136 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
So moku, XI, 31:—(R BE or Fij FF Nepeta japonica, 
Maxim., and [32] same Chinese names, 1. tenvifolia, Benth. 
66.— ft SE BE tsi ste ts‘a0. P., XIV0, 92. T, CXXXVL 
Pen king: —Tsi sie ts‘ao (snow plant). Stem and 
leaves officinal. Taste bitter. Nature cold. N on-poisonous. 
Pie lu:—The tsi sie ts‘ao grows in the river-valleys of 
King chou [Hu kuang, App. 146]. 
T‘ao Huna-xine explains the name (snow plant) by 
the cooling properties of the plant. But it was then not 
used in medical prescriptions. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—This plant has leaves resembling 
the round Chinese copper coins, and therefore the people 
of King Ch‘u [Hu kuang, App. 145] call it sp QB 2 ti tstien 
ts‘ao (ground coin herb). It has a slender but strong stem, 
creeps on the ground. It grows near rivulets, 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—It is a common plant, which 
is also called if $= Ge lien ts‘ien (connected coins) ts‘a0 
According to the collection of prescriptions of the T‘ien pao 
period [9th cent.] it grows in Hien yang [Shen si, App- 
65] in low, marshy places, also in Lin tsz‘ [in Shan tung, 
App. 194] and Tsi yang [in Shan tung, App. 346] in ponds 
and marshes. It is very fragrant, has round leaves, resembles 
the po ho (Mentha) and is also called BH i Hf hu po ho. 
It is very common in Kiang tung, Wu Yiie and Tan yang 
[all in An hui and Kiang su, App. 124, 389, 328], where 
the people eat it. In Lin ch‘eng situated in the province 
of Ho pei [Chi li, App. 198] it is called YE BE hai su. 
It Sut-cuen:—In An hyj and Che kiang, where the 
people used to drink an infusion of the leaves, the plant hee 
called $f #2 1 | sin lo po ho [Sin lo—8. Corea, App e 
611], It is also found in Hu kuang and in Min (Fu kien)- 4 
