雀儿豆属 que er dou shu
Zhu Xiangyun[1] (朱相云), Kai Larsen
Spongiocarpella Yakovlev & N. Ulziykhutag.
Plants, perennial. Root stout, woody. Stem lignified, short. Leaves imparipinnate, rarely 3 leaflets; leaflets entire; stipules herbaceous, adnate to base of leaflets. Flowers solitary, axillary, rarely a raceme with 14 flowers; peduncle with nodes growing one bract. Calyx with 2 bracts at base; tube tubular, gibbous on one side at base, 5-lobed, 2 upper lobes connate, 3 lower lobes free, with brown glands at apex. Corolla yellow or purple; standard suborbicular or oblong, lower surface with dense short appressed hairs, ± longer than wings or keel. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile; stigma capitate, papillary. Pod oblong to linear, 1-loculed; seeds reniform. Basic chromosome number x=8.
A genus of 21 species: Mediterranean Region, Central and West Asia; seven species and one subspecies in China (two endemic).
Chesneya dshungarica Golosk. (1957) was recorded from Xinjiang, but no specimens were available to us.
1a. Stipules deciduous; plants not cushionlike, with dense whitish appressed hairs; leaflets obovate or obovate-elliptic, apex rounded, emarginate, or truncate; pod 46 cm.
2a. Racemes 14-flowered; mature pod glabrous ............................................... 1. C. cuneata
2b. Flowers solitary; mature pod with dense appressed hairs.
3a. Leaflets 57 Χ 35 mm; pedicels ca. as long as or slightly longer than leaves; pod 3550 Χ 45 mm 2. C. crassipes
3b. Leaflets 715 Χ 410 mm; pedicels ca. as long as or shorter than leaves; pod 5060 Χ 910 mm 3. C. acaulis
1b. Stipules persistent; plants cushionlike, with spreading whitish appressed hairs or glabrous; leaflets obovate, elliptic, or suborbicular, apex acute or subrounded; pod shorter than 3 cm.
4a. Persistent stipules not becoming spines, darkened when dry, incurved or straight, leaflets without hard spine at apex.
5a. Leaflets 1941, glabrous, base conspicuously oblique ...................... 4. C. polystichoides
5b. Leaflets 1521, both surfaces with dense spreading appressed hairs, base rounded or slightly so 5. C. nubigena
4b. Persistent stipules becoming spines; leaflets with hard spine at apex.
6a. Corolla purple; bracteoles linear, ca. 8 mm; leaflets 3 or 4 pairs, both surfaces with whitish silky appressed hairs .................................................................................................. 6. C. macrantha
6b. Corolla yellow; bracteoles awl-shaped, shorter than 1 mm; leaflets 46 pairs, with whitish spreading short appressed hairs ....................................................................................... 7. C. spinosa
截叶雀儿豆 jie ye que er dou
Gueldenstaedtia cuneata Bentham in Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 200. 1835; Calophaca cuneata (Bentham) Komarov, without basionym reference; Caragana cuneata (Bentham) Baker (1876), not Moench (1794).
Stems 1015 cm tall, with many branches. Leaves imparipinnate, 210 cm, leaflets 28 pairs; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 56 mm, adnate to petiole until 1/2 part, axis and petioles with dense spreading long hairs or short appressed hairs; leaflets obovate or obovate-oblong, 416 Χ 24 mm, both surfaces with dense spreading long or short appressed hairs, base rounded, apex rounded, cuneate, or emarginate. Racemes umbellate, 14-flowered; peduncles 310 mm, with dense white appressed hairs; pedicels 24 mm. Calyx tubular, 1517 mm, gibbous at base, inflated on one side; teeth lanceolate, shorter than tube, with black glands at apex. Corolla purple; standard 2030 mm, with short appressed hairs at back; wings 1828 mm; keel slightly shorter than wings. Pod linear, 46 cm Χ 810 mm, glabrous when mature. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug.
