Nicotiana SOLANACEAE-SCROPHULARIACEAE Veronica 



to 3dm. long. Introduced from tropical America; locally in An., Che., Hun., 

 Hup., Ki., Ku. Cultivated, leaves. Fig. 333. 



9. Nierembergia Ruiz & Pav. Cup Flower £?MJ#J§ (Sai Ya Ma Shu) 

 Low shrubs and perennial herbs with simple entire lvs. and white or pale violet 

 solitary terminal or subterminal fls. ; stamens attached at the top of the corolla tube, 4 

 of them in two equal pairs, the fifth smaller: f r. a 2-valved capsule. 25 species, tropical 

 and subtropical America; one or more cultivated in China. (After John Eusebius 

 Nieremberg, about 1595-1658, a Spanish Jesuit, and the first professor of natural his- 

 tory at Madrid.) 



1. Nierembergia frutescens Dur. Tall Cup Flower ?|i£f# (Sai Ya Ma) (B.M.878). 

 Perennial, to lm.; fls. white, tinged lilac or blue, IX; plant woody at base. In- 

 troduced from Chili; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



10. Petunia Juss. ti^giHE (Chuang Yii Chao Yen Shu) 

 Straggling viscid-pubescent herbs with alternate (or the upper opposite) simple 

 entire lvs. and white or purple solitary fls. ; stamens attached at the middle of the 

 corolla tube, unequal, 4 of them in two equal pairs, the fifth smaller or rudimentary: 

 fr. a 2-valved many-seeded capsule. 12 species, in southern South America; one or 

 more cultivated in China. (A South American aboriginal name.) 



1. Petunia violacea Lindl. Violet-flowered Petunia WRWM (Chuang Yii Chao Yen; 

 Touched-with-wings-of-morning-color) (B.M.879). Decumbent annual; fls. rose-red, 

 violet, V-X. Introduced from Argentina; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. Planted, 

 ornamental. 



153. SCROPHULARIACEAE Figwort Family £#$■ (Hsiian Shen K'o) 

 Herbs, shrubs or trees with simple alternate, opposite or whorled estipulate lvs. 

 and perfect irregular 4-5-merous fls.; corolla usually 2-lipped; stamens 2, 4 or 5, 

 usually 4, didynamous, inserted on the corolla tube; ovary superior: fr. a 2-celled many- 

 seeded capsule. 180 genera with 3,000 species, in all parts of the world; 48 genera and 

 over 500 species in China. 



Additions and corrections to the treatment of Scrophulariaceae have been contributed by 

 Dr. Hui-lin Li. 



Key to the Genera 



A. Plants herbaceous. 



B. Stamens 2: corolla with spreading lobes, not 2-lipped 1. Veronica 



BB. Stamens 4, or a 5th sterile one sometimes present. 

 C. Lvs. opposite, or the upper ones alternate. 



D. Plants not darkened to an unusual degree in drying. 

 E. Calyx not broadly winged. 

 F. Lvs. entire or serrate. 

 G. Lvs. entire (in ours). 



H. Calyx spathe-like 2. Centranthera 



HH. Calyx 5-cleft or -parted. 



Calyx lobes enlarged in fr. to about 

 1 cm. in length, with a tube 



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