62 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Pie lu :—The tsz‘ shen is also called i fees! ch‘ang, : 
Ki fF ma hing, HE chung jung. It grows in Ho si [West 
of the Yellow River, App. 79] and in the mountain valle 
of Yiian kii [in Shan tung, App. 415]. The root is dug 
up in the 3rd month. After drying by fire it becomes purple, ; 
Tao Hune-xine says that it is not mach used in 
medicine. g 
The ancient authors give confused contradictory a 
of the plant. Some say it resembles in its leaves the Sorre 
(Rumew), others liken the flowers to a Polygonum. The 70% 
when dried is of a dark purplish colour, the flesh witht 
is pale red. It resembles the root of the tsz‘ ts‘ao [Litho- 
spermum erythrorhizon. See 23] but is smaller. : 
Ch. VII, 44:—7;-+ shen. Rude drawing. <A quite 
different plant is represented under the same Chinese name 
in Ch. [XXIII, 31]. 
In the Peking mountains the name tse‘ shen is applied 
to the root of Polygonum bistorta, L. ; 
So moku, VII, 54 3B Polygonum bistorta, vate 
foliis ovatis and other varieties.— Pho, zo, VI, 20 v.—Same 
identification, 
_ The typical form of Polygonum bistorta is called @B 
Kian shen (fist ginseng in Chinese) in the So moku — 
[VII, 53].—Same identification in the Kwa wi [57]. 
The kan shen is mentioned in the P. [XIII, 63). 
This name appears first in the Tx king Pen ts‘ao [11th cent.}- 
The plant is said there to grow wild in Tsz‘ chou [in Shan 
tung, App. 367]. Its leaves resemble those of the yang @ 
[Rumer See 193], the root is like a lobster, and of @ : 
black colour. It is dug up in the 5th month.—The Kian — 
shen is not mentioned in the Ch, 
P, Surrx, 39 :—Bistort root, 
