120 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
has been derived from the Chinese hao lang kiang. It seems 
however more naturally to trace it in kulanjana, the Sanscrit 
name for Galangal. 
So moku; I, 10 >i BE # Alpinia allied to A. chi- 
nensis.—Phon zo, 1X, 20, 21:—Same Chinese name, same 
identification. 
98.— tH tou Mou. P., A1Va,. 35. 7, OXLViL 
Pie lw:—The tou kou grows in Nan hai [Southern Sea, 
App. 228]. Seeds and flowers used in medicine. 
In the Wan fang i wu chi it is called Hai [| lou Kou. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The plant resembles the shan 
kiang [see 56]. The flowers are yellowish white. The root 
and the seeds resemble the tu jo [see 55]. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—The #%  # ts‘ao (herbaceous) 
tow Kou is a common plant in Ling nan [S. China, App. 
197]. It grows like a reed. The leaves resemble those of 
the shan kiang. The root is like the root of the kao liang 
kiang [see 57]. The flowers” open in the 2nd month, 
they are in spikes at the bottom of the stem. The young 
leaves are rolled up. The flowers are of a reddish colour, 
darker at the end of the spike. Gradually the leaves become 
larger and the flowers paler. The flowers are sometimes 
of a yellowish white colour. The southern people collect 
the flowers and salt them. The fruit resembles the Jung yer 
those of the pomegranate. They ripen in summer and are 
then gathered and dried in the sun. The root and all parts 
of the plant exhale an odour which recalls camphor-wood and 
are of a pungent taste, 
. ™ This account is taken from an 17, ‘ang tsao mit 
chuang [3rd cent:], ton Rou hea, tatlier work, the Nan fang 
