46 MENISPERMACE.E. Schizandra. 



conical, at length elongated torus : styles minute : stigmas simple : 

 ovules 1-2. Carpels baccate in fruit, l-2.seeded, loosely spicate upon 

 the slender and much elongated torus (glomerate on the conical torus 

 in Kadsura). Albumen fleshy, homogeneous. — Trailing or twining' 

 glabrous shrubs (somewhat aromatic). Leaves alternate, entire or 

 denticulate, minutely and sparsely punctate (as also the petals) with 

 pellucid dots. Flowers axillary, on slender peduncles ; the uppermost 

 staminate. 



1. SCHIZANDRA. Michx. fl. 2. p. 218. t. 47. 



Moncecious. Sepals and petals 9-12, confounded with each other, roundish, 

 concave. Stamens 5: anthers subsessUe, connate. Carpels inequilateral, 

 1-seeded, loosely scattered m fruit on the fihform torus. " Embryo included 

 in fleshy green albumen ; radicle oblong ; cotyledons ovate." Richard in 

 Michx. — A trailing or somewhat twining shrub. Leaves entire or repandly 

 denticulate. Flowers small, crimson. 



S. coccinea (Michx. 1. c.)—Ell. sk. 2. p. 582 ; DC. syst. l.p. 544 ; Bot. 

 mag. t. 1413 ; Audubon, birds ofAmer. t. 74. 



In damp woods, S. Carolina ! Georgia ! and Louisiana ! May-Tune — 

 Stem 10-15 feet long. Leaves ovate or oval, mostly acute or acuminate at 

 each end, on slender petioles. Carpels small, ovoid, red when mature : torus 

 also red. Seed suspended 7 



The order Schizandracccc, established by Bkime in his splendid Flora Javae, al- 

 though indicated in an earlier work, is founded upon Schizandra and two Asiatic 

 genera, viz : Sphserostema (which diflers from the former chiefly in its indefinite 

 stamens,) and Kadsura, Juss., which was formerly referred to Anonacere. 



Order V. MENISPERMACE.E. Juss. 



Flowers dioecious, rarely moncecious or polygamous. Sepals usually 

 in a double row, 2-4 in each, imbricated in testivation, deciduous. 

 Petals 1-8 (usually equal in number to the sepals), h5'pogynous, dis- 

 tinct or sometimes united, rarely none. Stamens distinct or mona- 

 delphous, equal in number to the petals and opposite them, or 2-4 times 

 as many : anthers adnate (extrorse or introrse !), or innate and con- 

 sisting of 4 globose lobes, or with the cells horizontal and placed end 

 to end, opening longitudinally. Ovaries usually several, distinct or 

 rarely united. Drupes baccate, 1-seeded, oblique or lunate, or incurv- 

 ed so that the apex and base are brought into contact ; the nut (endo- 

 carp) bony, and often tuberculate on the broad margin. Seed hetero- 

 tropous, conformed to the cavity of the nut. Embryo curved, included 

 in the rather thin fleshy albumen : radicle directed towards the style. — 

 Flexible and climbing shrubs or sutfruticose plants. Leaves alternate, 



