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Henry, Chin. pl., 52 :-—Kie keng, Platycodon grandiflorum. 
Common in Hu peh. 
Cust. Med., p. 120 (7) :— Kie keng in 1885 exported from 
Chin kiang 2,162 piculs,x—p. 44 (5) from Che foo 138,— 
p. 96 (5), from Wu hu 60,—p. 22 (7), from Tien tsin 10.— 
Hank. Med., 3: Exported from Han kow. Places of pro- 
duction: An hui, Chi li, Hu nan, Hu peh, Sz ch‘uan. 
Amen, exot., 822 HE Hi hekko, vulgo kikjo and kirakoo. 
Rapunculus medicamentosus,  foliis oblongis denticulatis, 
Radice palmari, pingui, lactescente, multiplicis virtutis, & 
secundum in usu medico locum obtinente a radice nindsin 
(Ginseng) ; flore campanule, coeruleo,—Tapc. [Fl. jap. 88] 
identifies Kamprer’s plant with Campanula glauca, which 
is the same as Platycodon grandijlovrum. [See China Review, 
XV, p. 846.] 
So moku, Ill, 4:—Same Chinese name, Platycodon 
grandijtorum. 
EA huang tsing. P., Xia, 32.—T., CLIL. 
The above name appears first in the Pie lu. Synonyms 
given in the same work : 3 Af tw chu, BE Wr lu chu (deer 
bamboo), 9 g8 BE kin k‘tung ts‘ao (poor man’s reliet), HE PE 
chung lou, SE #& ki ko. The huang tsing is a mountain plant. 
The root is dug up in the second month and dried jn the shade, 
Its taste is sweet, its nature is uniform. N on-poisonous, 
T‘so Hung-Kine :—It is a common plant luxurious in 
foliage. The leaves resemble bamboo-leaves, but are shorter, 
The root resembles that of the wei jut (Polygonatum, see 
the next) and also the root of the #K t (a rush) and the 
ch‘any piu [Acorus, see 194]. It has large joints, is sue- 
culent. It is not commonly used in medicine, but the root 
is highly valued by Taoists. Root, leaves, flowers, fruit, 
