46 Schisandra coccinea. 



above, alternate or in triplets, destitute of stipules, petiolated, laii- 

 ceolate-ovate, glabrous, shining on the upper disk, very much and 

 irregularly waved on the margin, and attenuated equally at apex and 

 base. Petioles from half an inch to an inch long, tinged with red; 

 Flowers without bracts, axillary, solitary and few, consisting, both 

 male and female, of a perianth of nine concave, two-coloured, deci- 

 duous leaves, the exterior three being yellow, and the largest — the 

 inner six gradually smaller, and bright-scarlet. 



Male Flower. There is no corolla, nor are there filaments to the 

 anthers, which are five in number, closely sessile on the receptacle. 

 They are of an oblong shape, contiguous at base, cohering by their 

 summits, and separated in the middle by chinks. 



Female Flower. Calix same as in the male. Likewise no corolla, 

 that which appears to be such in both male and female flowers, be- 

 ing a nine-leaved perianth. Pistils numerous, with sessile, pointed 

 stigmas ; germens numerous, egg-shaped, closely arranged on a re- 

 ceptacle which becomes subsequently elongated. Fruit consists of 

 a raceme of carmine-red, one-seeded, smooth, shining, ovate berries, 

 situated on a carmine-red elongated receptacle, which supports also, 

 at least as many yellow abortive acini, as ripe berries. Seed ovate- 

 oblong, somewhat smooth; a native of the southern states, grow- 

 ing in shady places. Near Savannah. Flowers in June and July, 

 ripening its fruit in September and October. 



