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14. Adenosma R. Brown, Prodr. 442. 1810.
毛麝香属 mao she xiang shu
Herbs, erect or creeping, blackened when dry, villous with eglandular hairs, some with glandular hairs, frequently aromatic. Leaves opposite; leaf blade glandular punctate, margin serrate. Flowers short pedicellate or sessile, in racemes, spikes, or heads, sometimes solitary in axils of apical leaves. Bracteoles 2. Calyx deeply 5-lobed; upper lobe usually large. Corolla tubular; limb 2-lipped; lower lip spreading flat, 3(or 4)-lobed; upper lip erect, emarginate or entire. Stamens 4, didynamous, included; anther locules separate, short stipitate. Style entire or 2-lobed, apex dilated. Capsule ovoid to ellipsoid, septifragal, 4-valved, apex beaked. Seeds numerous, minute; seed coat reticulate.
About 15 species: S and SE Asia, China, Pacific Islands; four species in China.
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Flowers many, in globose or cylindric spikes |
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1 Adenosma indianum |
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Flowers solitary in leaf axils, or in terminal racemes. |
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Stems decumbent or creeping |
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2 Adenosma javanicum |
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Stems erect, sometimes basally slightly curved to decumbent. |
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Plants 30-100 cm tall; corolla 9-28 mm, upper lip lobes entire or emarginate |
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3 Adenosma glutinosum |
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Plants 3-35 cm tall; corolla ca. 4.5 mm, upper lip lobes deeply emarginate or notched |
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4 Adenosma retusilobum |
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