pThis eighth volume describes 272 species of 13 families of medicinal plants, which are commonly used in Chinese medicine. The most important species are Adenophora stricta, Adenophora tetraphylla, Codonopsis pilosula, Codonopsis tangshen and Platycodon grandiflorus of Campanulaceae Lobelia chinensis of Lobeliaceae Hyoscyamus niger, Lycium barbarum and Lycium ruthenicum of Solanaceae Cuscuta australis, Cuscuta chinensis, Erycibe obtusifolia of Convolvulaceae Lagotis brevituba, Rehmannia glutinosa, Scrophularia ningpoensis of Scrpophulariaceae Aeginetia indica, Cistanche deserticola, Cistanche of Orobanchaceae Campsis grandiflora, Oroxylum indicum of Bignoniaceae Andrographis paniculata, Strobilanthes cusia of Acanthaceae Callicarpa formosana, Callicarpa kwangtungensis, Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum, Clerodendrum fortunatum, Verbena officinalis, Vitex trifolia of Verbenaceae Agastache rugosa, Ajuga decumbens, Clerodendranthus spicatus, Clinopodium chinense, Glechoma longituba, Lamiophlomis