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Lour., Fil. cochin., 127:— Anchusa officinalis, radice 
longa, rubra. Sinice ¢su tsao.—Tarvar., Cat., 61 :—~—Tsz' ts‘ao. 
Rad. Anchuse.—Gaucer [48] describes and figures the root. 
Henry, Chin. pl., 508:—In Hu pei tsz* ts‘ao is 
Lithospermum erythrorhizon.—Ind. Fl. sin., U1, 154. 
Cust. Med., p. 60 (40) :—Tsez‘ ts‘ao exported 1885 from 
I chang to other Chinese ports 73 piculs,!’—p. 8 (65) from 
New chwang 27 piculs,—p. 354 (203) from Canton 2 piculs.— 
Hank. Med., 48 :—Exported from Han kow. 
Regarding L. erythrorhizon in Japan see Bot. sin., 
Il, 142, 
24.—F4 Fi Fy pai tou weng. P., XII, 38. T., CLXXIL 
Pen king:—Pai t‘ou weng (the gray head), BF 2K A 
ye chang jen (wild old man), #4 = (Hi FF hu wang shi che 
(barbarian prince’s envoy), Root and flowers used in 
medicine. Taste of the root bitter. Nature warm. Non- 
poisonous. 
Pie lu :—The pai t‘ou weng, also called AE faf BE nai ho 
ts‘ao, grows in Kao shan [in Kiang su, App. 118], in 
mountain valleys and in waste places. It is dug up in the 
4th month. 
T‘ao Hune-Kine :—It is a common plant. Near the 
root it is covered with a soft down and thus resembles the 
gray head of an old man, whence the above names. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—Its leaves resemble those of the 
shao yo [Penia. See 52}, but are larger. It produces one 
stem, at the top of which is a purple flower resembling that 
of the mu kin [Hibiscus syriacus. See Rh ya, 6]. The 
" The export from I chang of 73 piculs is = FB ten pi, which seems 
to be a different substance from tzi ts‘ao. ‘The point at any rate requires 
elucidation—A, HENRY. 
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