age 
(LEX, 27] and in Ch, [IH, 46]. 
Ges : ¥ ager a e 
three cornered, containing small seeds. Under the above 
180 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Amen. evot., 891, 8 rio, vulgo tade. Persicaria vulgaris 
acris. Hydropiper, cujus folia indigenis pro pipere serviunt. 
So moku, VIL, 57, 3 or $F BE (pungent liao) Poly- 
gonum hydropiper.  Ibidem, 63, F& 38 (horse’s Polygonum) 
P. persicaria, L. Comp. also Ch., XI, 59. 
£., 58, v. supra, 102. 
S., VIE,3.; Swz., 198. A., XV, 169. 
Fap., 1686, Polygonum aviculare, L., a % . 
5s ce LOR, = Bistorta, L., AS BE. 
» 1688, _ Blumei, Meisn., 5 zB. 
» 1690, RS chinense, L., Hig Ht Fi - 
ig. 3692, » .- cuspidatum, S. & Z., FE ft. 
x 8604; is Jiliforme, & #4 Hi. 
» 1695, 5 flaccidum, Roxb , mK RB. 
» 1698, ee lapathifolium,; Ait, var. incanum, Led., 
» 1701, Polygonum multiforum, Thog., fi] B Be 
» 3704, : orientale, L., var. pilosum, Meisn., i H- 
= perfoliatum, L., #L MR in - 
eo OR ZES, ay strigosum, R. Br., 4é #7. 
pry E716, tS Thunbergii, S.-& Z.y var: hastato-trilobum, — 
Fr.& S., 3 BR. 
» 1717, Polygonum tinctorium, Lour., Bz. 
» 1873, Rheum undulatum, ., Kk i- 
367.—The 3§ tsi plant mentioned once in the Shi king, 6 : 
been correctly identified by Leaar with the “ shepherd's _ 
purse,” Capsella bursa pastoris, Monch. Page 56 :—The 
sow-thistle is as sweet as the shepherd’s purse. It isa common 
Plant in China, and still much used as a pot-herb. See 
the Rh ya, 108 and 18. In P., XXVUL, 4, it is deseribed a 
an herbaceous, edible plant with white flowers The fruit 0 
silicle (Z@) resembling the # ping (duckweed, Lemna) 
Bok a 1705, 
Chinese names the plant is figured in the Kiu huang 
