Adenophora CAMPANULACEAE-LOBELIACEAE Codonopsis 



surrounded at the base by a fleshy disk: capsule crowned by the calyx lobes, dehiscent. 

 40 species, in Eurasia; 16 in China. (From the Greek terms meaning "gland-bearing".) 



Key to the Species 



Fls. large, about 2cm. long: stem lvs. not whorled. 



Stem lvs. broadly cuneate to ovate-cordate 1 . A. remotiflora 



Stem lvs. lanceolate, the basal ones ovate-cordate to reniform 2. A. striata 



Fls. small, about one cm. long: stem lvs. verticillate 3. A. verticillata 



1. Adenophora remotiflora Miq. fflfi (Chi Ni; Shepherd's-purse-harebell) (C.Pe.A. 

 3:78). Erect herb, to 1.5 m.; fls. blue, white, VII-IX. Northeastern Asia; locally 

 in An. Grassland. Fig. 366. 



2. Adenophora stricta Miq. ^H;>># (Hsing Yeh Sha Shen) (C.Pe.A.3;81). Erect 

 herb, to lm.; fls. blue, VII-X. Central China, Japan; locally in An., Ki., Ku, 

 Grassland. 



3. Adenophora verticillata Fisch. $># (Sha Shen) (C.Pe.A.3:81). Erect herb, to 

 1.5m.; fls. blue, VII-VIII. Eastern Asia; locally in An., Ki., Ku. Grassland. 



4. Wahlenbergia Schrad. MW^M (Hsi Yeh Sha Shen Shu) 

 Annual or perennial herbs with alternate or opposite lvs., and flg. peduncles termi- 

 nal or opposite the lvs., mostly solitary (ours); corolla campanulate, sometimes cleft 

 to the base; stamens free from the corolla; anthers oblong, free; style surrounded by 

 a fleshy disk; stigma with 3 narrow lobes: capsule 2-3-valved inside the persistent 

 calyx teeth; seeds numerous, minute. 80 species, mostly of the southern hemisphere; 

 3 in China. (After Dr. George Wahlenberg, 1780-1851, Swedish botanist.) 



1. Wahlenbergia gracilis A.DC. (W. agrestis A.DC.) MM&& (Hsi Yeh Sha Shen; 

 Fine-leaved Adenophora verticillata) (Be. F. 197; F.H.E.2:4). Erect or decumbent 

 annual, to 3dm.; fls. blue, VII-VIII. Subtropical Asia, Africa, and Australia; 

 locally in An., Hun., Hup., Ku. Waste places, open hills. Fig. 367. 



5. Codonopsis Wall. #^LM (Yang Ju Shu) 

 Twining perennial herbs, often from tuberous roots, with mostly alternate lvs., 

 and fls. on axillary or terminal solitary peduncles; corolla campanulate, with 5 short 

 lobes; stamens on the margin of the disk; ovary inferior, with a superior vertex: 

 capsule 3-valved, with many smooth brown seeds. 12 species, in eastern Asia; 8 in 

 China. (Greek: co donop-sis, bell-like.) 



1. Codonopsis lanceolata Benth. & Hook. f. =£|L (Yang Ju; Goat's Milk) (Mak.F.81). 

 Twining herb; fls. purple, VIII. Eastern Asia; locally in An., Che., Hun., Hup., 

 Ki. Brushland, woodland. Fig. 371. 



168. LOBELIACEAE Lobelia Family Li|ff ^f ; | (Shan Keng Ts'ai K'o) 

 Herbs (rarely woody plants) with acrid milky juice, alternate lvs. and scattered 5- 

 merous irregular fls. ; corolla often 2-lipped ; stamens free from the corolla and united 

 into a tube about the style by their anthers and often also by their filaments; ovary 

 inferior; stigmas fringed: fr. many-seeded, capsular or baccate. 20 genera with 600 

 species, cosmopolitan; 2 genera and 7 species in China. 



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