Abelia CAPR1F0LIACEAE-VALERIANACEAE Patrinia 



Key to the Species 



Els. in panicles, abundant; corolla funnel-form. 



Panicles dense; sepals 5: corolla about 15 mm. long 1 . A. chnxvsis 



Panicles loose; sepals 2-5 on the same plant; corolla about 20mm. 



j on „ 2 . A . grandiflormn 



Fls. in scattered prs.; corolla tubular or salverform; sepals 4 3. A. zanderi 



1. Abelia chinensis R. Br. flS*& (No Mi T'iao; Flexible Strips) (R.M. 847). 

 Deciduous shrub, to 1.5 m.; fls. white, VII-VIII; sepals 5. Central and eastern 

 China; locally in Ki. Brushland. 



2. X Abelia grandiflora Rehd. (A. chinensis X A. uniflord) (R.M. 846). Shrub, to 

 2 m.; fls. white or pinkish, VII-VIII; sepals 2-5 on same plant. Garden origin; 

 locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



3. Abelia zanderi (Graebn.) Rehd. 'AM'M (Liu Tao Mu; Six-layer Shrub) (R.M. 847). 

 Shrub, to 3 m.; fls. VI. China; locally in An. Brushland. Fig. 354. 



5. Weigela Thunb. iif^ftg (Chin Tai Hua Shu; Embroidered-belt Flower) 

 Deciduous shrubs with simple lvs. and 5-merous fls. in axillary cymes; sepals not 

 accrescent; corolla funnel-form to campanulate; style slender; stigma capitate; fr. a 

 slender 2-valved capsule with numerous, often winged, seeds. 12 species, in eastern 

 Asia; 3 in China. (After C.E. von Weigel, professor and botanical author, Greifswald, 

 Germany, 1748-1831.) 



Key to the Species 



Lvs. soft-pubescent beneath: ovary pubescent 1 • W-. japonica 



var. sinica 



Lvs. glabrous or sparsely hairy on veins beneath: ovary glabrous 2. W. coraeensis 



1. Weigela japonica Thunb. var. sinica (Rehd.) Bailey (Diervilla japonica (Thunb.) 

 DC. var. sinica Rehd.) ^||ER (Mu Hsiu Ch'iu; Woody-embroidered-ball). (R.M. 

 849). Shrub, to 6 m.; fls. pale pink, V-VI. Central and eastern China; locally 

 in An., Che., Hup., Ki. Brushland. Fig. 355. 



2. Wei&ela coraeensis Thunb. (Diervilla coraeensis (Thunb.) DC.) ; M\titt (Hai Hsien 

 Hua; Sea-fairy Flower) (R.M. 850). Shrub, to 5 m.; fls. pale rose, whitish, V-VI, 

 Japan; locally in Ki., Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



164. VALERIANACEAE Valerian Family )&ff44 (Pai Chiang K'o) 

 Herbs, rarely shrubs, sometimes polygamo-dioecious, with opposite estipulate lvs. 

 and small gamopetalous fls. in cymose or capitate clusters; corolla somewhat irregular; 

 stamens 1-3 (rarely 4), on the corolla tube; ovary inferior: fr. dry, one-seeded. 9 

 genera with 300 species, widely distributed, especially in the northern hemisphere; 3 

 genera and 25 species in China. 



1. Patrinia Juss. £&||Jg (Pai Chiang Shu) 

 Erect perennial herbs with entire, pinnatifid or pinnate lvs., and fls. in panicled 

 cymes; calyx very small in fr., scarcely lobed; corolla 5-lobed; stamens 1 (or 3-5); 

 ovary 3-celled: fr. small, one-seeded, the barren cells nearly equal to the fertile. 12 

 species, Asiatic; 10 in China. (After Eugene L. M. Patrin, French traveller, and 

 collector of plants in Siberia.) 



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