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ylropinet. L. P. Sutra, Chin. Materia Medica, ete., 175, 
thinks that it is rather Polygonum aviculare, L. which 
Lovreztro, 297, calls vien suc. 
The plant figured in the Phun zo, XX, 14v. sub. -_— 
has not been determined. 
The corresponding drawing in the Rh ya represents 
[erroneously] a pink. 
E., 144, family Ja 
The heading from the Rh ya should be Tf ; me 
The figure seems to indicate a Polygonum, may be P. aviculare, L. 
[ Fap., 1686]. The figure in S., IV, 32, is almost the same. 
A., XV, 170, gives P. aviculare and P. plebejum, Br. All these 
and similar species are probably meant. 
[Z., 162, family Sf -F. 
The synonym fa ff (without tt) occurs ; this is Belemcanda 
chinensis, Lam., H. 370, C., 1020, and has nothing to do with the 
classics.] 
59.—Je Chen ; $¢ WE Han tsiang (cooling juice). 
Kuo P‘o :—This plant is now called HE Fi suan tsiang 
ts‘ao (acid juice). In Kiang tung they call it # jt 
ku chen (bitter chen). 
Hine Pine:—The Pen ts‘ao terms it BE WE ts‘u tsiang 
(vinegar juice) T‘ao Hune-xKine states that it is a common 
plant near dwelling-places. The leaves are eaten. The fruit 
is a capsule (bladder) within which is a berry of a yellowish 
red colour, resembling a plum. 
P., XVI, 33, sub. suan tsiang. Lt Sut-cHen states that the 
red fruit is enclosed within a five-angled bladder resembling a 
lantern, This agrees well with the fruit of the winter cherry, 
Physalis Alkekengi, L, a common plant in. Northern China, 
called also teng lung tsao (lantern plant) and hung ku niang 
(red girl). This plant is well figured under the above 
Chinese name suan tsiang in the Ch., XI, 48, and in the 
So moku, U1, 48, | ta 
