Patrinia VALERIAN ACEAE-CUCURBITACEAE Gynostemma 



Key to the Species 



Stems glabrous or pubescent, not villous: fls. yellow. 



Upper stem lvs. entire or notched; some of the lower ones cleft 



or divided 1 • p - heterophylla 



Stem lvs. conspicuously pinnately divided into narrow segments .. 2. P. scabiosaefolia 

 Stems, at least the upper portion, villous: lvs. usually not cleft; 



coarsely serrate : fls. white 3 . P. villosa 



1. Patrinia heterophylla Bunge (Bunge 35). Erect herb, to lm.; fls. yellow, VII- 

 VIII. Northern and eastern China; locally in An., Hun., Ki., Ku. Brushland, grassland. 



2. Patrinia scabiosaefolia Fish, ex Link (P. his pida Bunge) $C§ (Pai Chiang; Moldy 

 Pickles) (DC.P. 4: 624; F.H.E. 1: 397). Erect herb, tolm.; fls. yellow, VII-VIII. 

 Eastern Asia; locally in An., Hup., Ki., Ku. Grassland. Fig. 356. 



3. Patrinia villosa Juss. gfilSft (Nan Lang Hua; Gentleman's Flower) (DC.P. 4: 624). 

 Erect herb, to lm.; fls. white, VIII. Eastern Asia; locally in Che., Hun., Hup., 

 Ki., Ku. Grassland. 



165. DIPS AC ACE AE Teasel Family |l|Hi]f4 (Shan Lo Po K'o; 



Mountain-radish Family) 



Herbs or dwarf shrubs with opposite, rarely whorled, estipulate lvs. and small 

 perfect irregular fls., usually in involucrate heads; fls. 4-5-merous, surrounded by a 

 membranous involucel; stamens 4 (rarely 2-3), distinct, borne on the corolla; ovary 

 inferior; stigmas 2: fr. an achene. 10 genera with 150 species, in warm temperate 

 regions; 4 genera and 10 species in China. 



1. Dipsacus Linn. Teasel £$^M (Kuo Ts'ai Shu) 

 Stout biennial herbs, often prickly, with stem lvs. mostly connate at the base, 

 and with A-merous fls. in ovoid terminal heads; the involucral bracts and those of the 

 receptacle sharp-pointed or spine-tipped; fr. enclosed by the calyx-like involucel. 15 

 species, in Eurasia and northern Africa; 4 in China. (Greek; dipsa, thirst; because 

 the connate leaf bases of some species hold water.) 



1. Dipsacus japonicus Miq. ^M (Kuo Ts'ai; Pot Vegetable) (Mak.F. 94). Erect 

 herb, to 2 m.; fls. white, VIII. Japan, China; locally in Ki. Grassland. Fig. 357. 



166. CUCURBITACEAE Gourd Family W£& (Hu Lu K'o) 

 Tendril-bearing herbaceous vines with alternate mostly simple lvs. and regular 

 unisexual 5-merous fls.; petals sometimes distinct; stamens apparently 3 or 2, but 

 with 2 prs. united, often monadelphous by the anthers; ovary inferior, usually 3-celled; 

 stigmas 3: fr. a pepo. 90 genera with 700 species, mostly tropical; 16 genera and 50 

 species in China. 



Key to the Genera 



A. Lvs. pedately 3-7-foliolate 1 . Gynostemma 



AA. Lvs. simple, often lobed or cleft. 



B. Fr. fleshy, with a firm rind, indehiscent, mostly edible. 



C. Corolla of clearly united petals 2 . Cucurbita 



CC. Corolla cleft to the base or of separate petals. 



D. Staminate fls. in racemes 3 . huff a 



379 



