Hypericum GUTTIFERAE-VIOLACEAE Viola 



America and eastern Asia; locally in An., Che., Hun., Hup., Ki., Ku. Grassland. 



Hypericum hemsleyamim Levi. & Vant. from Kiangsu (BSBF 54:592), closely related to 

 H. ascyron, differs in having ovate and not lanceolate lvs. 



2. Hypericum chinense Linn. &$$£ (Chin Ssu T'ao; Gold-thread Peach) (R.M. 639). 

 Shrub, to 2m.; fls. yellow, IV-IX. China, Japan; locally in An., Hup., Ki., Ku. 

 Woodland shade, cultivated, ornamental. Fig. 246. 



3. Hypericum patulum Thunb. {H. argyi Levi. & Vant.) (R.M. 638; R.B. 463). 

 Spreading shrub; fls. yellow, VI; fr. VIII. Japan, China, Himalayas; locally in 

 Che., Ku. Woodland and planted, ornamental. 



4. Hypericum japonicum Thunb. ft&^^ (Ti Erh Ts'ao; Earth-ear Herb) (Mak.F. 

 323). Erect herb, to 3 dm.; fls. yellow, small, 2-10 mm. across, VIII. Australia, 

 New Zealand to eastern Asia; locally in An., Che., Hun., Hup., Ki., Ku. Damp 

 meadows. 



5. Hypericum attenuatum Choisy jH[l|#£ (Kan San Pien; To-drive-with-a-mountain- 

 whip) (Don 1:606). Erect herb, to 8dm.; fls. yellow, VI-VIII. Eastern Asia; 

 locally in An., Hun., Ki., Ku. Grassland. 



6. Hypericum perforatum Linn. (G.M. 1010). Brg. herb, to lm.; fls. yellow, V- 

 VII; fr. VIIL-IX. Eurasia; locally in Hup., Ki. Grassland. 



7. Hypericum sampsoni Hance jtfiTj. (Yuan Pao Ts'ao; Silver-ingot Herb) (Mak.F. 

 326). Erect herb, to lm.; fls. yellow, VI. China; locally in An., Hun., Hup., 

 Ki., Ku. Grassland. 



112. TAMARICACEAE Tamarisk Family ffifP^f (Ch'eng Liu K'o) 



Shrubs or small trees with simple scale-like alternate lvs.: fls. regular, bisexual, 

 solitary or in terminal clusters; sepals and petals 4 or 5; stamens 1 or 2xthe petals, 

 inserted on a disk; ovary superior, 1 -celled: fr. a dehiscent capsule; seeds densely 

 bearded. 4 genera with 100 species, from Africa and the Mediterranean region to 

 eastern Asia; 2 genera and 6 species in China. 



1. Tamarix Linn. PMM (Ch'eng Liu Shu) 



Bushes or small trees with amplexicaul or sheathing lvs. and white or pink fls. ; 

 stamens free, (4,5, 8 or 10), with apiculate anthers; styles 3-4, dilated into the stigmas. 

 20 species, distributed as for the family; 4 in China. (Latin: tamarix, the tamarisk.) 



1. Tamarix chinensis Lour. Chinese Tamarisk H$|] (Ch'eng Liu) (R.M. 644). Shrub 

 or tree, to 5 m.; fls. pink, VII-IX; lvs. scale-like. China; locally in Ku. Planted, 

 ornamental. Fig. 247. 



113. VIOLACEAE Violet Family WMP< (Chin Ts'ai K'o) 



Herbs (ours) or shrubs with alternate or basal stipulate lvs.: fls. axillary, usually 

 irregular and bisexual, on 2-bracted peduncles; sepals and petals 5; stamens 5, often 

 joined in a ring around the ovary; ovary 1 -celled, with usually 3 parietal placentae: 

 fr. a dehiscent capsule or berry-like. 16 genera with 850 species, widely distributed; 

 2 genera and 50 species in China. 



1. Viola Linn. Violet WMM (Chin Ts'ai Shu) 

 Perennial herbs with persistent often If. -like stipules: fls. of 2 kinds; those in 

 the spring with showy petals; those in the summer cleistogamous, apetalous and pro- 

 ducing many seeds: calyx lobes drawn back into a fold at the base (sometimes called 



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