Quamoctit CONVOLVULACEAE-PULEMONIACEAE Phlox 



1 . Quamoclit pennata (Desr.) Bojer (Q. vulgaris Choisy) Cypress Vine /JnjUI (Hsiao 

 Niao Lo) (B.M. 822). Twining annual; fls. red or white, VIII-X. Introduced from 

 tropical America; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. Fig. 308. 



2. Quamoclit sloteri House Cardinal Climber XHH (Ta Niao Lo; Large Twining 

 Plant) (B.M. 822). Twining annual; fls. red, with white eye, X. Hybrid origin; 

 locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



3. Quamoclit coccinea (L.) Moench Star Ipomoea MMMM (Yuan Yeh Niao Lo) (B. 

 M. 822). Twining annual; fls. red, with yellow throat. Introduced from tropical 

 America; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



4. Cuscuta Linn. Dodder MU^M (T'u Ssu Tzu Shu) 

 Yellow or reddish annual parasitic twiners, without chlorophyll, but with Ivs. re- 

 duced to scales, and small clustered 5- (or 4-) merous white or greenish fls.; stamens 

 with a scale-like or fringed appendage at the base: capsule mostly 4-seeded. 100 

 species, widely distributed; 5 in China. (Name supposed to be of Arabic derivation.) 



Key to the Species 

 Stems filiform : fls. subspherical ; styles distinct : stigmas globose and exserted. 



Capsule opening between the styles 1 • 



Capsule circumscissile 2. 



Stems thick and fleshy: fls. oblong; styles united, as long as the ovary; 



stigmas flattened-depressed, oval or conic; capsule circumscissile .. 3. C. japonica 



C. australis 

 C. chinensis 



1. Cuscuta australis R. Br. (Yunck.124). Twining parasitic herb; fls. white, sub- 

 globose, VII; fr. VIII. Asia to Australia; locally in Hun., Hup., Ku. Parasitic on 

 herbs. 



2. Cuscuta chinensis Lam. fflfa ( T ' u Sstl ) (Yunck.209). Twining parasitic herb; fls. 

 white, subglobose, VI-VIII; fr. VII-IX. Asia to Australia; locally in An., Hun., 

 Hon., Ki., Ku. Parasitic on herbs. Fig. 309. 



3. Cuscuta japonica Choisy fgfb (T'u Ch'iu) (Yunck.252). Twining parasitic herb; 

 fls. white or yellowish, oblong, VI-VIII; fr. VII-X. Eastern Asia; locally in An., 

 Che., Hun., Hup., Ki., Ku. Parasitic on herbs or shrubs. 



148. POLEMONIACEAE Phlox Family Tt; J £f4 

 (Hua Ts'ung K'o; Flowering-onion Family) 

 Herbs, rarely shrubs, with estipulate lvs. and perfect regular 5-merous lis.; lobes 

 of the corolla twisted in the bud; ovary superior, usually 3-celled: fr. a dehiscent 

 3-valved capsule. 13 genera with 265 species, in the northern hemisphere; 2 genera 

 with 3 or more species in China. 



1. Phlox Linn. ^MW-4 ( Ts ' ao Chia Chu T ' ao Shu) 

 Herbaceous or suffruticose plants with opposite entire lvs. and brightly colored 

 cymose fls.; corolla with a long tube; stamens included and inserted at different heights 

 on the corolla tube; capsule often with only one seed in each cell. 50 species, in 

 North America, except one in Siberia; 2 or more cultivated in China. (From the 

 Greek term meaning "flame".) 



Key to the Species 



Plant annual: lvs. usually alternate 1- p - drummondii 



Plant perennial: lvs. all opposite 2 - P - paniculata 



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