154 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
we?, one with purple and the other with white flowers. The 
last is the ¢ mu, the purple-flowered is called BY OK Mii ve tien 
ma. Other authors say that the purple-flowered is the true 
2 mu. The name z mu (mother’s help) is explained by its 
seeds being useful in women’s diseases, 
Chi, Bab, 25 :—Ch‘ung wei or i mu ts‘ao. Good drawing 
representing Leonurus sibiricus, L. This plant has red 
flowers and a disagreeable odour. 
Tatan., Cat., 29:—J mau ts‘ao, Leonurus sibiricus— 
According to Parker, the same Chinese name is applied to 
the same plant in Sz ch‘uan [ China Review, X, 169] and at 
Canton Leonurus sibiricus is i mu ai.—P, Smiry, 182 :— 
Ch'ung wei or i mu, Leonurus sinensis [the species name is 
purely imaginary on his part]. ; 
Cust. Med., p. 376 (470):—I mu ts‘ao exported 1885 
from Canton 18 piculs,—p. 300 (398), from Amoy 2 piculs,— 
p- 40 (281), from Tien tsin 7 mu plaster 0.4 picul. 
So moku, XI, 41 :— fr BE and JE BF Leonurus sibiricus. 
19.—& i wei hien. P., XV, 30. T,, CLI. 
Pen king :— Wei hien, |§E #} mi hien. Stem and leaves 
officinal. Taste bitter. Nature uniform. Non-poisonous. 
Pie lu:—Other names # ¥E ch‘eng kao. The wet hien 
grows in Han chung [S. Shen si, App. 54], in marshes, 
also in Yiian kit [in Shan tung, App. 415] and Han tan 
[in Chi li, App. 56]. In the 7th month the stem andthe 
leaves are gathered and dried in the shade. 
Other names noticed by Wu P‘u [3rd cent.]:—4g 2) # 
wu sin ts‘ao (plant without a heart), 49 HE wu tien, 7K HR 
ch‘eng ki. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The southern people call the 
plant 5& Ji, RE wu feng ts‘ao. In Ch‘u [Hu kuang, App- 24] 
