30° BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Pie lu:—The hie keng, which is also called Ai pai | 
yao (white drug), #fi EL heny ts‘ao, grows in the mountain 
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valleys of Sung kao [in Ho nan, App. 317] and in Yiian 
pipiens 
‘it [in §.W. Shan tung, App. 415]. The root is dug up 
in the second month and dried in the sun. 
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Wo Pv [3rd cent. ]:—The hie keng is also called A 
li ju, FE Ig fu hu, 5} Il fang tu. Its leaves resemble those 
of the tsi ni [r. 5]. The stem is like a pencil of a purple — 
colour. It begins to grow in the second month. q 
T’ao Hune-Kine :—The hie keng is a common plant q 
in Mid China. The young plant can be eaten boiled. It | 
is also used as a vermifuge. The root is fraudulently 
substituted for the true Ginseng. | 
Su Sune [11th cent. |:—Its root is as thick as a finger, 
of a yellowish white colour. The plant grows one foot and : 
more high. Its leaves resemble apricot leaves but are longer, ’ 
and stand opposite, four together. Can be eaten boiled. 
In summer it opens its small blue fi 
of the Mien niu (Pharbitis). The root is dug up in the 
8th month. It has a heart [comp, above, sub, 3]. The root 
of the tsi né has no heart : 
ta BEI-OREN—The ie eng and the tei ni aro planl q 
of the same order. The difference is that the tsi ni is sweet 
and the kie keng is bitter. Therefore the tsi ni is also called : 
AH 5 HB tien (sweet) hie keng, ‘ 4 
_ _ the plant kie keng represented in the Ch. [VIII, 11] ~ 
1s Platycodon grandiflorum, A, DC.—See also Kin huang 
[XLVIL, 1}. Baa drawing, é' { 
ee drag hie keng is described and depicted in GAUGER — 
[49]. 4 
owers resembling those — 
2 Tatar, Cat., 58, hie keng. Radix Platycodonis grandi- 
Jlori—P, Saarn, 173, i se | 
