90 ; BOTANICON SINICUM. 
38.— Hi ff ti kin (earth tendon). P., XII, % : 
L., CRXXVIII. a 
Pie lw:—Other names : BE kien ken, - Hf tu hin ; 
(earth tendon). The ti kin is produced in Han chung E 
[S. Shen si, App. 54]. The root is covered with hair a 
(radical fibres), It is dug up on the 3rd day of the ard : 
month. It is used in the Same way as the paz mao. ; 
Tao Hune-xine :—It (the root) is smaller than the ‘ 
pai mao. ae 
Lt Sut-cuen states (sub pai mao) that the kien a 
resembles the pai mao but it is longer. It grows in the 
mountains. It flowers in autumn (the pai mao in summer) 
When in seed it bears sharp pointed bristles which stick 
to clothes. The root is short, hard, like a small bamboo” 
root, jointless. As a medicine it is less potent than the pa 
mao root, 
For further particulars see Bot, sin., I, 460. 
29H WB lung tan. P., XIII, 50, T., CLEIV. 
Pen king :—Lung tan (dragon’s gall). The root ¥ 
officinal. Taste bitter and harsh, Nature very cold. Nom 
poisonous, a 
In the Kuang ya, BE HE ling yu is given as an old name — 
for lung tan. = 
Pie lu:—The 
lung tan grows in Ts k‘i [unknowD) 
App. 349] in mou 
ntain valleys, also in Yiian kii [in Sha : 
tung, App. 415}. The root is dug up in the 2nd, 8th, 1th 
and 12th months and dried in the shade. i 
Tao Hunc-Kry :—It is a common plant in Mid China — 
, The drug from Wu hing [in Che kiang, App. 390] is the 
- The root resembles that of the niu si [ Achyranthes : 
See 101], is €xceedingly bitter, 
