EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 61 
94.—3% Tan ; $3 HE Ch‘en fun. 
Kuo P‘o:—It is found in the mountains. The leaves 
resemble those of the 4E Kiu (Allium odorum). Another 
name is #2 ff 7 mu. 
Hine Pixe :—It is a medicinal plant, also called Ay iE 
Chi mu. The Pen ts‘ao gives more than ten synonyms. 
Tao Hune-Kine says it resembles the & jf Ch‘ang p‘u 
(Acorus), and is flexible. 
P., XUa, 39, chi mu, and Ch., VIL, 41, rough drawing. 
- Root used in medicine. TaTaRINoy, Catal. med. sin. 16, 
chi mu, Radix Anemarrhene asphodeloidis. Haxpury, Scient. 
Papers, 259, describes and figures the rhizome of this plant 
beset with rufous hairs. This liliaceous plant is common in 
the Peking mountains. It has long linear lanceolate radical 
leaves. The scape is 3-4 feet high with a long terminal spike 
of small brownish violet flowers. 
| So moku, IT, 14, and Phon zo, V, 20, 21, Al BE Anemar- 
—-vhena asphodeloides, Bge. 
£., 129, family 5] $f. The three very different figures are 
copies from S., II, 27, The first figure is probably intended for 
the same as the first in E., 140, family @ B& (Adenophora), 
where EE is one of the synonyms. One of the figures may 
mean A nemarrhena. 
Fap., 153. C., 136. Sm.,17; but Sm., 57, Chelidonium majus. 
Where in China is Ch. called so ? 
95H Yu; Fy Si. 
Kuo P*o :—It is now called = FR Tse si. 
‘Hive Ping :—The Pen ts‘ao calls it i# i Tse sie, also 
KB Shui sie. Other names R if Ki sie, BAF Mang yi, 
a) i Ku sie. Tao Hung-x1e says :—its leaves are narrow 
and long ; it grows in shallow water, . | 
te P,, XIX, 1, tse sie, a water-plant, 7’se sie is the vulgar 
pane of our common Alisma plantago, which in Northern 
China is frequently seen in water-ditches, The roots produce 
