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20 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
in the mountains not far distant [the author lived, it seems, 
in Kien k‘ang, the present Nan king], but it is not good. 
Su Kone [7th cent.]:—The Ginseng which is now 
used comes chiefly from Kao li and Po tsi [v. supra}. That 
which grows on the Tsz‘ t‘uan shen mountain of the Kit 
Trai hang range [App. 823] in Lu chou [in 8.6. Shan si, 
App. 204] is ealled 3 Bl B 7s t'uan shen. 
Han Pao-sHeye [10th cent. |: —Now Ginseng is produced 
in Ts‘in chou [in S.E. Shan si, App. 362], in Liao chote 
[in 8.E. Shan si, App. 190], in Tse chou [in S.E. Shan si, 
App. 345], in P‘ing chou [in Chi li, App. 255], in I chow 
[in Chi li, App. 101], in Tan chou [in Chi li, App. 329], 
in Yu chou [present Peking, App. 411], in Kui chou [in 
N. Chi li, App. 168], in Ping chou [App. 253]. All these 
prefectures are situated near the T & 
Li Siw [8th cent. |:—The Ginseng with which the king 
dom of Sin lo [in S. Corea, App. 811] pays tribute has hands 
and feet and resembles a man. It is above a foot long. 
It is kept pressed between boards of shan mu [see Bot. sity 
HT, 228), bound and wrapped up with red silk. The 
Ginseng of Sha chou [App. 266] has a small short root and 
ai hang range. 
is not of any practical value, 
V, supra}. The plant begins to shoot : 
und in the depths of the mountains in 
Srowing beneath the kia tree [r. supra] 
(varnish) tree. When the plant is young and 
con oS inolee high it shoots forth a branch with 
in the spring. It is fo 
shady, moist places, 
and the ts‘ 
