SCHIZANDBi. 



of blade 6 to 



219 



5 in. 



1-5 



in. in diam 



long, 

 to 4. 



cellat 



7 



Buds cylind 



Carpels u 



, breadth about 4 

 itary, terminal or 



in.; 



petiole slender. 



•75 in. FL 



woodj 



ic. Sepals 

 ually single, 



llary, on annulate peduncl 



whit 



d petals about 8, oblanceolate 



sub-globi 

 •5 in. or more thick 



pressed 



l-o 



Miq. FL Ind, Bat 



i, pt, li 



> 



17 



Sikkim Himalaya. ? altitude 



Bl, Bijdr. 

 King in Journ. A 



7 



in. long ; 



>s about -5 in. 



olate. Pistils 3 



the walls lenti- 



Fl. Jc 



a 



v. JIagnol. p. 15, f. 5 

 3W. Zfary. w /. 58, »/. ii, 371. 



Perak, King's collector. 



Distrib 



Java 



King ; Svlhet, in the Langai Pok t 



(7. Ma 



Only once collected in Sikkim 



Miehelia, The ovaries are few 



d 



The fruit of this is not 



trictly that of 



a 



one developes into a 

 Plate 68. Michelia 



pel 



not inserted on an elongated axis, and usually 



dehisced 



montana, Bl 



pels; 5 seeds: of natural size 



1. flowerinar branch; 9 



i 



n 



y 



> 



6, ovaries ; 7 anthers 



ripe 



pel 



\ & 4 



n larged. 



7. 



Schizandra, Mkhaux. 



* 



Climbing glabrous shrubs 



with 



axillary, or in the axils of scales near the ba 

 Sepals and petals 9 to 12, white, yellowish or redd 



pulate, punctate 1 



Flo we 



unisexual, 

 brand 



ies. 



increasing 



in size 



ards. Male ft 



f short, lateral, les 



mbricate, in 3 whorls, gradually 



sh 



fr 



with f> to 15 or more stamens 



or sub-connate 

 fluent filaments 



the filaments 



mass of coi 

 imbricate ovaries; the 

 to 2-seeded . berries 



often fleshy ; anthers free or sub-immersed in the fl 



j 



the 



round, remote. Female flower wi 



stigmas sessile; 



ovules 2. Fruit a 



ler spike of glob 



shy 



any densely 



. 1- 



K 



A 



j 



Seeds suspended; albumen fleshy; testa crustaccou*. Distrib. 

 mountains of temperate and tropical India and Java. Species about 6 



S(/ nops is of spec ies . 



Filaments monadelphous below, free above. 



Flowers more than 1 in. in diam. ; fruit 6 to 9 in. long ; carpels beaked 



Flowers less than 1 in. in diam. ; 



fruit ° 



■< 



not beaked 



to 4 in. long ; carpel* 



Anthers sessile in cavities of the mass formed by the connate fleshy filaments ; 



flowers about *5 in. in diam. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 3*5 to 45 in. long . . 



1. S. gr<md (flora 



2. S. ehngata. 



• ••••••••••3. 5. propinqua 



Leaves narrowly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 2'5 to 3 in. long . . . . 4. S, asillaris. 



1. 



S. GRANDIFLORA, Hook, fil. § 



Thorns, FL Br, bid, i, 44. A woody climber with 

 Leaves membranous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, with minute 

 distant teeth ; the base cuneate, often unequal ; lower surface paler than the upper and 

 with the reticulations distinct ; main nerves 7 to 8 pairs ; 



rugose brown branches. 



length 



3 to 5 in., breadth 



1-25 to 1-75 in.; petiole -5 to *75 in., slender. Flowers 125 in. or more in diam., 

 solitary, pinkish-white, axillary, on slender peduncles 1*5 in. long. Sepals and petals 

 obovate-oblong. Filaments above the anthers ovoid with thick connective; the cells lateral 



or sub-extrorse. Fruit 6 to 9 in. 



long; 



its axis cylindric, fleshy, coloured 



i 



carpels 



