MAGNOLIACEAE. 



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SCHIZANDRA. 



(Family Magnoliaceae). 



Woody twiners: deciduous. Stems 

 moderate, terete, aromatic: pith 

 moderate, browning and becom- 

 ing spongily excavated. Buds 

 moderate, collaterally multiple in 

 the axils of their lower scales, 

 sessile, elongated-ovoid, acute, 

 with some 6 or 8 ciliolate scales. 

 Leaf-scars alternate, half-round, 

 scarcely raised: bundle-traces 3, 

 clustered: stipule-scars lacking. 



Scliizandra differs from the 

 preceding Magnoliaceae in the 

 conspicuous characters of being a 

 climbing shrub and of lacking the 

 annular stipule-scars that so 

 distinctly mark Magnolia, Miche- 

 lia and Liriodendron ; and on 

 technical characters it is placed 

 in a different section of the family. 

 The winter-characters of 8. chi- 



nensis have been studied by Schneider, f. 92; and Shirasawa, 

 261, pi. 7. Other winter-character references: Liriodendron 

 Tulipifera. Blakeslee & Jarvis, 330, 474, pi.; Bosemann, 61; 

 Brendel, 30, pi. 3; Otis, 136; Schneider, f. 108. Magnolia acu- 

 minata. Blakeslee & Jarvis, 340, 470, pi.; Schneider, f. 42, 108. 

 M. denudata (M. conspicua; M. Yulan). Blakeslee & Jarvis, 

 470. M. glauca (M. virginica) . Blakeslee & Jarvis, 340, 470. 

 M. hypoleuca. Shirasawa, 242, pi. 3. M. Kobus. Shirasawa, 

 241, pi. 3. M. macrophylla. Blakeslee & Jarvis, 340, 470; 

 Schneider, f 3, 54. M. liliflora (M. obovata; M. purpurea). 

 Schneider, f. 108; Shirasawa, 241, pi. 3. M. tripetala (M. 

 Umbrella). Blakeslee & Jarvis, 340, 472, pi. 

 Stems brown, glabrous. S. chinensis. 



