Lysimachia PRIMULACEAK KBENACKAK Limonium 



China; locally in Che., Hup., Ku. Grassland. 



8. Lysimachia grammica Hance m%M (Kuo Lu Huang; Roadside Yellow) (E.P.IV. 

 237:263). Weak herb; fls. yellow, V-VI. China; locally in An., Hup., Ki., Ku. 

 Moist ground. 



9. Lysimachia congestiflora Hemsl. (F.H.E. 2:50). Perennial decumbent herb ; fls. 

 yellow, V. Central and western China; locally in Hun., Hup., Ki. Grassland. 



10. Lysimachia hemsleyana Maxim. (H.I.t. 1890). Prostrate herb; fls. yellow, VI. 

 Central and western China; locally in Che., Hup. Meadow. 



11. Lysimachia japonica Thunb. (Mak.F. 232). Decumbent herb; fls. yellow, VI. 

 Eastern Asia to Australia; locally in Hon., Hup., Ki., Ku. Grassland. 



12. Lysimachia ophelioides Hemsl. (F.H.E. 2:54). Erect herb, 3-5 dm. high; fls. 

 yellow, VI. Central and western China; locally in An., Ku. Brushland. 



13. Lysimachia klattiana Hance (E.P.IV. 237:282). Erect herb, to 4 dm.; fls. yellow, 

 V. China; locally in An., Che., Hup., Ki, Ku. Grassland. 



138. PLUMBAGINACEAE Leadwort Family WfcPt (Chi Sung K'o) 

 Herbs or low shrubs with alternate entire lvs. and perfect regular 5-merous fls.; 

 calyx scarious, persistent, plicate, angled or winged, often colored at the base; corolla 

 gamopetalous, sometimes the petals nearly distinct; stamens 5, opposite the corolla 

 lobes; ovary superior, 1-celled; styles or stigmas 5: fr. a membranous circumscissile 

 capsule. 10 genera with 300 species, mostly in Mediterranean region and central 

 Eurasia; 3 genera with 10 species in China. 



Key to the Genera 



Stems If y . : corolla with a long slender tube 1 • Plumbago 



Stems usually naked: corolla segments joined only at the base 2. Limonium 



1. Plumbago Linn. Leadwort =f MS.M (Ch'ien Li Chieh Shu) 

 Herbs or low shrubs with Ify. stems: lvs. auricled or clasping at the base: fls. 

 in spikes at the ends of the brs. ; calyx tubular, glandular, scarious only between the 

 5 ribs; corolla with a long slender tube; stamens free from the corolla: the deciduous 

 part of the capsule often splitting into 5 valves. 10 species, in warm regions; 3 in 

 China. (The Latin term for "lead".) 

 1. Plumbago capensis Thunb. (B.M. 786). Half-climbing sub-shrub; fls. azure blue 

 or white, VI; calyx with stalked glands on upper part. Introduced from South 

 Africa; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



2. Limonium Mill. Sea Pink f$1£Jg (Chi Sung Shu) 



Perennial herbs, usually with naked stems and evergreen lvs. in basal rosettes: 



fls. in dense globular heads, subtended by a scarious involucre; calyx scarious, 10- 



ribbed at the base; petals united only at the base; stamens on the base of the corolla: 



fr. enclosed in the calyx. 50 species, north temperate and southern regions, mostly 



South America; 6 in China. (Greek: leimonion, sea lavender; from leimon, meadow.) 



1. Limonium bicolor (Bunge) Kuntze (Staticc bicolor Bunge) ZlMfe (Erh Se Chi 



Sung; Two-colored Rock Pine) (DC.P. 12:642). Erect perennial herb, to 0.5m., 



fls. white, VIII. Northern China; locally in Ku. Grassland. Fig. 289. 



139. EBENACEAE Ebony Family Wf4 (Shih K'o) 

 Dioecious or polygamous trees or shrubs with very hard wood and alternate entire 



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