Ainsliaea COMPOSITAK Gerbera 



XI. Mutisieae Mutisia Tribe M%$lM (Mu T'i Chii Tsu) 

 Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees, with mostly entire alternate lvs. and discoid or 

 radiate heads; bracts of the involucre overlapping, in many series: fls. mostly perfect; 

 corollas bilabiate (ours) or deeply 5-cleft, or ligulate; anthers with long tails at the 

 base: pappus of hair-like bristles. 50 genera, mostly in the Andes of South America, 

 but also in the warm parts of Africa and Asia. 



46. Ainsliaea DC. Hf^l/HSM (Kuei Chia Kuei Tu Yu Shu; Turtle- 

 shell Guardian-spirit-dwelling Genus) 



Erect perennial herbs with alternate lvs. crowded at middle or base of stem, and 

 numerous small discoid heads in racemes: fls. white or purplish, all perfect and 

 fertile; corolla unequally 5-parted: pappus bristles of a single series, plumose. 25 

 species, in eastern Asia; 20 in China. 



Key to the Species 



Lvs. crowded together at the base of the stem: petioles and base of stein 



rufous-hairy: infl. about 50cm. long 1 • A. fragrans 



Lvs. crowded together on the middle portion of the stem: petioles and base 



of stem pubescent or rufous-hairy: infl. 15-20 cm. long 2. A. hui 



1. Ainsliaea fragrans Champ. (Be. F. 192). Scapose herb, to 0.5 m.; fls. whitish, X. 

 China; locally in Hun., Ki. Forest shade. 



2. Ainsliaea hui Diels (Ber.N.ll:109). Scapose herb, tolm.; fls. white, X. Eastern 

 and central China; locally in Che., Ki. Forest. 



47. Gerbera Cass. *T$M (Ta Ting Ts'ao Shu) 

 Scapose perennial herbs with basal lvs.; in ours white-tomentose beneath: scape 

 naked or scaly: heads solitary, radiate: ray fls. yellow, pink or white, pistillate and 

 fertile; disk fls. perfect and fertile; corolla 2-lipped; anthers tailed at the base: fr. 

 beaked; pappus of many slender hairs. 20 species, in Asia and South Africa; 7 in 

 China. (Named in honor of Traugott Gerber, a German naturalist who travelled in 

 Russia.) 



1. Gerbera anandria (L.) Schultz-Bip. 7; J'v (Ta Ting Ts'ao; Big-nail Plant) 



(H.F.3;390). Perennial herb, to 2dm.; fls. pinkish, III-VI. Eastern Asia; locally 



in Hun., Hup., Ki., Ku. Grassland. 



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B. LIGULIFLORAE Ligulate-flowered Series Jy^iilifl- 



(She Hua Ya K'o; Tongue-flowered Series) 

 Only the following tribe. 



XII. Cichorieae Chicory Tribe tlWfc (Chii Chii Ts'u; 



Chrysanthemum-lettuce Tribe) 



Herbs, rarely shrubs and very rarely trees, with milky juice and basal or 



alternate lvs.: heads all alike: fls. all ligulate, 5-toothed, and perfect; anthers sagittate 



but not tailed at the base; style brs. slender, not appendaged. About 60 genera, 



distributed throughout the world. 



Treatment of Cichorieae contributed by G. L. Stebbins, Jr. 



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