Dry slopes on hills, gravel, between stones; 33004300 m. Xinjiang, Xizang [India, Kashmir, Pakistan].
长梗雀儿豆 chang geng que er dou
Plants, cushionlike. Stems woody at base, with branches. Leaves imparipinnate, 38 cm, leaflets 5 or 6 pairs; stipules lanceolate, 67 mm, adnate to petiole up to 1/2 part, persistent; axis and petiole slender, with dense long hairs; leaflets dense, obovate-oblong, 57 Χ 35 mm, both surfaces with dense spreading long hairs, base rounded, apex emarginate or cuneate. Flowers solitary; pedicels 1060 mm, with dense spreading white short hairs; bracts subulate; bracteoles almost same as bracts. Calyx tubular, 1213 mm, with dense white short hairs, gibbous at base, inflated on one side; teeth lanceolate, slightly shorter than tube, with red-brown glands at apex. Corolla purple or orange-yellow with purple; standard 1318 mm, lamina elliptic. Ovary sessile, glabrous. Pod linear, 3.54 cm Χ 45 mm, with dense appressed hairs. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug.
On gravel; ca. 3800 m. Xizang [Pakistan, Tajikistan].
无茎雀儿豆 wu jing que er dou
Caragana acaulis Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 44 1881; Calophaca acaulis (Baker) Komarov, without basionym reference.
Plants, perennial, cushionlike. Stems woody at base, 38 cm tall. Leaves imparipinnate, 48 cm; leaflets 68 pairs; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 56 mm, adnate to petiole up to 1/2 part; axis and petiole with dense white appressed hairs; leaflets obovate or obovate-oblong, 715 Χ 410 mm, both surfaces with dense white appressed hairs, base subrounded, apex emarginate, rarely cuneate. Flowers solitary; pedicels 34 cm, slightly shorter or ca. as long as leaves, with white short appressed hairs; bracts subulate; bracteoles ca. as long as bracts. Calyx tubular, 1213 mm, with dense white short hairs, gibbous at base, inflated on one side; teeth lanceolate, slightly shorter than tube, with red-brown glands at apex. Corolla purple or orange-yellow; standard 1318 mm, lamina elliptical, with dense white short hairs on back side. Ovary sessile, glabrous. Pod linear, 5060 Χ 910 mm, with dense appressed hairs. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug.
On gravel; 29003000 m. Xizang [Afghanistan, Pakistan].
川滇雀儿豆 chuan dian que er dou
Calophaca polystichoides Handel-Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 7: 552. 1933; Spongiocarpella polystichoides (Handel-Mazzetti) Yakovlev.
Plants, cushionlike. Stems woody at base, prostrate, ca. 25 mm in diam., with branches, bark red-brown, with dense persistent petioles and stipules. Leaves 314 cm; leaflets 920 pairs; stipules linear, ca. 15 mm, adnate to petiole to middle part, rarely with short white hairs; axis and petiole rarely with long hairs, incurved after drying, persistent; leaflets dense, sessile, abaxially gray-white, adaxially dark green, oblong, ovate, or nearly orbicular, 311 Χ 26 mm, both surfaces with hairs, base conspicuously oblique, apex rounded, seldomly truncate or emarginate. Flowers solitary; pedicels 1020 mm, with spreading white long hairs; bracts linear; bracteoles slightly shorter than bracts. Calyx tubular, 1215 Χ 57 mm, rarely with long hairs, gibbous at base, inflated on one side; teeth triangular-lanceolate, ca. 1/2 as long as tube. Corolla yellow; standard 2022 mm, lamina oblong, with dense white short hairs on back side; keel 1517 mm, auriculate, ca. as long as wings. Ovary sessile, glabrous. Pod narrowly elliptical, 2535 Χ ca. 8 mm, leathery, slightly applanate, glabrous. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug.
* Slopes, on rocks, meadows; 34004400 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan.
