54 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
There is one kind of this plant in Sz chou {in An se 
- App. 319] with red flowers and a large root. Another kind 
is produced in Shang chou [in Shen si, App. 278]; it - ‘ 
black root. Now the siao ts‘ao, used in medicine in ancient 
times, is seldom employed, : 
Li Sui-cuEen :—There are two kinds of yian chi, one 
has larger, the other smaller leaves. The siao ts‘ao spoken 
of by Tso Hune-xine belongs to the latter, the pl 
mentioned by Ma Car is the large-leaved. It has red flowers. 
Ch. [VII, 13] yitan chi and Kin huang {UIII, 5] 
representations of Polygala, 
Taran. [ Cat., 31] yiian chi, Rad. Polygal tenuifolie.— 
The roots of the yuan chi described and figured in GAUGER, 
24.—P. Suira, 175, 
Cust. Med., p. 72 (84) :—Vuan chi exported 1835 from 
Han kow to other Chinese ports and Japan, 350 piculs,— 
p- 28 (78), from Tien tsin 150 piculs,—p. 48 (49), from 
Che foo 119 piculs,—small quantities from 1 chang, Chin- 
_kiang.—Ibid., p- 493 (1557) Places of production : North 
and Mid China. 
The drag yuan chi in China and Japan is yielded by 
Polygala sibirica (large-leaved), P, tenuifolia (small-leaved) _ 
and P, Japonica. For further particulars see Bot. sin., Il, 
194, 443. 
17. — FB EE yin yang huo. P., Xb, 24,— T., CLXXIX. 
: Pen king :— Ying yang huo, also Bi) Bij kang ts‘ien. The 
root and the leaves are officinal. Taste pungent. Nature 
cold. Non-poisonons 
Pie lu:-—The yin yang huo grows in Shang kiin [in | 
N.E. Shen si, App. 273] and in Yang shan [in N, China, 
App. 399], in mountain valleys, , | 
