Siphonostegia SCROPHULARIACEAE Botryopleuron 



1. Siphonostegia chinensis Benth. Piffft (Yin Hsing Ts'ao; Shade-loving Plant) 

 CMak.F.134). Erect herb, to Ira.; fls. yellow, VIII. China, Japan, Korea; locally 

 in An., Che., Ki., Ku. Grassland. 



2. Siphonostegia laeta S. Moore (J.B.1880:5). Herb, to 0.8 m.; fls. yellow, tinged 

 pink, VIII-IX. China; locally in An., Che., Hun., Ki., Ku. Woodland. 



11. Melampyrum Linn. Cow Wheat \l\MltM (Shan Lo Hua Shu) 

 Slender-stemmed erect annuals with entire lvs. or the upper lvs. mostly toothed 

 at the base, the foliage darkening in drying: fls. solitary in the upper axils; tube of 

 the corolla enlarging above; the upper lip straight in front; the lower biconvex; 

 anthers approximate, nearly vertical, hairy: seeds 4 or fewer in each capsule. 15-30 

 species, in north temperate regions; 4 in China. (Greek: melas, black; and pyros, 

 wheat; referring to the black seeds of some species.) 



Key to the Species 



Bract-awn longer than the width of the bract; calyx-teeth lanceolate 1. M. roseum 



Bract-awn shorter than the width of the bract; calyx-teeth broad, triangular 



to sublanceolate 2 . M. esquirolii 



1. Melampyrum roseum Maxim. iMMtt (Shan Lo Hua; Mountain-vine Flower) 

 (Mak.F.134). Herb, to 0.8 m.; fls. pink, red, purple, VI-IX; calyx teeth narrow, 

 long-awned. China, Korea, Japan; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. Brushland. 



2. Melampyrum esquirolii (Levi. & Vant.) Hand.-Mazz. (Scutellaria e-squirolii Levi. 

 & Vant.) (Fe.R. 8:402). Herb; fls. purple to red, IV-IX; calyx teeth broad, 

 short-awned. China; locally in An., Che., Hun., Hup., Ki. Mountain slopes. 



12. Pedicularis Linn. Lousewort M^M^ (Ma Hsien Hao 

 Shu; Horse-in-front-of -the- jungle Genus) 



Stout-stemmed perennial herbs, darkening in drying, with mostly pinnatifid lvs. 

 and rather large fls. in spikes: corolla with the upper lip flattened, the lower 2-crested 

 above; anthers transverse: capsule mostly oblique, many-seeded. 600 species, in northern 

 and mountain regions; 280 in China. (Latin: pediculus, a louse, also diminutive of 

 foot.) 



1. Pedicularis henryi Maxim. (St. P.B. 32:560). Erect herb, to 4dm.; fls. pink, VII. 

 China; locally in Hup., Ki. Brushland. 



13. Botryopleuron Hemsl. HMS (Sui Me Shu) 



Prostrate or wandering perennial herbs or sub-shrubs with alternate lvs. and small 

 fls. in axillary aments: calyx and corolla about equally 4-cleft; stamens 2, exserted: 

 fr. a capsule dehiscing by 4 valves, with numerous small seeds. About 12 species, in 

 China and Japan; 10 in China. (Greek: botryo, a cluster of grapes, and pleuron, a 

 rib, perhaps referring to the clusters of small flowers at the base of the prominently- 

 nerved nearly sessile leaf blades.) 



1. Botryopleuron axillare (S. &Z.) Hemsl. (Calorhabdos axillaris Benth. & Hook.f.) 

 l^ (Tiao Yu Kan; Fishing-pole) (Mak.F.139;H.I.27t.2670). Herb, twining or 

 prostrate; fls. reddish purple, VII-IX. Eastern China, Japan; locally in Che., Ki. 

 Shaded ravines. 



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