*SHOW ~ Character list.

*CHARACTER LIST
#1. plant: habit/
       1. herb/
       2. shrub/
       3. small tree/
       4. tree/

#2. plant: longevity/
       1. annual/
       2. perennial/

#3. plant: height or length/
       cm tall or long/

#4. rootstock: texture/
       1. fibrous/
       2. woody/

#5. rootstock: diam./
       mm thick/

#6. stem: branching/
       1. many branched/
       2. unbranched/

#7. stem: posture/
       1. ascending/
       2. decumbent/
       3. erect/
       4. prostrate/
       5. spreading/

#8. stem: diam. at base/
       mm/

#9. leaves: arrangement/
       1. alternate/
       2. clustered apically/
       3. decussate/
       4. opposite/
       5. overlapping on uppermost shoots/
       6. 3-whorled/

#10. stipule: shape/
       1. forming prickles/
       2. forming spines/
       3. glands/
       4. lanceolate/
       5. linear/
       6. subulate/
       7. triangular/

#11. stipule: length/
       mm/

#12. petiole: length/
       mm/

#13. leaf blade: shape/
       1. cordate/
       2. elliptic/
       3. lanceolate/
       4. linear/
       5. oblanceolate/
       6. oblong/
       7. obovate/
       8. orbicular/
       9. ovate/
       10. reniform/
       11. scale-like/
       12. spoon-shaped/
       13. violin-shaped/

#14. leaf blade: length/
       mm/

#15. leaf blade: width/
       mm/

#16. leaf blade: length: width ratio/

#17. leaf blade: base/
       1. attenuate/
       2. auriculate/
       3. clasping/
       4. contracted/
       5. cordate/
       6. cuneate/
       7. oblique/
       8. rounded/
       9. tapering/
       10. truncate/

#18. leaf blade: margin/
       1. crenate/
       2. crenulate/
       3. denticulate/
       4. entire/
       5. gland-tipped toothed/
       6. lobed/
       7. repand/
       8. serrate/
       9. serrulate/
       10. toothed/

#19. leaf blade: apex/
       1. acuminate/
       2. acute/
       3. apiculate/
       4. emarginate/
       5. mucronulate/
       6. obtuse/
       7. rounded/
       8. truncate/
       9. with small tip/

#20. inflorescence: type/
       1. cyathia/
       2. cyme/
       3. pseudo-umbel/

#21. cyathia: number/
       1. cyathia clustered/
       2. cyathia in cymes/
       3. cyathia paired/
       4. cyathia in pseudo-umbel/
       5. cyathia solitary/
       6. cyathia in synflorescence/

#22. inflorescence: arrangement/
       1. axillary/
       2. terminal/

#23. cyathophyll: relative size/
       1. inconspicuous/
       2. conspicuous/

#24. cyathium: stalk: length/
       mm/

#25. cyathium: involucre: shape/
       1. barrel-shaped/
       2. campanulate/
       3. cup-like/
       4. stipe-like/
       5. turbinate/
       6. urceolate/

#26. cyathium: involucre: length/
       mm/

#27. cyathium: involucre: width/
       mm/

#28. cyathium: involucre: marginal lobes: number/

#29. cyathium: involucre: marginal lobe: shape/
       1. lacerate/
       2. lanceolate/
       3. linear/
       4. oblong/
       5. orbicular/
       6. ovate/
       7. rhombic/
       8. square/
       9. triangular/

#30. cyathium: involucre: glands: number/

#31. cyathium: involucre: gland: color/
       1. brown/
       2. green/
       3. purple/
       4. red/
       5. yellow/

#32. male flower: anther: color/
       1. green/
       2. red/
       3. yellow/

#33. female flower: pedicel: length/
       mm/

#34. female flower: ovary: indumentum/
       1. glabrous/
       2. pilose/
       3. puberulous/
       4. pubescent/
       5. spine-tuberose/
       6. tuberculate/

#35. female flower: styles: free or connected/
       1. connate at base/
       2. free/

#36. style arms or stigma: lobes/
       1. 2-lobed/
       2. not lobed/
       3. capitate/
       4. emarginate/
       5. oblique/
       6. peltate/

#37. capsule: shape/
       1. 3-angular/
       2. compressed/
       3. cylindrical/
       4. globose/
       5. 3-lobed/
       6. oblate/
       7. oblong/
       8. ovoid/
       9. terete/

#38. capsule: length/
       mm/

#39. capsule: diam./
       mm/

#40. fruiting pedicel: length/
       mm/

#41. seed: shape/
       1. angular/
       2. 3-angular/
       3. barrel-shaped/
       4. compressed/
       5. conical/
       6. cylindrical/
       7. ellipsoid/
       8. globose/
       9. oblong/
       10. ovoid/
       11. 6-sided/
       12. terete/
       13. tetragonal/

#42. seed: length/
       mm/

#43. seed: diam./
       mm/

#44. seed: color/
       1. black/
       2. brown/
       3. brown reticulate/
       4. brown striate adaxially/
       5. dark striate adaxially/
       6. gray/
       7. green/
       8. red/
       9. striate adaxially/
       10. white/
       11. white striate adaxially/
       12. yellow/

#45. flowering/
       1. Jan/
       2. Feb/
       3. Mar/
       4. Apr/
       5. May/
       6. Jun/
       7. Jul/
       8. Aug/
       9. Sep/
       10. Oct/
       11. Nov/
       12. Dec/

#46. fruiting/
       1. Jan/
       2. Feb/
       3. Mar/
       4. Apr/
       5. May/
       6. Jun/
       7. Jul/
       8. Aug/
       9. Sep/
       10. Oct/
       11. Nov/
       12. Dec/

#47. distribution: elevation/
       m/

#48. distribution: province/
       1. Anhui/
       2. Beijing/
       3. Fujian/
       4. Gansu/
       5. Guangdong/
       6. Guangxi/
       7. Guizhou/
       8. Hainan/
       9. Hebei/
       10. Heilongjiang/
       11. Henan/
       12. Hongkong/
       13. Hubei/
       14. Hunan/
       15. Jiangsu/
       16. Jiangxi/
       17. Jilin/
       18. Liaoning/
       19. Nei Mongol/
       20. Ningxia/
       21. Qinghai/
       22. Shaanxi/
       23. Shandong/
       24. Shanxi/
       25. Sichuan/
       26. Taiwan/
       27. Xinjiang/
       28. Xizang/
       29. Yunnan/
       30. Zhejiang/

#49. distribution: adjacent country/
       1. Afghanistan/
       2. Bangladesh/
       3. Bhutan/
       4. India/
       5. Indonesia/
       6. Japan/
       7. Kashmir/
       8. Kazakhstan/
       9. Korea/
       10. Kyrgyzstan/
       11. Malaysia/
       12. Mongolia/
       13. Myanmar/
       14. Nepal/
       15. Pakistan/
       16. Philippines/
       17. Russia/
       18. Sri Lanka/
       19. Tajikistan/
       20. Thailand/
       21. Turkmenistan/
       22. Uzbekistan/
       23. Vietnam/