Aquifoliaceae; Celastraceae 601 



grayish green when dried, flat and scarcely lustrous on upper oblong, 4-8 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. wide, caudatcly acuminate to 

 side, the petioles 4-7 mm. long, often reddish, winged in abrupdy acute with an obtuse tip, acute or broadly cuneate at 

 upper part; inflorescence fasciculate, 2- to 7-flowered, the base, remotely obtuse-toothed somcnmes on upper half, green- 

 peduncles nearly obsolete, the pedicels 2-3 mm. long; calyx- ish yellow when dried, lustrous on upper side, the midrib 

 lobes short, semirounded, puberulous and ciliolate; fruit glo- prominently impressed above, raised beneath, the lateral nerves 



bose, red, about 3.5 mm. across. Honshu (Ise and Kii indistinct, the petioles rather slender, 4-8 mm. long; flowers 



Prov.), Shikoku, Kyushu. Ryukyus and Formosa. about 6 mm. across, few to rather numerous, axillary, the 



16. Ilex latifolia Thunb. /. niacrophylla Bl.; /. tarajo peduncles absent, the pedicels 1-3 mm. long; petals recurved, 



Hort. ex Goepp. T.\r.\-y6. Evergreen glabrous tree, the 2.5-3 mm. long; stamens 4 or 5, erect, longer than the petals; 



branches thick, terete, the branchlets green, densely elevate- fruits few, globose, red, 5-6 mm. across. Apr.-May. Hon- 



punctulate; leaves firmly coriaceous, oblong to narrowly so, shu (Chugoku Distr.), Kyushu; rare. 



12-17 cm. long, 4-8 cm. wide, acute to acuminate with an Ilex X kiusiana Hatusima, Narihira-mochi, is a hybrid 



obtuse tip, rounded to obtuse at base, callosely mucronate- allegedly of /. bucrgeri X /. integra. Shrub about 4 m. high, 



serrate, deep green and lustrous above, yellowish green be- the leaves 6-9 cm. long, the inflorescence peduncled, the pedi- 



neath, the midrib impressed above, raised beneath, the lateral eels 6-8 mm. long. Reported from n. Kyushu (Fukuoka). 



nerves slightly distinct above, the petioles thick, 2-2.5 cm. long, 18. Ilex Uukiuensis Loes. /. mertensii sensu auct. Ja- 



green; flowers many, fasciculate, axillary, yellowish green, the pon., non Maxim. Ryukyu-mochi. Glabrous tree; leaves 



pedicels 7-12 mm. long; stamens 4, about 3 mm. long, as long coriaceous, obovate to oblong-ellipuc, 3-7.5 cm. long, 2-3.5 cm. 

 as to slighdy longer than the recurved petals; fruits globose, wide, obtuse to rounded, sometimes retuse or broadly short- 

 red, about 8 mm. across. May. Honshu (s. Kinki Distr. acuminate, acute at base, nearly entire or remotely crenate on 



and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu; frequently cultivated around the recurved and thickened margin, dark brown when dry, die 



temples. midrib raised beneath, the lateral nerves reticulate beneath, the 



17. Ilex buergeri Miq. /. subptiberula Miq.; /. buergeri petioles 1-1.6 cm. long; pistillate flowers 2-4 in axillary 



var. subptiberula (Miq.) Loes. Shii-mochi, Hizen-mochi. fascicles, the pedicels 9-14 mm. long; calyx-lobes 4-5, rounded, 



Small evergreen tree with rather slender, much ramulose and ciliate; fruit globose, 6 mm. across. Reported from Kyushu 



slighdy angled branches, puberulous when young; leaves (Yakushima and Tanegashima). Ryukyus. 



rather thinly coriaceous, oblong to narrowly so, or ovate- 



Fam. 121. CELASTRACEAE Nishikigi Ka Spindle-Tree Family 



Trees, shrubs, or someumes scandent vines; leaves opposite or alternate, simple, the stipules small, deciduous or absent; flowers 

 usually in cymose inflorescences or fasciculate, usually bisexual, actinomorphic, small; calyx 4- or 5-lobed, imbricate; petals 4 or 5, 

 imbricate, rarely valvate; stamens 4 or 5, alternate with the petals, usually on a flat disc or under the margin of the disc; ovary 

 superior, sometimes adnate to the disc, 1- to 5-locular; style short, 3- to 5-lobed, the ovules usually 2 on die inner angle of each 

 locule; fruit various, forming a loculicidal dehiscent capsule or an indehiscent dry fruit, drupe or berry; seeds usually with abundant 



fleshy endosperm, the embryo straight, the cotyledons flat, leaflike. About 45 genera, with about 500 species, in temperate and 



tropical regions. 



lA. Leaves alternate; scandent, deciduous shrubs. 



2A. Fruit a 3-winged samara; inflorescence a terminal panicle; seeds without an aril L Tripterygiiim 



2B. Fruit a dehiscent capsule; inflorescence a terminal or axillary cyme, raceme, or panicle; seeds with an aril 2. Celasims 



IB. Leaves opposite; erect or scandent trees or shrubs; fruit a capsule. 

 3A. Flowers usually unisexual; petals usually connate at base, ascending and spreading above; capsules 1-locular and 1-seedcd, dehis- 

 cent into 2 valves; leaves entire 3. Microtropis 



3B. Flowers bisexual; petals free, horizontally spreading; capsules 3- to 5-locular with 1 or 2 seeds in each locule; leaves usually serrate. 



4. Eiionymiis 



1. TRIPTERYGIUM Hook. f. Kurozuru Zoku 



Scandent shrubs; leaves alternate, large, petiolate, deciduous, serrate, die stipules linear, caducous; flowers polygamous, small, 

 whitish, in rather large terminal panicles; calyx 5-lobed; petals 5; stamens 5 on margin of cup-shaped disc; ovary superior, 

 triquetrous, incompletely 3-locular, with a short style at apex; ovules 2 in each locule, erect; fruit a 3-winged samara with an 

 erect, linear, exarillate seed, the embryo small. Few species in E. Asia. 



W. Panicles puberulous; leaves 5-15 cm. long, rounded at base; flowers 5-6 mm. across; fruit cordate at base 1. T. regelii 



IB. Panicles glabrous; leaves 5-10 cm. long, usually broadly cuneate at base; flowers 4-5 mm. across; fruit truncate to rounded at base. 



2. T. doianum 



1. Tripterygium regelii Sprague & Takeda. T. uiljordii at base, obtusely serrate, vivid green, glabrous on upper side, 



sensu auct. Japon., non Hook, f.; T. wiljordii var. regelii sometimes papillose-pilose on nerves beneath, the pcrioles 1.5-3 



(Sprague & Takeda) Makino Kurozuru. Scandent cin. long; panicles 10-25 cm. long, the branches and branchlets 



shrub; branches reddish brown, prominently warty, slightly papillose-puberulous; flowers greenish white, 5-6 mm. across; 



angled, glabrous; leaves ovate to broadly so, or elliptic, 5-15 calyx-lobes obtusely deltoid; petals elliptic, nearly as long as 



cm. long, 4-10 cm. wide, abruptly acuminate to acute, rounded the stamens; fruit broadly lanceolate, with 3 elliptic or cor- 