云雾雀儿豆 yun wu que er dou
Plants, cushionlike. Stems woody at base, with branches, with persistent petioles and stipules. Leaves 315 cm, leaflets 710 pairs; stipules linear, ca. 10 mm, adnate to petiole to 1/2 part, upper part rounded or 2- or 3-lobed, with dense long hairs; axis and petiole with dense spreading long hairs, incurved or erect after dry, persistent; leaflets dense, oblong, 38 Χ 14 mm, both surfaces with dense spreading long hairs, base rounded or slightly oblique, apex acute. Flowers solitary; pedicels 1040 mm, with dense spreading white long hairs; bracts linear, ca. 10 mm; bracteoles slightly shorter than bracts. Calyx tubular, 1015 mm, rarely with long hairs, gibbous at base, inflated on one side; teeth lanceolate, ca. 1/2 as long as tube. Corolla yellow; standard 2030 mm, lamina broadly ovate or suborbicular, with dense white short hairs on back side, apex emarginate; wings 1828 mm; keel ca. as long as wings, without auricles. Ovary sessile, with dense white long hairs. Pod narrowly elliptical, 2030 Χ 78 mm, rarely with long white appressed hairs, slightly applanate, leathery. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug.
Rocky alpine slopes, within shrubs, slopes, meadows, in gravel; 36005300 m. Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal].
1a.. Flowers yellow; plants 1116 cm; leaflets 48 Χ 24 mm, with a few persistent petioles 5a. C. nubigena subsp. nubigena
1b.. Flowers purple; plants 3.56 cm; leaflets 35 Χ 12 mm, with many persistent petioles 5b. C. nubigena subsp. purpurea
云雾雀儿豆(原亚种) yun wu que er dou (yuan ya zhong)
Astragalus nubigenus D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 245. 1825; A. crassicaulis Graham, nom. nud., Calophaca crassicaulis (Bentham ex Baker) Komarov, without basionym reference; Caragana crassicaulis Bentham ex Baker; Chesneya intermedia (Yakovlev) Z. G. Qian; C. paucifoliolata (Yakovlev & Ulzijchutag) Z. G. Qian; C. yunnanensis (Yakovlev & Ulzijchutag) Z. G. Qian; Spongiocarpella intermedia Yakovlev; S. nubigena (D. Don) Yakovlev; S. nubigena subsp. kumaoensisYakovlev [kumaoλnsis]; S. paucifoliolata Yakovlev; S. yunnanensis Yakovlev.
Plants tall, 1116 cm. Leaflets large, 48 Χ 24 mm, with a few persistent petioles. Flowers yellow. Fl. JulAug, fr. AugSep.
Rocky alpine slopes, within shrubs, slopes, meadows; 36005300 m. Xizang, Yunnan [India, Nepal].
紫花雀儿豆 zi hua que er dou
Chesneya purpurea P. C. Li, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 19(2): 236. 1981; Spongiocarpella purpurea (P. C. Li) Yakovlev.
Plants small, 3.56 cm. Leaflets small, 35 Χ 12 mm, with many persistent petioles. Flowers purple. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug.
Within shrubs, hilly slopes, meadows, and in gravel; 47005200 m. Xizang [Bhutan].
大花雀儿豆 da hua que er dou
Oxytropis grubovii N. Ulziykhutag, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow) 56: 1149. 1971; Chesneya potaninii (N. Ulziykhutag) Govaerts; Spongiocarpella grubovii (N. Ulziykhutag) Yakovlev; S. potaninii Yakovlev.
Plants, cushionlike. Stems shortened, 510 cm tall. Leaves 24 cm; leaflets 3 or 4 pairs; stipules ovate, ca. 4 mm, submembranous, adnate to petiole to 1/2 part, persistent, with dense white long appressed hairs; axis and petiole rarely with spreading white long hairs, persistent and forming spines at apex; leaflets elliptic or obovate, 56 Χ ca. 3 mm, both surfaces with white silky short appressed hairs, base cuneate, apex acute or spinelike. Flowers solitary; pedicels 45 mm; bracts linear, ca. 8 mm; bracteoles like bracts. Calyx tubular, ca. 15 mm, with dense long hairs and dark brown glands, gibbous at base, inflated on one side; teeth linear, almost as long as tube, with glands at apex. Corolla purple; standard ca. 25 mm, lamina oblong, with dense short hairs on back side; wings ca. 20 mm; keel shorter than wings. Ovary sessile, with dense hairs. Pod unknown. Fl. Jun, fr. Jul.
