CHAP. VI. 



SCH1ZANDRA CEJE. SCHIZA'NDRA. 



295 



p. 92.) A small 



obovate, much larger than the calyx. (Don's Mill., i. p. 

 smooth-branched shrub, with white flowers, very large for the size of the 

 plant; the outer petals are larger than the inner ones; the berries are 

 smooth, and oblong-obovate. Height 2 ft. 



Geograjiht/y History, cfc. Native of Georgia and Florida, in sandy woods 

 and shady places; and brought to England in 1820. It is still rare, or, rather, 

 scarcely to be met with. It may ultimately turn out that these four alleged 

 species are only varieties of one species, modified by local circumstances. At 

 all events, one of them (A. triloba) is quite sufficient in a general collection, 

 to give a correct idea of the genus. 



CHAP. VI. 



OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER SCHIZAN- 



DRA^CE^. 



Some of the genera of this order have been referred to Menispermacea?, and some to Anonacece; 

 we introduce it here, in order to notice a beautiful ligneous climber, Schizandra. 

 Identification. Don's Mill., 1. p. 101. ; Blum. Bijdr. Fl. Ind. ex Schlecht. in Linnsea, i. p. 497. obs. 

 Synonymes. Part of Menispermaceae and part of Anonacece with Dec. ; Anonacece § Schizandrea? 



Lindley's Key, p. 46. 



Genus I. 



SCHIZA'NDRA Michx. 



The Schizandra. Lin. Sysl. Monce N cia 

 Pentandria. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 18. ; Dec. Syst, 1. p. 548. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 101. 



Derivation. From schizo, to cut, and aner, andros, a man ; stamens cleft. 



Gen. Char. Flowers monoecious. Sepals 9, in a ternary order. Petals none. Male flowers with 

 5 anthers, which are joined at the apex ; female ones with an indefinite number of ovaries. Berries- 

 disposed in spikes along an elongated receptacle. {Don's Mill., i. p. 101.) — A deciduous climber. 



-$ 1. Schizandra cocci / nea Michx. The scarlet-flowered Schizandra. 



Engravings. Michx. Flor. Bor. Amer., 2. t. 47. ; Sims, Bot. 



Mag., 1. 1413. ; Encyc. of PI., 13259. ; Don's Mill., f. 26. ; 



and our fig. 41. 

 Spec. Char., Description, fyc. Leaves alternate, oval-lanceo- 

 late, pointed at both ends, rarely toothed, of a beautiful 



green, smooth above and pale beneath, petiolated. Flowers 



scarlet, disposed in spikes in the axils of the leaves. A 



climbing, deciduous, half-hardy shrub, found in shady 



woods in Georgia and Florida, and also in Carolina. It 



flowers in June and July, and was introduced into England 



in 1806. It is generally treated as a green-house plant ; 



but it stood out through the winters of 1832, 1833, 1834, 



and 1835, in the garden of the Horticultural Society, 



trained against a wall, and very slightly protected. It forms 



a most desirable ornament in the summer season, and 



should have a place against every conservative wall. It 



prefers a light sandy soil, and is easily propagated by 



ripened cuttings, in a pot of sand, placed under a hand- 

 glass. Price, in London, 5s. ; at Bollwyller, ? ; and in New 



York, 75 cents. 



App. i. Anticipated Additions to the Hardy Species of Schizan- 



drdcece. 



SphuTOslema grandiflbrum, and other'species from Nepal, commonly included under Menispermacea? 

 (see p. 173.), but properly belonging to this order, may possibly be found half-hardy; as may Kadsura 

 japdnica, which, as the name implies, is a native of Japan. 



