Tlialictrum RANUNCULACEAE Delphinium 



2. Thalictrum actaeafolium Sieb. & Zucc. %§&^%hM (Tzii Ying Tan Sung Ts'ao; 

 Purple-silver Thalictrum) (Mak.F.564). Erect herb, to 1 m. ; fls. white or pinkish, 

 VII-IX. Japan, China; locally in An., Che., Ki. Mixed woods. 



3. Thalictrum argyi Levi. & Vant. (Bu.H.B.2ser.6:504). Erect herb, 5-6 dm. high; 

 fls. white, IV-V. China; locally in An., Ki., Ku. Brushland. 



4. Thalictrum simplex Linn, MlffM (Huang T'ang Sung Ts'ao; Yellow Thalictrum) 

 (Mak.F.563). Erect herb, to 1.5 m.; fls. V; fr. VI. Eurasia; locally in An., Ku. 

 Moist thickets. 



6. Semiaquilegia Mak. JiMM (T'ien K'uei Shu) 

 Smooth slender herbs with ternately decompound I vs. and small white regular 

 fls.: sepals deciduous; petals sometimes very small, or wanting; carpels 2-20, be- 

 coming follicles. 7 species, in north temperate regions; 4 in China. (Related to 

 Aquilegia.) 



1. Semiaquilegia adoxoides (DC.) Mak. (Isopyrum adoxoides DC.) (T'ien K'uei; 

 Heavenly Mallow) (Mak.F.567). Slender herb, 1-4 dm. high; fls. white, III-IV; 

 fr. IV-V; petals saccate at base. China, Japan; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. 

 Shaded woods. Fig. 108. 



7. Aquilegia Linn. Columbine ]I4^TfcS (Lou Tou Ts'ai Hua Shu) 



Erect brg. perennial herbs with ternately decompound Ivs.: fls. large and showy, 

 regular, the petals forming long spurs; sepals petaloid; carpels 5, becoming follicles. 

 About 50 species, in the north temperate zone; 2 or more in China. (A Latin name; 

 by some derived from aquila, the eagle, from supposed resemblance of the curved 

 spurs to claws; by others derived from aqua, water, and legere, to collect, referring 

 to the liquid at the base of the hollow spurs.) 



1. Aquilegia flabellata Sieb. & Zucc. fH4^ (Lou Tou Ts'ai; Sowingbox Herb) 

 (B.M.402). Brg. herb, 5-10 dm. high; fls. purple, V-VIII. Japan; locally in Ku. 

 Cultivated, ornamental. Fig. 109. 



8. Delphinium Linn. Larkspur ffe&^L^ (Fei Yen Ts'ao Shu) 



Erect brg. herbs with palmately lobed or divided Ivs. and showy irrcgidar fls. : 

 sepals petaloid, one of them prolonged into a spur, enclosing 2 petals: carpels few, 

 becoming follicles. About 250 species, in the north temperate zone; 10 or more in 

 China. (Latin: delphin, or dolphin, on account of the supposed resemblance of the 

 fls. to a dolphin.) 



Key to the Species 



Lvs. pinnately compound: fls. about 2cm. across, white and purple. 1. D. anthrici folium 

 Lvs. palmately multi-parted : fls. larger, white or blue 2. D. grandiflormn 



1. Delphinium anthricifolium Hance M%'^ (Huan Liang Ts'ao; Returning-bright- 

 nessHerb) (I.P.0.1:t.63). Slender herb, 2-5 dm. high; fls. bluish purple, IV-VI. 

 China; locally in An., Ku. Moist shade. Fig. 110. 



2. Delphinium grandiflorum Linn. Bouquet Larkspur ffffig. (Fei Yen Ts'ao; 

 Flying-swallow Herb) (B.M.399). Brg. herb, to 1 m.; fls. blue, V. Siberia, China; 

 locally in An., Ku. Mountain meadows. 



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