MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 95 
The description given of the si ch‘ang king by the 
ancient authors is not characteristic. A rude drawing of 
the plant is found in the Ch. [VI], 21]. Comp. Henry, 
Chin. pl., 154. 
So moku, IV, 30 :—# $ Vel Pyenostelma chinensis, 
Bge.—See also Kwa wi, 3d. 
The i Hl kui tu yu, which name in the Pen king 
is given as a synonym for the sd chiang king and also for 
the ch% tsien [wide 11], is considered by the authors who 
commented upon the ancient Materia Medica, to be a 
distinct plant which resembles the former only in its root. 
See P., XIII, 56. 
Su Kune [7th cent.| describes the hud tu yu as a plant 
with a single always moving stem, at the top of which the 
leaves are inserted like an umbrella.—Another author says 
that the flowers come out between the leaves and are of a 
yellowish white colour. It is figured in the Ch. [ VIII, 30] 
in accordance with the above description. 
So moku, XVI, 2:—¥ #6 Macroclinidium verticil- 
——_ latum, Franchet, a Composita. The leaves are arranged in 
whorl at the top of the stem. White flowers. 
44 — Fy ih pai wei. P., XU, 58 7, CLVIL 
Pen king :—Pai (white) wei, $f BE ch‘un ts‘ao (spring 
herb), The root is officinal. Taste bitter, saltish. Nature 
— Uniform, Non-poisonous. 
2 It Sai-cuen refers this plant to RA ya, 147. It has 
been rroneously identified by the commentators of the Rh ya 
| with the mang ts‘ao [see 158]. 
