SCHIZANDRIACEJE. I. SCHIZANDRA. II. SARCOCARPUM. III. SPHJEROSTEMMA. IV. KADSURA. 



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to the apex. T? . S. Native of Peru in groves at Chinchao. 

 Drupes, when ripe, are eaten with avidity by birds, and they 

 supply a fine violet colouring. 



Ouate-leaved Mollinedia. Fl. May, Jtme. Shrub 12 feet. 



3 M. LANCEOIA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. syst. 1. p. 143. fl. 

 per. 5. t. 474.) leaves opposite or tern, lanceolate, toothed from 

 the middle to the apex. Tj . S. Native of groves at Chinchao. 



Zanceotoe-leaved Mollinedia. Fl. May, June. Shrub 12 ft. 



Cult. This species of Mollinedia will thrive in a mixture of 

 loam and sand with the addition of a little peat, and ripe cuttings 

 will strike root if planted in a pot of sand, and placed in heat 

 under a hand-glass.-}- 



ORDER V. SCHIZANDRIA'CE^ (plant agreeing with 

 Schizandra in many important characters). Blum, bijdr. fl. ind. 

 ex Schlecht. Linnaea 1. p. 497. obs. 



Flowers monoecious or dioecious. Sepals 3, sometimes want- 

 ing. Petals 9 to 12 (f. 26. a.) disposed in a ternary order. 

 Male flowers with'5 or numerous stamens (f. 27. a.) connate or 

 free, seated on a hemispherical disk. Anthers adnate, bursting 

 outwards by distinct chinks. Ovaries in the female flowers 

 crowded on a long conical torus, at length elongated (f. 26. 6.) 

 2-seeded, baccate. Albumen fleshy. Embryo straight. Co- 

 tyledons oval. Usually climbing shrubs with ovate-lanceolate 

 or oblong leaves and axil-lary or lateral, 1-flowered peduncles. 

 This order differs fromMenispermacece in the presence of albumen, 

 as well as in the ovaries being numerous, seated on a long slender 

 receptacle, and in the different habit of the plants, and from Ano- 

 ndcece in the albumen not being ruminated or pierced by the seed- 

 coat as well as in the very distinct habit of the plants. The me- 

 dical qualities of this order are not known. Seeds do not retain 

 their vegetative power any length of time, therefore they will be 

 difficult to introduce in a living state. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



1 SCHIZA'NDRA. Flowers with 9 petals (f. 26. a.) without any 

 sepals. Male flowers with 5 anthers, connected at the apex. 

 Berries seated on a long receptacle (f. 26. 6.) 



2 SARCOCA'RPUM. Flowers with 3 bracteas, 3 sepals, and 

 9-12 petals. Filaments very short, free. Ovaries numerous, 

 crowded on a conical receptacle. 



3 SPH^ROSTE'MMA. Flowers with 3 sepals and 9 petals. 

 Filaments somewhat connate. Ovaries seated upon a conical torus, 

 at length elongated. 



4 KADSU'RA. Calyx 3-parted. Petals 6-12. Anthers ses- 

 sile, seated upon a honey-combed receptacle, free. Ovaries 30-40, 

 seated upon a long receptacle. 



5 MA'YNA. Calyx 3-parted or 3-sepalled. Petals 6-9 (f. 27. 

 c.), smaller than the calyx. Filaments short. Anthers 4-sided 

 (f. 27. a.), thickest at the apex. Female flowers unknown. 



FIG. 26. 



I. SCHIZA'NDRA (from a^fa, schizo, to cut, and 

 avSpos, aner, andros, a male organ ; stamens cleft). Mich. fl. 

 bor. amer. 2. p. 18. D. C. syst. 1. p. 543. 



LIN. SYST. Moncecia, Pentdndria. Flowers monoecious. 

 Sepals 9, in a ternary order (f. 26. a.) Petals wanting. 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 (f. 26. i.). A smooth, climbing 

 shrub, with ovate-lanceolate leaves, and small scarlet flowers. 



1 S. COCCI'NEA (Mich. fl. bor. 

 amer. 2. p. 219. t. 47.) J? . w . G. 

 Native of Carolina and Georgia 

 in woods. Sims, bot. mag. t. 

 1413. Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. 

 p. 212. 



Scarlet Schizandra. Fl. June, 

 July. Clt. 1806. Shrub cl. 



Cult. A desirable plant, being 

 a greenhouse climber with scarlet 

 flowers. A mixture of sand, peat, 

 and loam suits it well, and ripened 

 cuttings will strike root if planted 

 in a pot of sand, placed under a 

 hand-glass. 



II. SARCOCA'RPUM (from <rap, sarx, flesh, capTroc, kar- 

 pos, a fruit ; fleshy fruit). Blum, bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. 

 Linnaea 1. p. 497. 



LIN. SYST. Moncecia, Polydndria. Flowers monoecious, 

 male ones with 3 bracteas, 3 sepals, and 9-12 petals disposed in 

 a ternary order. Filaments very short, covering the hemispherical 

 disk, nevertheless they are free ; anthers adnate, outwardly. 

 Female flowers with a calyx and corolla like that of the 

 male ones. Ovaries numerous, crowded upon a conical torus. 

 Berries 2-seeded, collected into one fruit. Albumen fleshy. A 

 climbing shrub, with ovate-oblong leaves and crowded axillary or 

 lateral 1-flowered peduncles. 



1 S. SCA'NDENS (Blum. 1. c.) Tj . ^. S. Native of Java. 



Climbing Sarcocarpum. Shrub cl. 



Cult. This plant will thrive in a mixture of loam and peat, 

 and ripened cuttings will strike rocit.if ,j4a^icL in a pot of sand, 



placed under a hand-glass, in heat, f ... .. 



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III. SPH^EROSTE'MMA (<^aipa, sphaira, a globe, ore/^a, 

 stemma, a crown ; stamens seated on globose disk). Blum, 

 bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. Linnaea 1. p. 497. 



LIN. SYST. Monofcia, Polydndria. Flowers monoecious or 

 dioecious. Calyx bracteate, 3-sepalled, and with about 9 petals 

 disposed in a ternary order. Stamens numerous, seated on the 

 globose disk ; filaments almost connate. Female flowers with 

 numerous ovaries seated upon a conical torus, which is at length 

 elongated. Berries 2-seeded. Albumen fleshy. Climbing shrubs. 



This genus differs from the last in the stamens being connate, 

 and in the carpels being disposed in spikes, distant, not crowded. 



1 S. AXILLA'RIS (Blum. 1. c.) leaves quite entire, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated ; peduncles axillary, usually solitary, 1- 

 flowered, scarcely equal in length to the petiole ; flowers dioe- 

 cious ; outer filaments free. Tj . w . S. Native of Java. 



Axillary-fiowereA Sphaerostemma. Shrub cl. 



2 S. ELONGA'TA (Blum. I.e.) leaves ovate, acuminated, finely 

 denticulated, smooth ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, much 

 longer than the petiole ; flowers dioecious ; filaments all connate. 

 Tj . w . S. Native of Java. 



E longated-pedunded Sphaerostemma. Shrub cl. 

 Cult. See Sarcocarpum. 



IV. KADSU'RA (Tuto-Kadsura or Sane-Kadsura is the Ja- 

 panese name of K. Japonica). Juss. ann. mus. 16. p. 340. 

 Dunal. mon. anon. p. 57. D. C. syst. 1. p. 465. 



LIN. SYST. Dice'cia, Polydndria. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 

 3-parted. Petals 6, disposed in a ternary order. Anthers 



