20 V. SCHIZANDRACE^. [Kadsiira. 



Order V. SCHIZANDRACEi^. 



Climbers shrubby. Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Flowers 

 axillary solitary unisexual small pink. Sepals and petals 9 to 15, 

 outer sepaloid. Stamens numerous, more or less connate into a 

 fleshy mass. Anthers short. Carpels numerous, few ovuled, in 

 fruit crowded into a fleshy mass. Species about 27 in 2 genera, 

 Indo-Malaya, China, Japan, Southern United States. 



KADSURA, Kaempfer. 



Glabrous leaves, with entire leaves. Flowers unisexual, rose 

 pink, white or yellow, small, axillary or from the stem on short 

 bracteolate peduncles. Sepals and petals 9 to 12 imbricate in 

 3 rows. Male flower. Stamens 5 to 15 or more in a spiral ; fila- 

 ments very short, free, or sub-connate; anthers free or connate. 

 Female flower, ovaries many, densely imbricate. Stigma sessile, 

 ovules 2 to 4. Fruit a globose fleshy head of i-seeded carpels. 

 Seeds i to 2. Temperate and tropical Asia, species about 7. 



Stems stout smooth ; leaves ovate, base cuneate. 



Flowers pink . . . . . . , (i) K. scandens 



Stems stout corky ; leaves ovate, base rounded. 



Flowers pink . . . . . . . (2) K. cauliflora 



Stems slender ; leaves smaller lanceolate. 



Flowers cream colour . . . , . . (3) K. lanceolata 



(i) K. scandens Bl. Fl. Jav. Schizandrece, g, t. i ; King, I.e. 

 375; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. (2), 221, pi. 71. 



A big liane 30 to 40 ft. or more long, bark dark striate. Leaves 

 coriaceous broadly ovate to ovate-oblong-acuminate, base rounded 

 sub-decurrent ; nerves 5 pairs, dark green, 4 to 6 in. long, 2 to 4 in. 

 wide ; petioles i in. long. Flowers axillary and from the trunk on 

 bracteolate peduncles, rose pink, -5 in. wide. Sepals 3, triangular 

 connate at base. Petals ovate-oblong blunt, fleshy. Stamens in 

 males numerous short cuneate equal on an ovoid fleshy receptacle. 

 Ovaries in females numerous. Stigmas sessile elongate. Fruit 



2 to 2-5 in. through, sub-globose. Carpels sessile globose beaked 

 less than -5 in. in diameter. Hab. Common in forests at low 

 elevations. Singapore ; Malacca (Griffith) . Negri Sembilan, Tampin 

 Hill (Burkill). Perak, Larut Hills (Kunstler). Penang Hill (Curtis). 

 Distrib. Malay Islands. Native names : Akar Kapala Patong ; Akar 

 DamaDaura. Use: A decoction of the roots is used for rheumatism. 



(2) K. cauliflora Bl. Fl. Jav. Schizandrece, ii. /. 2 ; King, I.e. 375 ; 

 Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. (2), 222, pi. 72. 



A big liane with pale corky bark, 80 ft. or more long and about 



3 in. through. Leaves ovate rounded, tip shortly acuminate, base 

 rounded; nerves 3 to 7 pairs; 6 to 7 in. long, 3-4 to 4-5 in. wide; 

 petioles i to 1-5 in. long. Flowers from the trunk. Sepals and 



