36 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
(jade bamboo). . It seems what Hansury had before him — 
were the rhizomes of a Polygonatum, but, having been misled 
by the Chinese name, he believed they belonged to a bambov. — 
P. Sarr identifies it chu and wei jw erroneously [p. 31] 
with bamboo rhizomes and (p. 175] with Polygonatum ( 
aviculare, 
Cust. Med., p. 48 (36) :-— Ya chu, exported 1885 from 
Chefoo to other Chinese ports 367 piculs,—p. 352 (169) — 
from Canton 160 piculs,—p. 26 (71) Tientsin 86,—p. 8 (68) 
New chwang 66,—p. 102 (73) Wu hu 41.—Smaller qua 
tities exported from Kiu kiang, Ning po.—P. 492 (1 547). ; 
Places of production : Manchuria, Chi li, Shan tung, An hui, — 
Che kiang, Sz ch‘uan, Kuang si. 
Step., (von, 75 ‘—Convallaria latifolia. Japonice 
hanemumasu.  Sinice Be HE. 
So moku 
(VI, 3] same Chin, name, Polygonatum vulgare, 
All. 
Polygonatum culgare is 
of Northern China. 
eaten by the natives, 
is probably derived fro 
’ common plant in the mountains 
The starchy mucilaginous root of it is 
The Chinese drug wei jui or yi chu 
m this species, 
9K BE chi mu, P., XMa, 39. 7, OXXIX. 
Pen king :—Chi mu, also written BE BE ch‘i mu, Other — 
names FF fi huo mu, Hy BB ti shen, 3ft PE len mu. Accord- 
ing to Lt Sut-cuey the second name (ch‘i mu) means, mother 
of the eggs of ants, and is derived from the resemblance of 
the seeds, when they first begin to germinate, to ant’s eggs. 
The root is officinal. Taste bitter. Nature cold. Non- 
Poisonons, 
For other ancient names see Rh ya, 94, 
