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Volume 23 of the illustrations series is devoted to 21 plant families. Among the families of marsh or emergent aquatic plants are: Acoraceae, containing Acorus calamus, from which medicinal products and oils are extracted; Alismataceae, with Sagittaria trifolia, known in China as cigu (Benevolent mushroom) and eaten there to celebrate the New Year; Cyperaceae, the "sedges and reeds" gathered " in the eighth month, " according to the Book of Poetry (Shih Ching) from thousands of years ago, and including Eleocharis dulcis, the water chestnut; Lemnaceae, with fronds of its species used as feed for domestic animals, fish, and fowl, and its green duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza and Wolffia globosa), which "sets forth its first leaves" in the fifth-century poetry of Hsieh Ling-yun. Other families of note included here are: Araceae, many of its Chinese species, e.g., Arisaema heterophyllum, Pinellia pedatisecta, and P.ternata, in medicinal use since ancient time, Amorphophallus, Colococasia, and Pistia, with tubers used for food, and the ornamental lily Arisaema jacquemontii; and Arecaceae, with a wide range of palm species grown in the tropical parts of China, among them Cocos nucifera, the coconut plant, an important source of oil (soap and margarine), coir (fiber for mats), and toddy (sugar-containing sap often fermented into an alcoholic drink) 

     

 

Preface Acknowledgments
Acoraceae菖蒲科chang pu ke
Araceae天南星科tian nan xing ke
Lemnaceae浮萍科fu ping ke
Alismataceae泽泻科ze xie ke
Butomaceae花蔺科hua lin ke
Hydrocharitaceae水鳖科shui bie ke
Scheuchzeriaceae冰沼草科bing zhao cao ke
Aponogetonaceae水蕹科shui weng ke
Juncaginaceae水麦冬科shui mai dong ke
Zosteraceae大叶藻科da ye zao ke
Potamogetonaceae眼子菜科yan zi cai ke
Zannichelliaceae角果藻科jiao guo zao ke
Ruppiaceae川蔓藻科chuan man zao ke
Cymodoceaceae丝粉藻科si fen zao ke
Burmanniaceae水玉簪科shui yu zan ke
Triuridaceae霉草科mei cao ke
Pandanaceae露兜树科lu dou shu ke
Corsiaceae白玉簪科bai yu zan ke
Arecaceae棕榈科zong lti ke
Typhaceae香蒲科xiang pu ke
Cyperaceae莎草科SUO cao ke
Index to Chinese Names
Index to Pinyin Names
Index to Scientific Names

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