148 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
73,— BY BH EE yin ch'en hao. P.. XV, 14. T., OXLIV. 
Pen king:—Yin ch‘en hao. Leaves and stem used in 
medicine. Taste bitter. Nature uniform, slightly cold. 
Non-poisonous. 
Pie lu:—The yin ch‘en grows in T‘ai shan [in Shan 
tung, App. 822] on mountain slopes. It is gathered from 
the 5th month to the beginning of autumn, and dried in the 
shade.. 
In the Kuang ya [8rd cent.] it is called [xj BB yin ch‘en. 
T‘ao Hune-xine :—It is a common plant and resembles 
the p‘eng hao [see Bot. sin., II, 436] but the leaves are 
smaller and denser. The stem does not die in winter and 
in spring thrives again. 
Han Pao-snene [10th cent.]:—Its leaves resemble those 
of the ts‘ing hao [see 74] but are white (downy) underneath, 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—It is a common plant in Mid 
China. The best sort comes from T‘ai shan [in Shan tung, 
App. 322]. It resembles the p‘eng hao, but the leaves are 
smaller (finer). It has neither flowers nor seed. One kind, 
the shan (mountain) yin ch‘en is used like the ai hao. It 1s 
different from the cultivated yin chen. 
Li SHI-cHEen :—The yin ch‘en hao was much cultivated 
in ancient times as a vegetable. The shan (mountain) yi” 
ch‘en, which is used in medicine, is different. Now the 
people of Huai and Yang [An hui and Kiang su, App: 8%: 
400] on the 2nd day of the 2nd month gather the leaves of 
the wild yin ch‘en, mix them with flour, and prepare cakes 
which they call | | Jf yin ch‘en ping. 
Ch., XI, 22:—Yin chen hao. Representation of am 
Artemisia. 
Lour., Fl. cochin., 598 :— Artemisia abrotanum [the plant 
Lougeimo describes is not this species, See DC, Prodts 
