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I may observe, regarding the name mw ts‘wi ta, as given 
in Chinese Buddhist books, that musta or mustuka is a 
Sanscrit name for Cyperus rotundus, IL. 
Regarding the Japanese cyperaceous plants, to which 
the above Chinese names are applied, see Bot. sin., I, 97. 
There is another cyperaceous plant with officinal tubers 
which is described in the P. [XIVd, 55] under the name 
Hi] = BF san leng, from the country of King (Hu pei). 
San leng (triquetrous) is a general name for several 
Cyperaceous plants. See the drawing Ch., XXV, 55.— 
Y., CLXXVII. 
-Tarar.,. Cat., 44:—-San leng ts‘ao. Rad. Cypert seu 
Scirpi.—Gaucer [37] describes and figures the san leng. 
Tuber about one inch in diameter.—P. Smrru, 82 :—King 
ao leng, Cyperus rotundus. ae 
Cust. Med., p. 70 (53) :—San leng exported 1885 from 
Han kow 109 piculs,—p. 130 (147), from Chin Kiang. 60 
piculs,—p, 188 (76), from Ning po 29 piculs,—p. 92 (70), 
from Kiu kiang 5 piculs. 
Comp. Phon zo, IX, 33 :— Fp] = BE Cyperacea. 
60.—3& BE hun ts‘ac. P., XIVb, 72. T., CVIL. 
Pie lu:—The han ts‘ao, which is also called 9 GE hw 
's‘a0, grows in low, marshy places. It is gathered in the 
8rd month and dried in the shade. That with the joints 
taken off is good.—The same Pie lu says also:—The | # 
hin shi (fruit) grows in marshes in Lu shan [in Ho nan, 
App. 203]. The whole plant is officinal. Taste sweet. 
Nature uniform. Non-poisonous. 
T’ao Hune-Kina :—According to the Yao lu [attributed 
to T‘ung Kin, a minister of Emperor Huane 1], the Adin ts‘ao 
has leaves resembling those of the ma (hemp) and each two 
