Tarenna RUBIACEAE Lasianthus 



nearly so; anthers linear, exserted; style exserted: fr. a 2-celled berry or capsule. 

 About 40 species, in tropical Asia; 10 in China. (The Ceylonese name of the shrub.) 



1. Tarenna mollissima (H.&A.) Robins. (Stylocoryne mollissima (H.&A.) Benth.; 

 Webera mollissima (H.&A.) Benth.) (Be. F. 156). Shrub, to 3 m.; fls. white, fragrant, 

 VI-VII; fr. black, IX-X. Southern and Central China; locally in Che., Hun., Ki. 

 Forest. 



10. Randia Linn. H^ifsJil (Ch'ien Ts'ao Shu Shu) 



Shrubs or trees, ours unarmed: lvs. opposite, or with one of the pr. arrested: fls. 

 in axillary or leaf -opposed clusters; corolla funnel-form or campanulate, 5-lobed; lobes 

 twisted in the bud; stamens 5; anthers linear, subsessile, exserted; ovary 2-celled; 

 fr. a black globose or ellipsoid many-seeded berry. 100 species, in tropical regions; 10 

 or more in China. (After Isaac Rand (d.1743), English horticulturist.) 



Key to the Species 



Calyx-teeth acutely pointed; cymes few-fld 1 . R. henryi 



Calyx shallowly lobed or truncate; cymes many-fld 2. R. cochinchinesis 



1. Randia henryi Pritz. (R. acutidens Hemsl. & Wils.) (Di.F.581;H.-M.7:1020). Shrub 

 or tree, to 3 m.; fls. white, VII; fr. black, X. Central and eastern China; locally 

 in Che., Hun., Hup., Ki. Woodland. 



2. Randia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. (R. densiflora (Wall.) Benth.; R. oppositifolia 

 (Roxb.) Koord.; R. racemosa (Cav.) F.-Vill.) (Be.F.155;M.L.365). Shrub or tree, 

 to 10m.; fls. white, VII; fr. black, X. South China, Malaya, Philippines; locally 

 in Che., Ki. Forest. 



11. Prismatomeris Thwaites —.ft]%$i\iM (San Chio Pan Hua Shu) 

 Shrubs with opposite lvs. and cuspidate stipules; fls. in axillary fascicles; corolla 

 tube cylindric; limb 5-parted; segments valvate, thickened, prismatic, excavated at 

 the base; stamens 5, included; anthers linear attached basally to the corolla tube by 

 short filaments; style linear, with 2 divergent lobes: fr. a 1-2-seeded red berry. 4-5 

 species, in southeastern Asia and Malaya; 2-3 in China. 



1. Prismatomeris henryi (Levi.) Rehd. (P. brevipes Hutchins.) (Pl.W. 3: 413; AA.J. 

 16: 328). Shrub, 2-3 m. high; fls. white, V; fr. red, X. Central and southwestern 

 China; locally in Ki. Forest shade. . 



12. Lasianthus Jack H^jifM (Chi Shih Shu Shu; 

 Chicken-excrement Shrub Genus) 



Shrubs with small fls. in axillary clusters; calyces and axes of the infl. pubescent; 

 corolla white, funnel-form, hairy at the throat; anthers oblong, included, often apicu- 

 late; ovary 4-9-celled; stigmas 3-9: fr. blue, a drupe with 3-9 one-seeded triangular 

 nutlets. 80 species, mostly in tropical Asia; 10 in China. (Greek: lasios, wooly, and 

 anthos, flower.) 



1. Lasianthus hartii Franch. (BSBF 46: 209). Shrub, to 2m.; fls. white, VII; fr. 

 dark blue, X. Southern and central China; locally in Che., Hun., Hup., Ki. 

 Woodland. 



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