Dry slopes. Nei Mongol, Xinjiang [Mongolia].
刺柄雀儿豆 ci bing que er dou
Spongiocarpella spinosa (P. C. Li) Yakovlev.
Plants, cushionlike. Stems short, 46 cm tall, woody at base, with branches, with dense persistent spinelike petioles and stipules. Leaves 22.5 cm; leaflets 46 pairs; stipules ovate, 23 mm, papery, adnate to petiole to 1/2 part, glabrous, rarely with short white hairs; axis and petiole rarely with long hairs, persistent and forming spines; leaflets narrowly oblong, 35 Χ ca. 1.5 mm, both surfaces with dense white short hairs when young, becoming glabrous, base rounded or slightly oblique, apex acute, rounded, or truncate, with short spines. Flowers solitary; pedicels shorter than leaves; bracts lanceolate, ca. 1.5 mm; bracteoles awl-shaped, shorter than 1 mm. Calyx tubular, 1416 mm, rarely with white short hairs and brown glands, gibbous at base, inflated on one side; teeth lanceolate, with glands and hard acute at apex. Corolla yellow; standard 2426 mm, lamina suborbicular, with dense white short hairs on back side; wings 2325 mm; claw slightly longer than lamina; keel 1921 mm. Ovary sessile, with dense white short hairs. Pod oblong, 2025 Χ 45 mm, rarely with long white hairs. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug.
* On gravel slopes of hills; 39004200 m. Xizang.
旱雀豆属 han que er dou
Zhu Xiangyun (朱相云), Kai Larsen
Chesneya Lindley ex Endlicher Sect. Microcarpon Borissova.
Plants perennial. Root stout, woody. Stem prostrate, slender, base woody. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 25 pairs, entire; stipules membranous, separate from petiole. Flowers solitary, axillary. Corolla pale yellow, pink, or purple; standard orbicular, lower surface with dense short appressed hairs, ± equal to wings or keel. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary sessile; stigma capicate, papillary. Pod ovoid or oblong; seeds cylindric-reniform. Basic chromosome number x=8.
Six species: C Asia and NW China; two species in China [one endemic].
1a. Leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, obovate, adaxially rarely with hairs, abaxially with dense white long appressed hairs; corolla purple .............................................................................................. 1. C. mongolica
1b. Leaflets 35 pairs, obovate-lanceolate, both surfaces with dense spreading white short hairs; corolla pink 2. C. ferganensis
蒙古旱雀豆 meng gu han que er dou
Chesneya mongolica Maximowicz, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pιtersbourg, Sιr. 3, 27: 462. 1881.
Stems caespitose, prostrate, 1525 cm, slender, with dense white long appressed hairs. Leaves 1520 mm; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs; axis and petiole with dense white long appressed hairs; stipules separate from petiole, subulate, ca. 2 mm, with dense white long hairs, with dense white glands at apex; leaflets obovate, 68 Χ 56 mm, abaxially with dense white long appressed hairs, adaxially with dense venice-blue glands and rarely with hairs, base cuneate, apex blunt, [with brown acute??]. Flowers solitary; pedicel 57 mm, with dense white hairs; bracts ca. 0.5 mm; bracteoles same shape as bracts, with glands at apex. Calyx tubular, ca. 7 mm, with dense white hairs, gibbous at base, inflated on one side; teeth lanceolate, slightly shorter than tube, upper 2 lobes almost connate, with brown glands at apex. Corolla purple; standard ca. 13 mm, lamina broadly orbicular, with dense white short hairs on back side; wings and keel ca. as long as standard. Ovary sessile, with dense white long hairs. Pod oblong, ca. 13 Χ 2 mm, slightly inflated, with dense white short hairs. Fl. Aug, fr. Aug.
