Se PY a 
48 BOTANICON SINICUM, 
The latter is a common plant in the Peking mountait 
It is very spiny. The leaves very variable in shape. Flo 
heads small, of a pale violet colour, All the Eastern A 
Species of Atractylis are now generally reduced to one speci 
A. ovata. [See Ind. Fl. sin., I, 459.] 
13.—f] FH hou tsi. P., XU, 16.—7., CLXVL. 
Pen king :—Kou tsi (dog’s backbone) or Fy *Y YP 
(hundred branches), The root js officinal. Taste bi 
Nature uniform. Non-poisonous. 
Pie lu :—The kou tsi, also called Wik BF Kiang lai (worm! 
back), FR fj fu hin, 3B fu kai, grows in Ch‘ang ie: 
[in Chi li, App. 8] in river valleys. The root is dug up! 
the 2nd and 8th months and dried in the sun. ‘ 
_ Wu Py [8rd cent.] ‘—It is also called Hq FF Kou ts 
The root of the kou tsi resembles the pi hiai [Smilaz. 
jo and is prickl 
sh 
fared colour, The root is yellowis 
ie white, resembles the bamboo-root, is covered with hair. ; 
‘ —The kou tsi is a common plant i 
resembles the pa kai [Smilax Chint 
ro as prickly, the leaves are round and 
have red veins, The root presents protuberances and excava 
tions, resembles a ram’s horn, | | 
Su Kung [7th cent.] The hou tsi is a medicinal plan 
_ the mountains. It 
a bit Suva [11th cent.]:—The hou tsi is found in the 
bi Hang mountain ‘Tange (between Chi li and Shan 
