94 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
between the leaves. The root resembles that of the si sin 
[Asarum. See 40] but is of a black colour, bitter and 
poisonous. It is dug up in the 2nd month and dried in 
the sun. 
It Sut-cen adds that the plant is also called #% 
il 3 chang rh si sin. Chang rh (—=deer’s ear) refers to 
the shape of the leaves. 
Ch., VIII, 29 :—Ki ki. Representation of a plant with 
leaves in accordance with the above description. 
So moku, If, 49 :—J&% B, Chloranthus serratus, Roem. 
& Sch.—DC. Prodr. [XVI, 1, 475]. Caule simplici ultra- 
pedali herbaceo . .. . foliis 4 approximatis . . . . See also — 
Kwa wi, 12. 
Sres., Jeon. ined., VII —Je GB Tricercandra quadrifolia, 
A. Gray. (Same as Chloranthus japonicus, Sieb.), known 
also from China. 
43.—R Fe YE) st ch‘ang king. P., XU, 57. 7., CLXX1L 
Pen king :—Sii ch‘ang King, YB, 2% BR kui tu yu. The 
root is officinal. Taste pungent and bitter. Nature uniform. 
Non-poisonous. 
As Ii Sut-cuen explains, Si Chiang k‘ing is properly 
the name of a man, a physician in whose memory the plant 
was named. In the Index of the Pen king we find besides 
sit ch‘ang king also a name of a plant 4 PF ££ Ja) shi lua 
ch‘ang king, which name seems to refer to its growing 
beneath (among) stones. Some ancient authors consider 1t 
identical with the sa ch‘ang king, others say it is a distinct 
plant. 
Pie lu:—The sii ch‘ang k‘ing grows on the T‘ai shan 
mountain [in Shan tung, App. 322], also in Lung si [in 
Kan su, App. 216]. It is dug up in the 3rd month. The 
shi hia ch‘ang king grows likewise in Lung si, in marshes. 
