CHAP. VI. 



SCHIZANDRA CE^. SCHIZA'NDRA. 



295 



obovate, much lai'ger than the calyx. (Don's AHll., i. p. 92.) A small 

 smooth-branched shrub, with white Howers, very large for the size of the 

 plant ; the outer petals are larger than tiie inner ones ; the berries are 

 smooth, and oblong-obovate. Height 2 ft. 



Geography, Hktoiy, ($'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^. 



So>]K of tlie genera of this order have been referred to Menisperniaceie, and some to Anonacete ; 

 we introduce it here, in order to notice a bcautiiul ligneous climber, Schizandra. 

 Iiientijicalion. Don's Mill., 1. p. 101. ; Blum. Bijdr. Fl. Ind. ex Schlecht. in Linnsa, i. p. 497. obs. 

 Synonymes. I'art of MenispennJiceje and part of Anonacete with Dec. ; Anundcece \ Schizandreic 



Lindley's Key, p. -Ifi. 



Genus I. 



SCHIZA'NDRA Michx. 



The Schiz.4ndra. 

 Pentandria. 



Lin. Si/st. MoncE^cia 



IdentifiiMkin. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 18. ; Dec. Sy.st., 1. p. 548. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 101. 

 DcrivJ iun. From schizo, to cut, and anir, andros, a man ; stamens cleft. 



Gcii. Ijiar. Flowers monoecious. Sepals 9, in a ternary order. Petals ndTie. Male flmvcrs with 

 5 qf ithers, which are joined at the apex ; female ones with an indefinite number of ovaries. Berries 

 j^iposed in spikes along an elongated receptacle. {Don's Mill., i. p. 101.) — A deciduous climber. 



-i 1. Schiza'ndra cocci'nea Michx. The scsxXet-Jlowered Schizandra. 



/Engravings. Michx. Flor. Bor. Amer., 2. t. 47. ; Sims, Bot. 

 Mag., 1. 1413. ; Encyc. of PI., 13259. ; Don's Mill., f. 26. ; 

 and OUT Jig. 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 ISOfi. It is generally treated as a green-house plant; 

 but it stood out through the winters of 1832, 1833, 18.34, 

 and 1835, in the garden of the Horticultural Society, 

 trained against a wall, and very slightly protected. It forms 

 a most 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- 

 glass. Price, in London, 5s. ; at BoUwyller, ? ; and in New 

 York, 75 cents. 



Ajip. i. Anticijmted Additions to the Hardy Species of Sehizan- 



didcece. 



fiphtcrostvma grandiflhrum , andotherspecics from Nepal, commonlv included under McnispermAces- 

 (sec p. 173.), but properly belonging to this order, may possibly be found half-hardy; as may Kailsura 

 japOnica, which, as the name implies, is a native of Japan. 