* On gravel. Nei Mongol.
甘肃旱雀豆 gan su han que dou
Chesneya ferganensis Korsh., Zap. Imp. Akad. Nauk Fiz.-Mat. Otd., Ser. 8, 4(4): 90. 1896; C. gansuensis Y. X. Liou; C. grubovii Yakovlev; Chesniella gansuensis (Y. X. Liou) P. C. Li.
Stems prostrate, 1020 cm, with many branches, with dense spreading short hairs. Leaves 1030 mm, leaflets 35 pairs; axis and petiole slender, with dense spreading short hairs; stipules separate from petioles, ovate, ca. 2 mm, with dense short hairs, with dark brown glands at apex; leaflets obovate-lanceolate, 79 Χ 34 mm, with dense spreading white short hairs, base rounded, apex rounded, emarginate, or truncate, [with small acute??]. Flowers solitary; pedicel 810 mm, slender, with dense spreading short hairs; bracts ca. 1 mm; bracteoles same shape as bracts. Calyx campanulate, ca. 7 mm, rarely with short hairs; teeth linear, longer than tube, with dark brown glands at apex, upper 2 lobes almost connate. Corolla pink; standard 910 mm, lamina orbicular, with dense short hairs on back side, apex emarginate, claw ca. 1 mm; wings 1011 mm, claw ca. as long as lamina, ca. 1 mm; keel slightly shorter than wings, shortly clawed, without auricles. Ovary sessile, with dense short hairs. Pod narrowly oblong, 1820 Χ ca. 5 mm, slightly inflated, with dense spreading long hairs. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug.
Dry slopes; ca. 1800 m. Gansu [Mongolia].
丽豆属 li dou shu
Zhu Xiangyun (朱相云), Kai Larsen
Shrubs or subshrubs. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 213 pairs, leathery, entire, without stipels; stipules large, lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, membranous or herbaceous, adnate to base of petiole. Raceme 4- or more flowered; bracts and bractlets rarely persistent. Calyx tubular, oblique on pedicel, 5-lobed, almost equal to or upper 2 lobes connate. Corolla yellow, large; standard ovate or suborbicular, erect, reflexed at margins; wings obovate-oblong or subfalcate; keel incurved, equal to wings, blunt at apex. Stamens diadelphous; anthers orbicular. Ovary sessile, with glandular hairs or pubescent; style filiform, glabrous at upper part, white long appressed pilose; stigma small. Pod cylindric or linear, pubescent or with glandular hairs, acute at apex, 1-loculed, pubescent or glabrous inside, 2-valved, with persistent calyx; seeds subreniform, without caruncle. Basic chromosome number x=8.
Five species: Russia to C Asia; three species in China [two endemic].
Calophaca tianschanica (B. Fedtsch.) Boiss. was recorded from Xinjiang, but no specimens were available to us.
1a. Pod without glandular hairs ............................................................................ 1. C. chinensis
1b. Pod with glandular hairs.
