MAGNOLIACE AE . — SCHISANDRA 411 



rarius elliptico-oblonga v. elliptico-obovata, acuminata, basi cuneata, 

 remote denticulata, rarius integra, 5-10 cm., plerumque 6-9 cm. longa 

 et 2-4 cm. lata, glabra, supra atroviridia, nitida, subtus pallide 

 viridia, nervis utrinsecus 10-15 in sicco utrinque leviter elevatis, 

 venulis minus elevatis; petioli 10-15 cm. longi. Flores axillares, soli- 

 tarii, lutei, circiter 2.5 cm. diam.; pedicelli satis validi, 1-8 cm., plerum- 

 que 2.5-5 cm. longi, leviter angulati, recurvi, bracteis paucis ovatis 

 acutis minutis remotis instituti; sepala numerosa, exteriora rainuta, 

 orbicularia, media et interiora late ovalia v. obovata, 8-13 mm. longa 

 et 8-9 mm. lata, rotundata, ciliolata, brevissime unguiculata; andro- 

 ecium subglobosum, 8 mm. longum et 7 mm. diam.; gynaeceum sub- 

 globosum, 7 mm. longum et 6 mm. diam. ; carpella numerosa, stigmate 

 discoideo circiter 1 mm. diam., appendicibus ventralibus lamelli- 

 formibus linearibus. Fructus desideratur. 



Kiangsi: below Kuling, thickets, 300 m., August 1, 1909 (No. 

 1736, type); same locality, alt. 1300 m., among rocks, July 28, 1907 

 (Nos. 1735, 1737). Yunnan: Szemao, forests, alt. 1300-1600 m., A. 

 Henry (Nos. 12312, 12312"^). 



This species is closely related to K. discigera Finet & Gagnepain, which has 

 triangular appendages on the carpels, petals 1.7-2.5 cm. long and 1.2 cm. broad, 

 shorter, non-bracteolate peduncles and larger leaves; from all the other species it 

 differs in its discoid stigma. The specimens from Yunnan have generally broader, 

 elliptic to elliptic-oblong leaves. 



Kadsura sp. 



Western Szech'uan: Yachou Fu, thickets, alt. 800 m., October 

 1908 (No. 1 1 16; climber 6 m., fruit crimson). 



With only leafy shoots and ripe seeds it is impossible to determine this specimen. 



SCHISANDRA Michx. 



Schisandra grandiflora Hooker f. & Thomson in Hooker f., Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. I. 44 (1872). — Gamble, Trees & Shrubs Darjeeling, 3 

 (1877). — Franchet, PL Delavay. I. 34 (1889). — King in Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calcutta, III. 219 t. 69 a. (1891). — Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. 

 Soc. Bot. France, LII. M6m. IV. 48 (pro parte) (1905) ; Contrib. Fl. As. 

 Or. II. 48 (pro parte) (1907). 



Kadsura grandiflora Wallich, Tent. Fl. Nepal. 10, t. 14 (1824). 

 Sphaerostema grandiflorum Blume, Fl. Jav. III. Fam. XII. 17 (Schizandreae) 

 (1828). — Hooker f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1, 84 (1855). 



