VIII. China; locally in An., Che., Hun., Hup., Ku. Woodland. 



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