2a. Stipules 58 mm; peduncles with dense lanugo; calyx ca. 10 mm, with appressed sericeous hairs 2. C. soongorica
2b. Stipules ca. 20 mm; peduncles with glandular and white long hairs; calyx 1520 mm, with glandular and white long hairs ....................................................................................................... 3. C. sinica
华丽豆 hua li dou
Shrubs, small, 2040 cm tall. Stems with many branches; bark bright, glabrous, with pale yellow grains; young branches with dense short hairs, pale brown. Leaves 24 cm, leaflets 25 pairs; stipules connate at base, brown, linear, 45 mm, with dense short hairs, apex acuminate; leaflets gray-white, orbicular or ovate, 49 Χ 36 mm, leathery, both surfaces with dense appressed hairs, veins conspicuous, base rounded, apex shortly acute. Inflorescences subcapitate, 4- or 5-flowered; peduncles hard, 34 cm, with dense spreading long hairs; bracts 24 mm, base triangular, apex acuminate; bracteoles 2, ovate or oblong, 12 mm, abaxially with dense short hairs, early deciduous. Flowers ca. 20 mm; pedicels 12 mm, with dense hairs. Calyx broadly campanulate, 79 mm, with short white hairs, slightly gibbous at base; teeth triangular-lanceolate, 1/31/2 as long as tube, both sides with dense hairs. Corolla yellow; standard ca. 20 mm, outside with dense hairs; lamina orbicular, ca. 15 mm wide, apex emarginate, base broadly cuneate, claw ca. 4 mm; wings ca. 18 mm, lamina ca. 14 Χ 5 mm, outside rarely with white hairs, enlarged at apex, truncate or obtuse, with edges, narrowed at base; auricles ca. 1.5 mm, claw ca. 5 mm, incurved; keel ca. as long as wings, outside rarely with white long hairs, lamina ca. 6 mm wide, truncate at apex; auricles short and blunt, claw ca. 7 Χ 2 mm. Stamens diadelphous, 1518 mm; anthers orbicular, ca. 0.5 mm in diam. Ovary oblong, with appressed white hairs; style with semi-appressed hairs, glabrous at apex. Pod 1518 Χ ca. 5 mm wide in upper part, with dense white short hairs, with beak at apex; seeds olive-green, elliptical-reniform, ca. 3 Χ 2 mm, glabrous, smooth. Fl. JulAug, fr. Aug.
* Sunny slopes; meadows within Spiraea, Artemisia, and Poa; 9001400 m. Xinjiang.
新疆丽豆 xin jiang li dou
Calophaca hovenii Schrenk.
Shrubs or small shrubs, 20100 cm tall. Stems with many branches; bark pale gray-yellow, glabrous, dehiscent; young branches pale brown, sericeous or with lanugo. Leaves 37 cm, leaflets 35 pairs, axis and petiole rarely with short hairs; stipules pale brown, linear-lanceolate, 58 mm, membranous, rarely with short hairs; leaflets blue-gray with ceraceous layer, orbicular or narrowly orbicular-elliptical, 414 Χ 410 mm, both surfaces with veins protruding, rarely with appressed short hairs, base rounded, apex blunt, [with small acute??]. Inflorescences 58-flowered; peduncles hard, 710 cm, with dense lanugo. Flowers ca. 25 mm; pedicels 24 mm; bracteoles 2, pale brown, triangular, 23 mm, with dense silky appressed hairs. Calyx campanulate, ca. 10 mm, outside rarely with dense silky hairs, inside rarely with silky appressed hairs, base oblique; teeth triangular-lanceolate or triangular, ca. 1/2 as long as calyx. Corolla yellow, pale brown when dry; standard 2025 mm, outside with dense short hairs, lamina orbicular, shortly clawed, apex emarginate; wings slightly shorter than wings, lamina oblong; keel shorter than wings. Pod narrowly cylindric, 2030 Χ 68 mm, with acute hard glandular appressed hairs, with short hairs on back side, segments disciform; seeds dark brown, reniform, 36 Χ 24 mm, glabrous, smooth. Fl. JulAug, fr. JulAug.
Sunny slopes in valleys, among shrubs; 13001400 m. Xinjiang [C Asia - list countries??].
