Embelia MYRSINACEAE-PRIMULACEAE Androsace 



sometimes distichous lvs.: infl. of axillary racemes, occasionally compound or sub- 

 fascicled; fls. small, unisexual, white or greenish yellow; petals imbricated in the 

 bud, free or united at the base; stamens usually attached to base of petals; anthers 

 generally punctate or verrucose on the back; fr. a globose or obovoid 1-seeded 

 drupe. About 130 species in southeastern Asia, East Indies, Polynesia, Africa and 

 Australia; 20 in China. (Named after a German traveller, Embel.) 

 1. Embelia rudis Hand.-Mazz. (Ph. J. 73:164). Climbing shrub; fls. creamy, yellow 

 or greenish white, X-XI; fr. red to bluish-black, VII-VIII; veinlets raised reticu- 

 late. South China, Formosa; locally in Che., Ki. Forest. 



3. Myrsine Linn. |£ffM (T'ieh Tzu Shu) 



Glabrous trees or shrubs with entire punctate lvs.: infl. in axillary umbels or 

 fascicles on short scaly brs. or spurs; fls. perfect or dioecious; sepals glandular-ciliate 

 on the margin; petals united at the base, usually pappilose on the margin and within; 

 stamens inserted on the corolla; filaments short or obsolete: fr. a globular or ovoid 

 1-seeded drupe. About 140 species in subtropical and warm temperate regions; 5 in 

 China. (From a name in Guiana, perhaps a native name.) 

 1. Myrsine seguinii Lev'l. (Ph. J. 73:202; Bo.Ma.T. 67:252). Shrub or tree, 2-12 m. 



high; fls. white or greenish, VI-VII; fr. blue-black, X; If. blades oblong-lanceolate 



5-10 cm. long. Japan, southern China, Indo-China; locally in Che., Ki., Hun. 



Forest. 



4. Maesa Forsk. ftMVlM (Tu Heng Shan Shu) 



Trees or shrubs with 4-5-merous fls. in axillary or terminal bracteate racemes; 



petals white, imbricate; stamens 5, inserted on the corolla tube; ovary mostly inferior: 



fr. a globose many-seeded berry. 35 species, in the eastern tropical region; 9 in 



China. (From Maas, the Arabic name.) 



1. Maesa japonica (Thunb.) Moritzi (M. dotaena Blume) |±Ml-L| (Tu Heng Shan) 



(Ph. J. 73:19). Shrub, to 3 m.; fls. white, V; fr. yellow, IX; fr. and bracteoles 



dark glandular-striate. Japan, south China, Indo-China; locally in An., Che., Ki., 



Hun., Hup. Woodland. Fig. 285. 



137. PRIMULACEAE Primrose Family W^ (Ying Ts'ao K'o) 



Herbs with simple estipulate lvs. and regular perfect 5-merous fls. ; calyx herbace- 

 ous; corolla usually gamopetalous; stamens 5, opposite the lobes of the corolla and 

 mserted on the tube; ovary 1-celled, usually superior; style and stigma one: fr. a 

 dehiscent capsule, 28 genera with 800 species, most abundant in the northern hemis- 

 phere. 10 genera and over 170 species in China. 



Key to the Genera 

 A. Plants scapose: lvs. basal. 



Tube of the corolla shorter than the calyx 1. Avdrosace 



Tube of the corolla longer than the calyx 2. Primula 



AA. Plants with lfy. stems. 



Lvs. dimorphic; smaller sessile ones on the erect fig. stems; larger 



petiolate ones at the base 3 . Stimpsonia 



Lvs. of one form, often larger below 4. Lysimachia 



1. Androsace Linn. Rock Jasmine MMtf&M (Tien Ti Mei Shu) 

 Small scapose herbs with clustered basal lvs. and very small fls., often in umbels; 



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