72 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
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Others say that there are two sorts of k‘in, the # FE Ti ko 
which the white root is used, and the 3 Ff Chi ktin, (ved Ki 
of which the stems and leaves are employed for pickles or sal 
V. infra, 870, Cinanthe stolonifera. ils 
E., 65, family Ff. H. 67. Sm., 20, Apium graveolens ; 
Celery, parsley and watercresses, 
117.—f% Tsui ; 45 ZR Niu tui. 
Kuo P’o:—In Kiang tung its common name is niu th 
The plant grows more than a foot high ; it has a square 
long pointed leaves, ears with violet bluish flowers. 
people make an infusion of the plant and drink it. 
Hine Pine :—Cuene Hwan says that this is the % Ch 
the Shi king. [V. infra, 440, Rumex. | 
E., 64, family 7K, figure leaves of Rumzx. 
118.—¥§ Su ; 4 Niu shun (oslip). . 
Kvo P‘o :—The su is mentioned in the Shi king. Mao 
that it is the same as the yt #§ Shui si [v. 95, Alisma plant 
It resembles the # Bf Su tuan. The plant has joint 
inch apart. . 
The su twan is mentioned in P., XV, 45, and the 
is written there $j f. At Peking this name is app 
Dipsacus japonicus, Miq. The drawing in Ch., XI, 33,8 
seems to represent a Dipsacus. Huexry, Chinese Na 
Plants, 164, su tuan in Hupei is Dipsacus asper, Wall 
root of the su tuan, as the name indicates, is said to ha 
power of joining together broken bones. Comp. regar' 
medicinal virtues of this plant Mém. conc. les Chinois, . 
In Japan the Chinese name i Hf is re 7 
album, L. See So moku XI, 11. 
We are left in doubt what the sw, or oxlip Pp 
LV. infra 437. i 3 
a Hic copied f from S., 1, 43. C., 474 Dip. asper 
Lamium album, L., Var. barbatum. Fap., 1226, : ne 
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