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stand opposite. The leaves resemble elm-leaves but are 
narrower and longer, serrated on the margin. In the 
7th month the flowers appear. They are of a dark red 
colour and resemble (the flower-head) a mulberry. The root 
is black outside, red internally, resembles the willow root. 
Li Sai-cnen:—The Wai tan fang (alchemistic pre- 
scriptions) says, the ¢ ya is also called suan che [sour che, 
», supra] for it is of a sour taste and of a brown colour. The 
same name is still applied to the ti yi by the people in Ki 
chou [in Hu pei, App. 121, Li Snai-cury’s native place]. 
It is sometimes erroneously written swan tsao (sour jujube). 
The rade drawings of the t/ yd as given in the Aiu huang 
[XLVI, 30] and in the Ch. [VILI, 4] seem to be intended 
for Sanguisorba officinalis, L. (Poterium), the Burnet, with 
which the above Chinese description agrees, 
Tatar., Cat., 21:—Ti ya, Rad. Hedysari.—P. Smira, 
110. 
Cust. Med., p. 350 (150):—7i yé exported 1885 from 
Canton to other Chinese ports 47 piculs,—p. 146 (116), from 
from Shanghai, 8 piculs.—ZJbid., p. 482 (1,273) Places of 
production : Che kiang, Kuang tung, Kuang si. 
Our common burnet is a commen plant in North and 
Mid China. In the Peking mountains it is known by the 
name of ti yt. The Canton drug may be yielded by another 
plant, for in the Znd. Fl. sin, [I, 246] no Poterium is 
reported from South China. 
Kwa wi, 29 :—HD hy or =E BE Sanguisorba officinalis. 
So moku, U1, 24:—Hb fy Poterium officinale, which is the same. 
20.—F} BB tan shen. P., XIlb, 32.—T., CLVL 
Pen king:—Tan shen (cinnabar coloured ginseng), 
2B Wa BE hi ch‘an ts‘ac. The root is officinal. Taste bitter. 
Nature slightly cold. Non-poisonous. 
