Astragalus LEGUMINOSAE Spartium 



2. Astragalus scaberrimus Bunge #|fi£ (Ch'un Huang Ch'i; Spring Yellow-root) 

 (Bunge 17). Perennial herb; fls. white, IV. Northern and northeastern China; 

 locally in An. Open grassland. 



27. Gueldenstaedtia Fisch. t^P^M (Mi K'ou Tai Shu) 



Perennial herbs with pinnate lvs.: fls. solitary or in umbels, on long peduncles; 

 keel of the corolla less than half the length of the standard and ivings ; stigma broad. 

 7-8 species, Asiatic, most of them in China. (In honor of A. Gueldenstaedt, a Russian 

 naturalist.) 



Key to the Species 



Lfts. 9-13: peduncles much longer than the lvs 1. G. henryi 



Lfts. 13-17: penduncles equalling or little longer than the lvs 2. G. multiflora 



1. Gueldenstaedtia henryi Ulbrich (E.J. 36, Beibl. 82:59). Tufted herb; fls. purple, 

 IV; fr. V. China; locally in Ku. Well-drained soil. 



2. Gueldenstaedtia multiflora Bunge t£ R g (Mi K'ou Tai; Rice-bag) (H.F. 2:118). 

 Tufted herb; fls. purple, IV; fr. V. China; locally in Ku. Rocky slopes. 



28. Dalberg-ia Linn. f. i^MIS (Huang T'an Shu) 

 Trees, shrubs or woody climbers, with pinnate lvs.: fls. small and numerous, in 

 terminal axillary panicles, white or purple: pod flat, indehiscent, 1-4-seeded. About 

 100 species, in all tropical regions; 25-30 in China. (In honor of N. Dalberg, a Swe- 

 dish physician and botanist, 1730-1820.) 



Key to the Species 



Tiees: lfts. ovate-oblong, rounded at base, 20-30 mm. wide: pods 12-15 mm. 



wide, 1-4-seeded 1 . D. hupeana 



Woody climbers: lfts. oblong, cuneate at base, 8-15 mm. wide: pods 10-12 



mm. wide, 1-2-seeded 2. D. hancei 



1. Dalbergia hupeana Hance Hfg (Huang T'an; Yellow Sandalwood) (Lee 664). Tree, 

 to 15 m.; fls. cream yellow, VI; fr. VIII-X; trunks angular. China; locally in 

 An., Ki., Ku. Woodland. Fig. 182. 



2. Dalberg-ia hancei Benth. (Lee 666). Woody climber; fls. greenish white, V; fr. 

 VII-IX. South China; locally in An., Che., Ki. Brushy woodland. 



29. Erythrina Linn. Coral Tree $ljflnji| (Tz'ii T'ung Shu; 



Thorny-aleurites Genus) 



Mostly woody plants, sometimes herbaceous at the top, usually with prickly brs.: 

 lvs. trifoliolate, bearing large glands at the tips of the petioles; lfts. entire: fls. large, 

 red, in dense terminal racemes; calyx oblique or 2-lipped; petals very unequal: the 

 standard infolded. 30-50 species, in tropical regions; 1 cultivated in China. (Greek: 

 eridhros, red, on account of the color of the fls.) 



1. Erythrina corallodendron Linn. %Jr%L (Hsiang Ya Hung; Red Elephant's-tusk) 

 (B.M. 578). Shrub, to 2m.; fls. crimson; seeds scarlet, with black spot. Intro- 

 duced from West Indies; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



30. Spartium Linn. MJRM (Ying Chao Shu) 

 A shrub with nearly leafless brs. bearing a feiv small simple lvs. with entire 



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