504 SCHIZANDRA SCHIZOPHRAGMA 



from, China. Flowers unisexual, sepals and petals indistinguishable, nine 

 to twelve ; in the female flowers the carpels are at first arranged in a head 

 above the petals, but afterwards that part to which they are attached 

 elongates and bears the globose fruits in a spike. 



The two species here mentioned are perfectly hardy ; they like a rich 

 loamy soil, and can be increased by cuttings of half-ripened wood in a 

 mild bottom heat. 



From Kadsura, a nearly allied genus, Schizandra differs in the leaves 

 being marked with transparent dots. The fruits, too, of Kadsura are in a 

 globose head. 



S. CHINENSIS, Baillon. 



(S. japonica, fiance ; Maximowiczia chinensis, Ruprecht.) 



A deciduous, climbing shrub, growing 20 to 30 ft. high; branchlets red, 

 round, not downy, set with wart-like lenticels. Leaves 2 to 4 ins. long, 

 obovate or elliptical, tapering at the base to a slender stalk, remotely toothed; 

 smooth except on the principal veins beneath when young. Flowers produced 

 during April and May, each on a slender stalk i in. long, two or three of 

 them being borne in a cluster at the base of the young growths ; they arc 

 pale rose-coloured, fragrant, ^ to f in. across. After the female flowers are 

 past, that portion bearing the carpels continues to lengthen until it is 2 to 6 ins. 

 long, and on it the berry-like, scarlet fruits are borne on a sort of pendulous 

 spike. These remain on the plant during the winter. 



Native of China and Japan; introduced in 1860. Although not showy in 

 flower (the petals soon drop), its scarlet fruits are very handsome. The dried 

 wood is charmingly fragrant. 



S. HENRYI, Clarke. 



(Gardeners' Chronicle, 1905, ii., fig. 55.) 



A deciduous, climbing shrub with twining stems, triangular when young, 

 each angle winged. Leaves leathery, shining, of variable shape, elliptical, 

 ovate or cordate, pointed or rounded at the apex and sparsely toothed, 3 to 

 4 ins. long; stalk i to 2 ins. long. Flower -| in. across, unisexual, white, 

 borne on a stout stalk 2 ins. long. The column on which the carpels are 

 borne elongates after the flowers are faded and becomes fleshy, and 2 to 3 ins. 

 long; on this the mucilaginous berries are borne. They are eaten by the 

 Chinese. 



Introduced by Wilson for Messrs Veitch about 1900, from W. Hupeh 

 and Szechuen, but discovered by Henry long previously. It is easily 

 distinguished from S. chinensis by the lustrous, thicker leaves and triangular 

 branchlets. Quite hardy at Kew. It is wrongly classed as evergreen in 

 Hortus Veitchii. 



SCHIZOPHRAGMA. SAXIFRAGACE^E. 



Two climbing deciduous shrubs, found in China and Japan, and very 

 nearly allied to Hydrangea especially the climbing section of that genus. 

 Leaves opposite, long-stalked. Flowers in a large terminal cyme, the 

 central flowers small and perfect, the outer ones sterile and reduced to one 



