Raphanus CRUCIFERAE-CRASSULACEAE Cotyledon 



14. Raphanus Linn. Radish *$iMM (Lai Fu Shu) 

 Coarse erect herbs with fleshy tap roots: lvs. pinnately lobed: fls. large, white 

 or lavendar purple: fr. an indehiscent silique, constricted between the seeds. 6 

 species, in Eurasia; one in China. (The Greek name.) 



1. Raphanus sativus Linn. Radish HU (Lo P'o) (G.M. 439). Stout herb, to lm.; 

 fls. white, tinged with purple, V-VI; fr. VI, indehiscent. Asia; locally in An., 

 Che., Hup., Hon., Ki., Ku. Cultivated, root vegetable. Fig. 136. 



74. DROSERACEAE Sundew Family ^WW-% (Mao Kao Ts'ai K'o) 



Glandular- hairy herbs growing in wet or boggy places: lvs. mostly basal, circi- 

 nate in the bud, variously modified and adapted to catching insects: fls. perfect, 

 regular: fr. a capsule with numerous seeds. 4 genera with 90 species; one genus 

 and 4 species in China. 



1. Drosera Linn. Sundew 'zi-WMM (Mao Kao Ts'ai Shu) 

 Bog herbs with tufted basal lvs. and glandidar bristles, secreting a sticky liquid 

 which entraps insects: fls. in 1-sided racemes on scapose stems; petals and stamens 

 usually 5. About 85 species, especially abundant in Australia; 4 in China. (Greek: 

 droseros, dewy, referring to the dew-like drops of exudation on the lvs.) 



1. Drosera peltata Sm. f^M'^WM (Tun Yeh Mao Kao Ts'ai) (H.F. 2:424). Slender 

 herb, 1-3 dm. high; fls. white, IV; lvs. peltate, glandular. Asia, Australia; 

 locally in Che., Ki., Ku. Marshy ground. Fig. 138. 



75. CRASSULACEAE Orpine Family St^ft (Ching T'ien K'o) 



Mostly succident herbs (ours) or shrubs: fls. perfect and regular; carpels as many 

 as the calyx lobes, becoming follicles. About 20 genera with 900 species, widely 

 distributed; 6 genera and 40 species in China. 



Key to the Genera 



A. Plants succulent: carpels distinct. 



Corolla of united segments, not cleft below the middle; calyx and 



corolla 5-lobed or -parted 1. Cotyledon 



Corolla of separate petals, or the segments only slightly united at 



the base 2. Sedum 



AA. Plants not succulent: carpels united, forming a 5-celled capsule 3. Penthorum 



1. Cotyledon Linn. ~fcMitM (Shih Lien Hua Shu) 

 Lvs. simple, mostly in rosettes: fls. in terminal racemes or cymes; calyx and 

 corolla 5-cleft or -parted; corolla gamopctalous; stamens 10. 50 or more species, 

 mostly of South Africa; 4 in China. (Greek meaning "a cup-shaped hollow.") 



1. Cotyledon fimbriata Turcz. (Sedum fimbriatum (Turcz.) Franch.) M^Mit (Hsu 

 Shih Lien Hua; Bearded-rock Lotus Flower) (B.H. 2nd. 672). Succulent herb, 2- 

 4dm. high; fls. white, IX-X. China; locally in Ku. Rocky outcrops and tile 

 roofs. Fig. 139. 



The name Cotyledon fimbriata Turcz. was not, strictly speaking, published by Turczaninow 

 as a valid binomial. It was listed as a nomen nudum in his " Catalogus Plantarum in Regio- 

 nibus Baicalenbus et in Dahuria sponte crescentium " (1838). In Turczaninow 's "Flora Baica- 



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