Schizandra.] in. MAQNOLIACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 45 



eels l-l^ i n -> slender. Stamens as in S. grandiflora. Confounded with 8. grandiflora 

 by Wallich (under 4985), but more slender, flowers smaller. The fruit is not so stalked 

 as in Blume's figure, but we believe this to be a variable character. 



** Anthers sessile in cavities of the fleshy liead of filaments. 



3. S. propinqua, //./. & T. ; leaves ovate-lanceolate serrate-toothed, 

 flowers small, pedicels long, fruit 6 in. long, axis fleshy. Sphserostema pro- 

 pinquum, Blume Fl. Jav. Schif. 16 ; Wall. Cat. 4986 ; H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 

 85. Kadsura propinqua, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep^ 15. 



HIMALAYA, from Nipal to Kumaon, alt. 4-6000 ft. 



A woody climber. Leaves 3-5 by 14 in.; base rounded or cuneate ; petiole ^ in. 

 Flowers small, yellow or orange, solitary or fascicled ; buds \\ in. diam. ; pedicels 

 4 in., bracteolate. Anthers slightly protruded. Carpels as in /$'. grandiflora. 



4. S. axillaris, H. f. & T. ; leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate 

 tapering to a fine point, entire or remotely toothed, flowers |in. diam., pedi- 

 cels very short bracteolate, fruit 1-2 in. long. Sphserostema axillare, 

 Blume Fl. Jav. Schiz. t. 3 ; #./ <fc T. Fl. Ind. 86. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft. DISTRIB. Java. 



A slender climber. Leaves 3 by 1^-1 in., base cuneate or rounded; petiole \ in. 

 Flower* dull scarlet, axillary ; bracteoles imbricating. Stamens as in S. propinqua. 

 Carpels small. 



8. K.AD5UHA, Kaempfer. 



Characters of Schizandra, but ripe carpels arranged in a globose head, 

 ovuLes sometimes 4. DISTEIB. temp, and subtrop. Asia; species about 7. 



1. K,. Xloxburg-hiana, Arn. inJard. Mag. Zool. & Eot. ii. 546; leaves 

 ovate or oblong acute or acuminate, filaments connate in a column. H. f. 

 & T. Fl. Ind. 83. Kadsura japonica, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 12; Cat. 4987 

 A, B (partly], not ofJussieu. Uvaria heteroclita, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii 663. 



SUBTROPICAL FORESTS of SIKKIM, ASSAM, SILHET, and the KHASIA HILLS, ascending 

 to 5000 ft. 



A stout rambling climber; bark very rough. Leaves 3-6 by l|-3 in., fleshy ; petiole 

 in. Flowers \ in. diam. ; pedi- els f-1 in., stout, bracteolate to or below the middle. 

 Outer filaments short, free above, inner wholly connate. Ovules 2. Fruit 1-2 in. 

 diam. Carpels many, as large as a bean, base cuneate, top rounded. 



2. XL. Wigiitiana, Arn. Lc. ii. 546 ; leaves broadly ovate acute or obtuse, 

 filaments free, ovules usually 4. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 84 ; Thwaites Enum. 5. 



Mountains of MALABAR, Wight, and of CEYLON, alt. 2-3000 ft. 



A woody climber. Leaves 2-3 by 1-2 in., pale beneath, base cuneate. Flowers in. 

 diam., pale, yellow-green ; pedicels 1-2 in., stout, with several bracteoles. Fruit like 

 K. Roxburghiana. 



There is in Herb. Kew. an imperfect specimen of a Malacca Kadsura collected by 

 Griffith (see Notid. iv. 714, Ic. iv. t. 651, f. 1 & 2) ; it may be K. scandens, Blume, 

 distinguished by its mucronate fruit. 



ORDER IV. ANCNACEJE. (By Hooker f. & Thomson.) 



Trees or shrubs, often climbing and aromatic. Leaves alternate, exstipu- 

 late, simple, quite entire. Flowers 2- rarely 1 -sexual. 8ej*als 3, free or 

 connate, usually valvate. Petals 6, hypogynous, 2-seriate, or the inner 

 absent, titamens many, rarely definite, hypogy nous, closely packed on the 

 torus, filaments short or ; anthers adnate, ce.lls extrorse or sublateral, 



