116 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
App. 391], that it has purple flowers and no seeds. The 
root used in medicine. All these names according to Li SH- 
CHEN refer to the tu jo. The larger sort is called hao 
liang kiang, the smaller tu jo. In the T'ang period the tu jo 
was brought as tribute from Hia chou [v. supra]. 
Ch. XXV, 9:—Tu jo. Representation of a Zingi= 
beracea, probably an Alpinia, FE #¥ liang hiang is given as 
& synonym, 
So moku, VII, 13:—#k 3 Pollia japonica, Hornst, 
(Commelinacec). 
56.—Il] ¥€ shan kiang. P., X1Va, 31. 7., XLIIL 
As we have seen, Li Sai-cuen takes the shan kiang or 
mountain ginger to be the same as the tu jo, but in the next 
_ article he describes it as a distinct plant, of which the root, 
the flowers and the seed are officinal. 
T‘ao Hune-xKinc :—The eastern people (Hast China) 
call it shan kiang. In the south it is called Sf Hi mei ts‘ao 
(beautiful plant). 
Caen Kuan [7th cent. ]:—The root and the whole plant 
of the shan kiang much resemble ginger, but it (the root) 
is larger, has the smell of camphor-wood. The southern 
people eat it. There is one sort which is called chao ts: 
kiang. It is of a yellow colour, very pungent, acrid and 
strong [compare above, 55]. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—The shan kiang is produced in 
Kiu chen [in Cochinchina, App. 154] and Kiao chi [Cochin- 
china, App. 133], but it is also found in Min [Fu kien, 
App. 222] and Kuang [Kuang tung and Kuang si, App- 
160]. The Ling piao lu i [Trang dynasty] says, regard- 
ing this plant :—The stem and the leaves all resemble — : 
the ginger-plant, but the root is not much eaten. The 
flowers resemble those of the tou kon (Cardamom. See 58], 
