Ptantago 



PLANTAGINACEAE-RUBIACEAE 



Adina 



1. Plantago Linn. Plantain -^fuM (Ch'e Ch'ien Shu) 

 Terrestrial plants: scape several -many --fld. ; fls. mostly bisexual; stamens exserted ; 

 ovary 2-celled; fr. a 2-several-seeded capsule, opening at the top. About 70 or more 

 species, in tropical and subtropical parts of the world; 10 or more in China. (Latin; 

 plant a, footprint.) 



1. Plantago major Linn. Common Plantain ^|tj (Ch'e Ch'ien; Roadside Weed) 

 (G.M.1315). Stemless perennial; fls. whitish, V-VII. Cosmopolitan; locally in An., 

 Ki., Ku. Roadsides, waste places. Fig. 344. 



162. RUBIACEAE Madder Family W&Pt (Ch'ien Ts'ao K'o) 

 Woody or herbaceous plants with opposite or whorled entire stipulate Ivs. and 

 mostly regular perfect 4-5-merous fls.; stamens inserted on the corolla tube or at its 

 mouth; ovary inferior, usually 2-celled; fr. capsular, baccate or drupaceous. 400 genera 

 with 5,000 species, widely distributed, mostly in tropics; 40 genera and 120 species 

 in China. 



Key to the Genera 



Plants woody. 



B. Fls. in globular heads oi head-like clusters. 

 C. Fr. dry at maturity. 



Trees or shrubs, not vines. 

 Calyx 5-lobed; ovaries distinct, becoming 2-celled 



many-seeded dehiscent capsules: seeds winged .. 1. 

 Calyx 4-lobed; ovaries confluent, the carpels separating 



at maturity into obpyramidal 1-seeded nutlets .. 2. 

 Vines, climbing by hooked peduncles: calyx 5-lobed: 

 ovaries distinct, becoming 2-celled many-seeded 



capsules: seeds winged 3. 



CC. Fr. fleshy at maturity: calyx truncate or obscurely 4-7- 

 lobed; ovary 2-4-celled, developing in f r. as many 1- 

 seeded nutlets buried in the fleshy syncarp: ours a 



diffuse or climbing shrub 4 . 



BB. Fls. in cymes or panicles, or scattered, not in heads. 



D. Shrubs with slender spines at the nodes, 1 for each If., 



often exceeding the lvs 5 . 



DD Shrubs, vines, or trees without spines (sometimes 

 with prickly stipules in Serissa). 

 E. Infl. terminal bearing broad leaf-like white or yellow 

 petiolate bracts or enlarged, persistent calyx lob- 

 es, not more than 1 on a particular fl. or fr.: trees 6. 

 EE. Infl. without conspicuous bracts. 



F. Fls. large, 3-5 cm. long: fr. topped with 5 



slender calyx lobes 7. 



FF. Fls. small, 1-2 cm. long. 



G. Stipular sheaths armed with 1-3 stiff 

 bristles: bracts and calyx lobes some- 

 times bristle-tipped: bushy shrubs 



GG. Stipules, bracts and calyx lobes unarmed. 

 H. Shrubs or trees, not vines. 

 I. Fls. in terminal many-fid. corymbs: fr. a 2-several-seeded berry 9. 



Adina 



Cephalanthvs 



Uncaria 



Morivda 

 Damnacanthus 



Emmenopterys 



Gardenia 



8 . Serissa 



Tarenna 



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