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yiian [in Shen si, App. 267], in marshes, also in Han tan 
[in Chi li, App. 56], Lang ye [in Shan tung, App. 178] 
and Shang ts‘ai [in Ho nan, App. 276]. The root is dug 
up in the 2nd and 10th months, and dried in the sun. 
Woe P*v [8rd cent.]:—The plant is also called [BJ 3% 
hui yin and Fy 2 po fe. The leaves are slender, round, 
dark green and yellowish white. In the 5th month it bears 
yellow flowers, in the 6th black fruits. 
T‘ao Huna-Kina observes that a place Sha yiian does 
not exist [comp. App. 267]. The best drug comes from 
Peng ch‘eng [in Kiang su, App. 247] and Lan ling [in 
Shan tung, App. 174] which is not far from Lang ye. It is 
also exported from Yii chou [App. 412]. A drug of an 
inferior quality is produced in Siang chou at the frontier of 
I yang hien {in Ho nan, App. 305, 107]. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The drug produced in Ts chou 
[in Shan tung, App. 348] and Lung shan [in Chi li, 
App. 213] is considered the best, but that from Tsz‘ chou 
[in Shan tung, App. 367], Yen chou [in Shan tung, 
App. 404] and Ts‘ing chou [in Shan tung, App. 363] is 
also good. The leaves resemble those of the mou hao 
(Artemisia, Bot. sin., II, 432] and the fu tsz* [ Aconitum. 
See 134]. T‘ao Huna-x1ve is wrong in stating that a place 
Sha yiian does not exist. Sha ytian lies south of Tung 
chou. But the drug which comes from that locality is 
inferior to that from the eastern provinces. 
Su Sune [llth cent.]:—It is a common plant in 
Mid China. Its leaves resemble the ts‘ing hao (Artemisia) 
_ but are shorter and smaller. When young they are of a 
_ purplish red colour. The people of Kiang tung, of Sung 
and Po® [in An hui, App. 124, 316, 259] eat the young 
* Or “ Po” in the country of Sung. [See App. 259.] 
