156 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Leaves opposite on the joints, resembling those of the sian 
Ju, but longer, serrated on the margin, downy underneath, 
and finely veined. Small pale purple flowers in spikes which 
issue from the top of the stem. Small seeds, four together. 
It is also called $8 f% ¥8 tie se ts‘ao (plant of the colour 
of iron), 
Ch. XI, 66:—Ilia ku ts‘ao. The figure seems to 
represent Prunella vulgaris, I... our common self-heal. The 
drawing under the same name in the Kiu huang [XLVU, 
23] is indistinct. It is said there that the hia ku ts‘ao grows 
in Ho nan, Che kiang, An hui, especially in Ch‘u chou 
[App. 25]. 
D’INcarvitiz, Peking plants (MS.):—Hia kou tsao, 
Brunelle. On en voit chez les droguistes 4 Pékin. Elle 
vient des provinces méridionales, 
Lovr., Fl. cochin., 203 :—Celosia margaritacea, Sinice: 
hia khu ts‘ao. 
Tarar., Cat., 45 :—Hia ku ts‘ao, Lophanthus.—P. Suita 
[138] Lophanthus. | : 
Parker [China Rev., X, 162] :—Prunella vulgaris, hia 
ku ts‘ao, a common roadside plant in Sz ch‘uan. : 
Henry, Chin. pl, 161:—The name hia ku ts'ao in 
Hu pei is applied to Prunella vulgaris, also to Ajuga 
decumbens, Thbg. 
The drug (dried leaves and flowers) hia ku ts‘ao which 
I received from Wen chou seemed to belong to Prunella. — 
The Chinese name “iron coloured plant” refers probably to : 
the brown coloured bracts and calyces of Prunella. a 
Cust. Med., p. 202 (266) :—Hia ku ts‘ao exported 1885 
from Ning po 157 piculs,—p. 374 (463), from Canton 
85 piculs. a 
Amen, evot., 897 :—¥ #8 vulgo utsu bogusa et wrulhir 
Brunella major, folio non dissecto. 
