960 118. ARISTOLOCHIACE. 
antes, crassissimi, minute papillosi, longe bicornuti vel bifidi, 
stigmate dorsali brevi oblongo.— Hemsl. in Gard. Chron. 8rd 
series, vii. p. 422. 
Huren: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (A. Henry, 
3369!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
‘Occurs in glens about Ichang Gorge on sides of cliffs, always 
some distance up. It is the ‘ Ma-ti-hsiang' (7. e. horse-hoof 
fragrance) of the Chinese, and the root is used in medicine."— 
Dr. A. Henry. 
/ 7. Asarum pulchellum, Hemsl. 
Herba fere undique pilis elongatis multicellularibus monili- 
formibus pulchellis vestita, rhizomate repente, caulibus vel ramu- 
lis brevibus adscendentibus sæpius bifoliatis unifloris. Folia 
papyracea, longe petiolata, ovato-cordata vel rotundato-cordata, 
absque petiolo 2-3 poll. diametro, obtusa vel subacuta, preecipue 
subtus pilosa, venis primariis paucis inconspiculs; petiolus crassus, 
dense pilosus, usque ad 6 poll. longus. Flores pulchelli, extus 
atro-rubri intus rosei (teste Henry), parvi, circiter 6 lineas longi, 
breviter graciliterque pedunculati ; periauthium pilosum, subcar- 
nosum, fere ad basin squaliter trilobatum, medio constrictum, 
lobis rotundatis leviter undulatis; stamina uniformia, stylum sub- 
tequantia, filamentis brevibus crassis, antheris breviter appendicu- 
latis omnibus extrorsis; styli ad apicem connati, stigmate disci- 
formi.— Hemsl. in Gard. Chron. 3rd series, vii. p. 422. 
Hvrrn: among stones in one spot in Antelope glen, Ichang 
(A. Henry, 7800!). Herb. Kew. 
S. Asarum Sieboldi, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 
p. 184; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 417; Baker et S. 
Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 386. 
Asarum heterotropoides, Fr. Schmidt, Reisen in Amurl. und Ins. Sach. 
p. 171. 
SHINGKING : Kwaudien (Joss !), Laoling (Webster!) ; COREA : 
Soul mountains (Carles!) ; Hurrn: South Patung (A. Henry, 
5392A!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Mandshuria and Japan. 
“ Hsi-Hsin—root is valued as a drug." — Dr. A. Henry. Tn the 
province of Shingking, according to Ross and Webster, it is 
ealled wild or sham ginseng. 
1. Saruma Henryi, Oliver in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1895; Hemsl. in 
Gard. Chron. 9rd series, vii. p. 422. 
