CHAP. VI. SCHIZANDRA CER. SCHIZA/NDRA. 295 
obovate, much larger than the calyx. (Don’s Mill.,i. p. 92.) A small 
smooth-branched shrub, with white flowers, very large for the size of the 
plant; the outer petals are larger than the inner ones; the berries are 
smooth, and oblong-obovate. Height 2 ft. 
Geography, History, §c. Native of Georgia and Florida, in sandy woods 
and shady places; and brought to England in 1820, It is still rare, or, rather, 
scarcely to be met with. It may ultimately turn out that these four alleged 
species are only varieties of one species, modified by local circumstances. At 
all events, one of them (A. triloba) is quite sufficient in a general collection, 
to give a correct idea of the genus. 
CHAP. VI. 
OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER SCHIZAN- 
DRA‘CE®. 
Some of the genera of this order have been referred to Menispermicew, and some to Anondcee ; 
we introduce it here, in order to notice a beautirul ligneous climber, SchizAndra. 
Identification. Don’s Mill., 1. p. 101.; Blum. Bijdr. FL Ind. ex Schlecht. in Linnza, i. p. 497. obs. 
Synonymes. Part of Menispermacez and part of Anondcee with Dec. ; Anondce@ § Schizandree 
Lindley’s Key, p. 46. 
Genus I. 
SCHIZA’NDRA Michr. Tae Scuizanpra. Lin. Syst. Moneecia 
Pentandria. 
Identification. Michx. F1. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 18.; Dec. Syst., 1. p.548.; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 101. 
Derivation. From schizd, to cut, and anér, andros, a man; stamens cleft. 
Gen. Char. Flowers monecious. Sepals 9, in aternary order. Petals none. Male flowers with 
5 anthers, which are joined at the apex ; female ones with an indefinite number of ovaries. Berries 
disposed in spikes along an elongated receptacle, (Don’s Miil., i. p. 101.)—A deciduous climber. 
2 1. Scniza’npra cocci’NEa Miche. The scarlet-fowered Schizandra. 
Engravings. Michx. Flor. Bor. Amer., 2. t.47.; Sims, Bot. 
Mag., 1. 1413. ; Encyc. of Pl, 13259.; Don’s Mill., f. 26. ; 
and our fig. 41. 
Spec. Char., Description, §c. Leaves alternate, oval-lanceo- 
late, pointed at both ends, rarely toothed, of a beautiful 
green, smooth above and pale beneath, petiolated. Flowers 
scarlet, disposed in spikes in the axils of the leaves. A 
climbing, deciduous, half-hardy shrub, found in shady 
woods in Georgia and Florida, and also in Carolina. It 
flowers in June and July, and was introduced into England 
in 1806, It is generally treated as a green-house plant ; 
but it stood out through the winters of 1832, 1833, 1834, 
and 1835, in the garden of the Horticultural Society, 
trained against a os and very slightly protected, It forms 
amost desirable ornament in the summer season, and 
should have a place against every conservative wall. It 
prefers a light sandy soil, and is easily propagated by 
ripened cuttings, in a pot of sand, placed under a hand- 
ee Price, in London, 5s, ; at Bollwyller,?; and in New 
ork, 75 cents. 
App.i. Anticipated Additions to the Hardy Species of Schizan- 
P dracea. 
Spherostéma grandiflorum, and other'species from Nepal, commonly included under Menispermacese 
(see p. 173.), but properly belonging to this order, may possibly be found half-hardy; as may Kadsdra 
japinica, which, as the name implies, is a native of Japan. 
