Monochasma SCKOPHULARIACEAE Scrophularia 



2. Monochasma sheared (S. Moore) Maxim. (Bungea sheared S. Moore) ty&^M- (Chi h 

 Tzu Ts'ao; Herbaceous Gardenia) (J.B.1875:229). Perennial herb, to 3 dm.; fls. 

 pink, V. China; locally in Hup., Ki., Ku. Grassland. 



4. Lindernia All. i$j$.M (Mu Ts'ao Shu; Female-plant Genus) 

 Herbs with at least the lower lvs. opposite, and infl. on 1-fld. pedicels; fls. small, 

 5-merous; calyx not enlarged in fr.; corolla 2-lipped; stamens 4: capsule ovoid, barely 

 exceeding the calyx. About 70 species, in tropical and subtropical regions, especially 

 in the eastern hemisphere; 18 or more in China. (Named for Franz Balthasar von 

 Lindern, 1682-1755, a botanist of Alsace.) 



Key to the Species 



a. Capsule globose to ellipsoid-ovoid, about equalling the calyx or 

 shorter. 



Lvs. entire, semi-palmately veined 1. L. pyxidaria 



Lvs. toothed, pinnately veined 2. L. Crustacea 



aa. Capsule narrowly cylindric, longer than the calyx. 



Perfect stamens 4 3. L. angustifolia 



Perfect stamens 2, with 2 staminodes 4. L. anagallis 



1. Lindernia pyxidaria All. {Vandellia erecta Benth.) PS_h3£ (Mo Shang Ts'ai ; Field- 

 margin Vegetable) (Mak.F.146;H.F. 4:281). Herb, to 1dm.; fls. purple, VII-VIII; 

 calyx deeply cleft. Eurasia; locally in Che., Hun., Ki., Ku. Wet places. 



2. Lindernia Crustacea (L.) F. Muell. {Vandellia Crustacea (L.) Benth.) (k%W% 

 (Kung Ts'ao Mu Ts'ao) (Be.F.251). Decumbent herb, to 1dm.; fls. bluish or 

 purplish, VI-IX; calyx not cleft below middle. Asia; locally in An., Che., Hup., 

 Ki., Ku. Lawns and roadsides. Fig. 335. 



3. Lindernia angustifolia (Benth.) Wettst. (.Mak.F.147). Ascending herb, to 3dm.; 

 fls. purplish, V-IX. India, Malaysia to Japan; locally in An., Che., Hup., Ki. 

 Moist places. 



4. Lindernia anagallis (Burm.f.) Pennell {Ruellia anagallis Burm.f.) (AA.J.24:252). 

 Herb. Common weed. Indo-Malaya; locally in Che., Hun., Ki. 



5. Antirrhinum Linn. Snapdragon &ft\^LM (Chin Yu Ts'ao Shu) 

 Perennial herbs with opposite entire lvs. (or the upper alternate) and large fls. in 

 terminal racemes or solitary; corolla saccate at the base, not spurred; upper lip erect 

 and 2-lobed; the lower 3-lobed and spreading; throat almost closed by a palate : capsule 

 opening by pores below the summit. 40 species, in the northern hemisphere, particularly 

 North America; one or more cultivated in China. (Greek: anti, like; and r his, rhinos, 

 nose; referring to the shape of the flower.) 



1. Antirrhinum majus Linn. Large Snapdragon &Mj$. (Chin Yii Ts'ao; Gold-fish 



Plant) (B.M.895). Perennial herb, to 1 m.; fls. red, purple, white, V-IX. Introduced 

 from Mediterranean region; locally in An., Che., Ku. Planted, ornamental. 

 Fig., 336. 



6. Scrophularia Linn. Figwort J. (4 (Hsuan Shen Shu) 



Tall herbs with square stems, serrate lvs. and many small fls. in a slender terminal 

 panicle; stamens declined; anther cells transverse and joined together: capsule septicidal; 



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