GHAP. VI. 



SCHIZANDRA^CE^. SCHIZA'NDRA. 



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obovate, much larger than the calyx. {Don's Mill., i. p. 92.) A small 

 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. 



Geography, History, Sfc. 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. vr. 



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



DRA^CEiE. 



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

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

 Idcnlificaticm. Don's MiU., 1. p. 101. ; Blum. Bijdr. Fl. Ind. ex Schlecht. in Linna;a, i. p. 497. obs. 

 Synoiujmcs. Part of Menisperm^ceffi and part of Anon&cea. with Dec. ; Anonacece ^ Schizandreje 



Lindky's Key, p. iff. 



Genus I. 



SCHIZA^NDRA Michx. The Schizandra. Lin. Sysi. Monce'cia 



Pentandria. 



LUnUficatwn. Michx. Fl. Bor. Araer., 2. p. 18. ; Dec. Syst., 1. p. 548. ; Don's MiU., 1. p. 101. 



JDerivation. From schizo, to cut, and aner, midros, a man ; stamens cleft. 



Gen. Char. Flowers monoecious. Sepals 9, in a ternary order. Petals none. Male Jlcwers 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. (Dojf's Mill, i. p. 101.)— A deciduous climber. 



-$ I. ScHizA^NDRA cocci'nea MicJix. The scavlet-flowei^ed Schizandra. 



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

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



and our J?^. 41. 



Sjuec. Char., Description., Sjc. 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 Loudon, 5s. ; at Bollwyller, ? ; and in New 

 York, 75 cents. 



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



drdcecE. 



Sphcerostcma grandiflbrum, and otherspecies from Nepal, commonly included under MenispermiceiB 

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

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



