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Celastraceae 



date wings, 12-18 mm. long and as wide inclusive of the wing, 



retuse to cordate at both ends, pale green, glabrous. July- 



Aug. Mountains; Honshu (Japan Sea side from centr. distr. 



northw., and Kii Prov.), Shikoku, Kyushu. ^Korea and 



Manchuria. 

 2. Tripterygium doianum Ohwi. T. regelii var. doi- 



anum (Ohwi) Masam. Koba-no-kurozuru. Similar to 



but slightly smaller than the preceding, glabrous in all parts; 

 branches less prominently warty, rather slender; leaves ovate to 



broadly so, or elliptic, 5-10 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, acuminate, 

 broadly cuneate at base, serrulate, the petioles 1.5-2 cm. long; 

 panicles 6-10 cm. long, 4-5 cm. wide, the pedicels slender; 

 flowers 4-5 mm. across, greenish white; calyx-lobes semi- 

 rounded; stamens as long as the petals; fruit with 3 broad 

 wings, elliptic to ovate-orbicular inclusive of the wings, 8-12 

 mm. long, 6-19 mm. wide, retuse, rounded to truncate at base, 

 pale green. July-Aug. Kyushu (s. distr., incl. Yakushima). 



2, CELASTRUS L. Tsuru-ume-modoki Zoku 



Deciduous or evergreen, dioecious or polygamous, usually scandent shrubs; leaves petiolate, alternate, serrate, the stipules 

 small; flowers small, greenish or white, 5-merous, in axillary cymes or terminal panicles; calyx 5-lobed; petals oblong-ovate; disc 

 entire or undulate ovary superior; style rather short, the stigma 3-lobed; fruit a dehiscent capsule, 3-valved, few-seeded; seeds 

 covered with a fleshy orange or red aril. About 30 species, in e. and s. Asia, Australia, and America. 



lA. Stipules deciduous; leaves 5-12 cm. long. 



2A. Branches and inflorescence glabrous; leaves glabrous or papillose-scabrous beneath 1. C. orbictdatus 



2B. Branches, inflorescence, and under side of leaves short-pilose, at least when young 2. C. stephanotiijolius 



IB. Stipules becoming spiny, persistent; leaves 2-5 cm. long 3. C. flagellaris 



1. Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. C. articulatusThunh.; Inu-tsuru-ume-modoki. Leaves papillose beneath on nerves 



C. tatarinowii Rupr.; C. crispulus Regel Tsuru-ume-mo- and veinlets. Honshu (centr. distr. and northw.), Hok- 



DOKi. More or less scandent, deciduous, dioecious shrubs kaido. 



with glabrous, terete, grayish brown branches; leaves orbicular, 2. Celastrus stephanotiifoUus (Makino) Makino. C. 



obovate, or elliptic, 5-10 cm. long, 3-8 cm. wide, rounded and articulatus var. pubescens Makino and var. stephanotiifoUus 



apiculate to obtuse at apex, broadly cuneate to abruptly acute Makino; C. insttlaris sensu Ohwi, non Koidz. O-tsuru- 



at base, glabrous, with appressed obtuse teeth, paler beneath, ume-modoki, Shitaki-tsuru-ume-modoki. Closely resembles 



the petioles 1-2 cm. long; inflorescence cymose, axillary, 1- to the preceding; branches brownish, lenticellate, the young parts 



many-flowered on a short peduncle, cymose, glabrous, the pilosulous; leaves elliptic to broadly so, sometimes orbicular or 



pedicels slender, 3-5 mm. long; flowers pale green, 5-merous; ovate-orbicular, 6-10 cm. long, 5-8 cm. wide, abruptly cuspi- 



petals narrowly oblong, about 4 mm. long; stamens half as date to acute, rounded to acute at base, obtusely serrate, gla- 



long as the petals; fruit globose, pale greenish yellow, gla- brous on upper side, paler and with short yellowish curved 



brous, about 8 mm. across, 3-valved, dehiscent, exposing the hairs on nerves and veinlets beneath, the petioles 2-3 cm. long; 



seeds, these covered with an orange-red aril; style persistent, inflorescence few-flowered, the short peduncle and pedicels 



2-3 mm. long. May-June. Thickets and grassy slopes in pilosulous; fruit globose, 5-6 mm. across. May-June. Hon- 



lowlands and mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyu- shu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), Kyushu. s. Korea. 



shu; common and often planted as a hedge. s. Kuriles, 3. Celastrus flagellaris Rupr. C. ciliidens Miq. Iwa- 



Korea, Manchuria, Sakhalin, China, and Ussuri. Forma umezuri. Scandent shrub; branches slender, with reddish 



aureoarillatus (Honda) Ohwi. C. orbiculatus var. aureoaril- brown exfoliating bark, the young parts minutely papillose; 



latus Honda Kimino-tsuru-ume-modoki. Aril yellow. stipules becoming spiny; leaves broadly elliptic to ovate, 2-5 



Var. punctatus (Thunb.) Rehd. C. punctatus Thunb.; C. cm. long, 1.8-4 cm. wide, abruptly acuminate to acute, acute or 



\iusianus Fr. & Sav.; C. articulatus var. punctatus (Thunb.) broadly cuneate at base, with small spine-pointed teeth, sparsely 



Makino; C. articulatus var. humilis Matsum. Teri-ha- scabrous on upper side, the veinlets distinct, the petioles 1-3 



TsuRU-UME-MODOKi. Leaves smaller, thicker, elliptic, more cm. long, slender; flowers 1-3, in axillary sessile cymes, the 



or less lustrous, 3-5 cm. long, the petioles shorter, 5-10 mm. pedicels 2-6 mm. long; fruit globose, about 6 mm. across, the 



long. A southern phase, abundant usually near seashores, al- aril orange-red. June. Mountains; Honshu (Kanto Distr. 



though transitional with the typical phase. and westw.), Kyushu; rather rare. Korea, Manchuria, 



Var. papillosus (Nakai) Ohwi. C. articulatus var. papil- Amur, and n. China. 



losus Nakai; C. lancif alius Nakai; C. strigillosus Nakai 



3. MICROTROPIS V^all. 



MoKu-REisHi Zoku 



Evergreen trees or shrubs; leaves opposite, petiolate, exstipulate, entire, coriaceous; flowers usually imisexual, small, whitish, in 

 sessile or peduncled axillary cymes or fascicles; calyx of 5 imbricate, persistent sepals; petals 5 or none, imbricate, usually connate 

 at base, rounded, rather thick, flat; disc absent or annular or of separate segments, sometimes adnate to the petals; ovary free, 

 ovoid, 2- or 3-loculed, the style thick, the stigma small, 2- to 4-lobed, the ovules 2 in each locule; capsules ellipsoidal, coriaceous, 

 1-locular, 2-valved, 1-seeded; seed erect, stiped, oblong, the testa smooth, brown or red, sometimes fleshy outside, the endosperm 

 copious, fleshy, the cotyledons leaflike. About 70 species, in mountains of tropical Asia and e. Asia. 



1. Microtropis japonica (Fr. & Sav.) H. Hallier. Elaeo- 

 dendron japonicum Fr. & Sav.; Cassine japonica (Fr. & Sav.) 

 O. Kuntze; Otherodendron japonicum (Fr. & Sav.) Makino 



MoKU-REisHi. A large, glabrous, evergreen, dioecious 



shrub with brownish gray branches; leaves coriaceous, elliptic 

 or ovate, sometimes ovate-oblong, 5-10 cm. long, 2.5-4.5 cm. 



