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    April 27

    荷與蓮

    蓮與荷

          到底是蓮花還是荷花,而蓮花與荷花有什麼不一樣。

          其實我們所稱的蓮花與荷花指的是同一種植物(但是該種植物仍然有許多的品種),周敦頤的愛蓮說的「出污泥而不染」;王冕所畫的「荷花」,指的是同一種植物。但為什麼有人說荷花?有人說蓮花?本草綱目上指出「其華曰荷」、「其實曰蓮」(即種子稱為蓮子),所以荷及蓮指的是同種植物不同的部位。且中國人最喜愛音韻學,寫起文章來用荷用蓮所造成的效果會不一樣,如果我們說「愛荷說」好像覺得怪怪的,以致於造成今天的困擾。

     

     圖一:荷花  

    但是今天在花市面有好多「蓮花」長得和荷花一點都不像,其實那些是「睡蓮」,為同科(睡蓮科NYMPHAEACEAE)不同屬(蓮花為Nelumbo)、(睡蓮為Nymphaea)的植物,所以連堂兄弟都算不上。

     

     

    圖二: 睡蓮

          那蓮花和睡蓮如何區分,顧名思義「睡蓮」是「睡覺的蓮花」,所以她比較喜歡睡覺,所以葉子通常浮在水面上。而蓮花有浮葉及挺葉兩種,比較明顯的是挺葉,一片挺葉會帶上一枝花,花與葉看起來都挺出水面,故稱之「出污泥而不染」。下次人家說荷花及蓮花如何分辨,您應該回答是「荷花」和「睡蓮」如何分辨才對。

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