丽豆 li dou
Shrubs, small, 2040 cm tall. Stems many branched; bark bright, glabrous, with pale yellow grains; young branches with dense short hairs, pale brown or caesious[??]. Leaves 29 cm, leaflets 25 pairs; stipules connate at base, brown, linear, ca. 20 mm, with dense short hairs, apex acuminate; leaflets gray-white, orbicular or ovate, 1025 Χ 718 mm, leathery, both surfaces with dense appressed hairs, veins conspicuous, base rounded, apex shortly acute. Inflorescences subcapitate, 4- or 5-flowered; peduncles hard, 512 cm, with dense spreading long hairs; bracts 24 mm, base triangular, apex acuminate; bracteoles 2, ovate, linear, or oblong, ca. 5 mm, abaxially with dense short hairs, early deciduous. Flowers ca. 25 mm; pedicels 36 mm, with dense hairs. Calyx broadly campanulate, 1520 mm, with short white hairs, slightly gibbous at base; teeth triangular-lanceolate, 1/31/2 as long as tube, both sides with dense hairs. Corolla yellow; standard ca. 25 mm, outside with dense hairs, lamina orbicular, ca. 15 mm wide, apex emarginate, base broadly cuneate, claw ca. 4 mm; wings ca. 22 mm, lamina ca. 14 Χ 5 mm, outside rarely with white hairs, enlarged at apex, truncate or obtuse, with edges, narrowed at base; auricles ca. 1.5 mm, claw ca. 5 mm, incurved; keel ca. as long as wings, outside rarely with long white hairs, lamina ca. 6 mm wide, truncate at apex; auricules short and blunt, claw ca. 7 Χ ca. 2 mm. Stamens diadelphous, 1518 mm; anthers orbicular, ca. 0.5 mm in diam. Ovary oblong, with white appressed hairs; style with semi-appressed hairs, glabrous at apex. Pod 1545 Χ ca. 9 mm wide in upper part, with dense white short hairs, and with glandular hairs, with beak at apex; seeds olive-green, elliptical-reniform, ca. 3 Χ 2 mm, glabrous, smooth. Fl. MayJun, fr. JunAug.
* Northern valley slopes, among shrubs, dunes of loess; 9001800 m. Nei Mongol, Shanxi.
铃铛刺属 ling dang ci shu
Zhu Xiangyun (朱相云), Kai Larsen
Shrubs, deciduous. Leaves paripinnate; rachis extending into spine after leaflets have fallen; stipules persistent, and then becoming spines. Raceme growing on reproductive wings, few flowered; peduncle long, slender. Calyx campanulate, base oblique, 5-lobed; teeth very short. Corolla pale purple or purple-red; standard suborbicular, slightly reflexed at margins; wings clawed, claw equal to auricle; keel semi-circular, blunt at apex, slightly incurved. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary funiculate, inflated; style incurved; stigma small. Pod inflated, valve thick. Basic chromosome number x=8.
One species: Europe and Turkey to Central Asia and China.
铃铛刺 ling dang ci
Robinia halodendron Pallas, Reise Russ. Reich. 2: 741. 1773 [1770??]; Caragana argenta Lamarck; Halimondendron argenteum (Lamarck) de Candolle; H. argenteum var. albiflora Karelin & Kirilov; H. halodendron var. albiflorum (Karelin & Kirilov) Prjachin.
Shrubs, 0.52 m tall. Bark dark gray-brown, with many branches, with vegetative and reproductive branches, reproductive branches brown to gray-yellow, sulcate, glabrous, young branches with dense white appressed hairs. Axis persistent, spine-shaped; petiole very short; leaflets oblanceolate, 1.23 cm Χ 610 mm, with dense silver-white hairs at first, then glabrous, base cuneate, apex rounded or emarginate, [with acute??]. Racemes 25-flowered; pedicels 1.53 cm, with dense long silky appressed hairs. Pedicels 57 mm, slender; flowers purple or white, 11.6 cm; bracteoles subulate, ca. 1 mm. Calyx 56 mm, with dense appressed hairs, base oblique, 5-lobed; teeth triangular. Standard slightly reflexed at margins, ca. as long as wings; wings slightly longer than keel. Ovary glabrous, long funiculate. Pod applanate, dorsal and ventral line impressed, 1.52.5 Χ 0.51.2 cm, without septa, with a short beak; seeds reniform. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug.
Salinized sands, saline soils along rivers, forests. Gansu, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang [Mongolia, Russia].
[1] Chinese National Herbarium, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, People's Republic of China