Oenanthe UMBELLIFERAE Changium 



Key to the Species 



Lf. segments of stem leaves ovate-lanceolate: fr. oblong 1. O. stolonifera 



Lf. segments of stem leaves linear: fr. globose 2. O. linearis 



1. Oenanthe stolonifera DC. 7]c7t (Shui Ch'in; Water-celery) (Mak.F. 274). Herb, 

 to 5dm.; fls. VI-VII. Southeastern Asia; locally in An., Che., Hup., Ku. Cul- 

 tivated. Fig. 277. 



2. Oenanthe linearis Wall, ex DC. (DC. P. 4:138). Herb, to 6 dm.; fls. white. 

 Southeastern Asia; locally in An. Margins of rice fields. 



15. Sium Linn. Water Parsnip : M~ffM (Tzu Ch'in Shu) 



Glabrous perennial herbs, growing in tvet places: lvs. pinnate or decompound: in- 

 volucre and involucel prominent; fls. white, in compound umbels; calyx teeth promi- 

 nent: fr. compressed laterally, oval to orbicular, with prominent, corky ribs. 8 species, 

 in northern hemisphere and Africa; 1 in China. (Greek name of some marsh plant.) 



1. Sium suave Walt. (G.M. 1097). Stout herb, to lm.; fls. white. Eurasia and 

 North America; locally in Ku. Wet banks. 



16. Ligusticum Linn. Lovage ^'J-frJH (Tan Kuei Shu; 

 Ought-to-return Genus) 



Perennial herbs with 1-3-pinnate or -ternate lvs.; Ifts. deeply incised: fls. white, 

 in compound umbels; petals notched or bilobed: fr. oblong to ellipsoid, somewhat 

 compressed laterally, mericarps somewhat flattened dorsally; the dorsal ribs prominent 

 and sometimes narrowly winged. 20-30 species, northern hemisphere; 17 reported in 

 China. (Named for the Italian province of Liguria.) 



Key to the Species 



Fig. rays about 25, 6 cm. long; involucral bracts few, scabrid, white- 

 margined 1 . L. kiangsiense 



Fig. rays about 15, 4 cm. long; involucral bracts 2, subglabrous 2. L. kulingense 



1. Ligusticum kiangsiense Wolff (Fe.R. 27:326). Erect perennial, to 1 m. or more; 

 fls. white, VIII. East-central China; locally in An., Ki., Ku. Grassland. 



2. Ligusticum kulingense Wolff (Fe.R. 27:314). Erect perennial, to lm.; fls. white, 

 VIII; fr. IX-X. East-central China; locally in Ki. Grassland. 



17. Tongoloa Wolff $|R£M (Tung O Lo Shu) 

 Slender erect glabrous perennials: lvs. ternate-pinnately dissected, the ultimate 

 divisions narrow: fls. ivhite to red, in compound umbels: fr. ovoid-oblong, truncate, 

 constricted at the commissure; the ribs filiform. About 6 species, all in China, Tibet, 

 and vicinity. (Named for Tongolo, the locality in eastern Tibet from which T. gracilis 

 was described.) 



1. Tongoloa stewardii Wolff (Fe.R. 27:185). Erect perennial, 60 cm. high; fls. white; 

 fr. subdidymo-ovoid. East-central China; locally in Ki. Damp ground. 



18. Changium Wolff mRrfM (Chang Shih Ch'in Shu) 

 Slender glaucous subscapose perennials, from a tuberous root: basal lvs. ternately 

 compound; the stem lvs. small and reduced: involucre wanting; involucel of linear 



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