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Pie lu:—The chi mu is also called #4 Py k‘u sin (bitter 
heart), 5a HL rh ts‘ao. It grows in the river valleys (plains) 
of Ho nei [S.E. Shan si, App. 77]. The root is dug up 
in the 2nd and 8th months and dried in the sun. 
T‘ao Hune-Kinc:—Now the chi mu is met with in 
Peng ch‘eng [in Kiang su, App. 247]. It (the root) 
resembles the ch‘ang p‘u [Acorus, see 195]. The leaves 
are succulent and have a great vitality, and even when dried 
by fire the plant survives. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—The plant is found in the pre- 
fectures of Pin chou [in Shan tung, App. 251], Ho chou 
[in Kan su, App. 73], in Huai chou [in Ho nan, App. 93], 
in Wei chou [in Ho nan, App. 381], Chang te [in Ho nan, 
App. 5], likewise in Kie chou [in Shan si, App. 135], Chtn 
chou [in An hui, App. 25]. In the 4th month it opens 
its green. flowers resembling those of Allium. In the 
8th month its fruit is formed. 
Under the name of chi mu the Ch. (VII, 41] figures 
three different plants, all bad drawings. One of them 
represents a plant with lanceolate leaves and may perhaps 
be intended for Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Bge., which 
plant in the Peking mountains, where it is common, is known 
as chi mu. ! 
Taran, Cat., 16:—Chi mu, Radix Anemarrhenw aspho- 
deloides et Ditiicias. —GavuceEr [42] describes and figures 
the chi mu, He says: Rhizomes of a monocoty] plant, havi ing 
the appearance of the root of Acorus Calamus. Comp. also 
Han., Se. pap., 259. 
P,. Swrrn [57] identifies the ch’ mu erroneously with 
Chelidonium. 
Cust. Med., p. 22 (9):—Chi mu exported 1885 from 
Tientsin to other Chinese ports 2,490 piculs.—A small 
quantity is also exported from Chefoo, p. 44 (6).—P. 436 
(186) :—Place of production : Chi li. 
