42 THE LYCIIEE AND LUNCJAN 



They average 4-8 inches long. The leaflets which are opposite or. 

 alternate are of a more oval oblong outline than the lanceolate of the 

 lychee; and their point is less sharp. Unlike the lychee the margin 

 of the leaflets is decidedly wavy. The lateral veins are numerous 

 and unlike the lyches are very prominent. The leaflets are smooth 

 on top and tarn ; shed or somewhat pubescent underneath. 



The flowers are small but larger than the lychee and arranged 

 on velvety, slightly angular flower stalks. Flowers yellowish-brown. 

 The calyx is hairy outside and divided into five parts. Petals five, 

 rarely six; pubescent. Filaments pubescent; anthers glabrous. The 

 ovary is divided into two, sometime three, parts. The lobes are 

 quite large, rounded and velvety. The style is thick and stiymn 

 short and somewhat double. The fruits are rounded, of a yellow 

 brown color and almost smooth on the surface. The flavor of the 

 fruit is not so delicate as the lychee but more vinous. The seed is 

 rounded, of a beautiful black color and marked at the base with a 

 white orbicular spot which gives it the appearance of an eye, giving 

 it the name " dragon eye." 



In South China there are many varieties of the lungan, the 

 cultivated forms being usually grafted. The lungan is not only 

 valuable as a fruit tree but is a beautiful ornamental, especially in the 

 winter when it flushes forth its beautiful garnet brown young foliage. 



The lungan is a native to South China and is found growing 

 at higher latitudes and higher altitudes than the lychee. It thrives 

 much better on higher ground than the lychee and endures more 

 frost. It is rarely found growing along the dykes of streams as is the 

 lycheee but does especially well on high ground near ponds. 



THE LUNGLY (8fe,2fc) A Lungan-lycliee hybrid 



Various Chinese writers refer to what is apparently a hybrid 

 between the lungan and the lychee, and which they call the Innyly. 

 In the Annals of Kwangsi l attention is called to this fruit, where it 

 is said that the lungly tree and leaf have some of the characteristics 

 of both the lungan and the lychee. The pericarp is said to be like 

 the lychee but the meat like the lungan. They are not considered 

 good but can be eaten after cooking. When eaten raw they are said 

 to produce great quantities of mucus in the throat which produces a 

 sickness in the eater. They bear fruit at the time of the lychee. t 



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