Sanicula UMBELLIFERAE Bwpleurum 



1. Sanicula chinensis Bunge (S. europaea Linn. var. chinensis (Bge.) Diels) ^SL^ 

 (Pien Tou Ts'ai; Variable-bean Plant) (Cal. B. 25:39). Erect herb, to lm.; fls. 

 VI; fr. VIII. Northeastern Asia; locally in An., Che., Hup., Ki., Ku. Roadsides 

 and field margins. Fig. 272. 



3. Torilis Adans. Hedge-Parsley H£g (Ch'i I Shu) 

 Erect hispid annuals with bipinnate multicleft lvs., the divisions lanceolate to 

 linear, and compound umbels of white fls. in dense heads: involucral bracts simple, 

 linear: petals cuneate or obovate, incurved and mostly 2-lobed; stylopodium conical: 

 fr. ovoid or oblong, laterally compressed; primary ribs 5; secondary ribs winged and 

 each ivith a row of bristles or tubercles which are not strongly curved at the tip. 20 

 species, northern hemisphere; 2 in China. (Latin: torus, cushion.) 



Key to the Species 



Rays 5-10: involucre present: fr. ovoid, 1.5-4 mm. long 1. T. japonica 



Rays 2 or 3: involucre usually wanting: fr. oblong, 5-7 mm. long 2. T. scabra 



1. Torilis japonica (Houtt.) DC. (T. anthriscus (L.) Gmel. non Gaertn., nee Bernh.) 

 mti (Ch'i I; Steal-clothes) (G.M. 1093). Erect annual, to lm.; fls. white, V-VII. 

 Eurasia, Africa; locally in An., Che., Hun., Hup., Ku. Roadsides, field margins. 

 Fig. 273. 



2. Torilis scabra (Thunb.) DC. (DC. P. 4:219). Brg. herb; fls. white. Japan and 

 China, widely introduced; locally in An., Ki., Ku., Che. Waste ground. 



4. Daucus Linn. Carrot ^UlUM (Hu Lo Fu Shu) 

 Erect hispid annuals or biennials with finely divided pinnately decompound lvs. 

 and multi-cleft leaf -like involucral bracts: fls. white or tinged reddish, in large com- 

 pound umbels; petals obovate, those of the outer fls. often enlarged and 2-lobed: fr. 

 oblong, flattened dorsally, with 5 bristly primary ribs and four prickly-winged secondary 

 ones. 25 species, widely distributed; one in China. (Greek: daukos, a kind of parsnip 

 or carrot.) 



1. Daucus carota Linn. tftWlsi (Hu Lo Fu; Mongolian Radish) (G.M. 1104). Erect 

 biennial, to 3 m.; fls. white, in a flat or concave umbel, V-VII; fr. VI-VIII. 

 Eurasia, naturalized in North America and Australia; locally in Hun., Hup., Ki., 

 Ku. Roadsides and field margins, 

 la. Daucus carota Linn. var. sativa DC. Cultivated Carrot (B.M. 752). Brg. herb, 

 to 1 m. ; fls. white, in a somewhat globose umbel. Introduced in China and 

 cultivated as a root vegetable. 



5. Bupleurum Linn. Thorough-wax ^t^M (Ch'ai Hu Shu; 



Offering-for-long-life) 



Annual or perennial (ours) herbs with simple entire (in ours linear) lvs.: fls. yel- 

 low or greenish, in compound umbels; involucels of 5 conspicuous ovate mucronate 

 bractlets: fr. oblong, with slender equal ribs. 65 species, widely distributed; 15 in 

 China. (Greek: bous, ox; and pleuron, rib; referring to the nerved leaves.) 



1. Bupleurum falcatum Linn. it^$\ (Pei Ch'ai Hu) (Mak.F. 278). Slender herb, to 

 lm.; fls. yellow, VII. Eurasia; locally in Hup., Ku. Grassland. 



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