158 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Ch., XI, 68 :—Sian fu hua. Good drawing of an Inula, 
See also Kiu huang, XLVI, 16. 
TaTaR., Cat., 48 :—Saan Ju hua. Flores Inula chinensis. 
P. Smrru [119] states that Inula chinensis was introduced 
into China in the 6th century. His assertion is evidently 
based upon a statement in the Yu yang tsa tsu, reproduced — 
in the P., that a plant kin ts‘en hua (gold coin flower) 
was introduced into China during the Liang dynasty, from 
a foreign country where its original name was pii-shi-sha. 
But this plant was certainly not Jnula chinensis, which is a 
common indigenous plant in N. China. It has beautiful 
yellow flowers. 
Cust. Med., p. 362 (801) :—Sian fu hua exported 1885 
from Canton 11 piculs,—p, 154 (218), from Shang hai 
1.3 picul,—p. 290 (234), from Amoy 1.3 picul,—p. 214 
(64), from Wen chou 1 picul. 
Amen. exot., 877 :—fe sen fuki, vulgo oguruma, 
Aster luteus. Figured in Kampr., Icon. sel., 30. This is 
Inula japonica, Thhg. 
So moku, XVII, 5 :—Same Chinese name, Jnula japonica. 
82.—FF Fi ts‘ing siang. P., AV, 3i2° Ty CLVL 
Pen king :—Ts‘ing siang, Bi EF ts‘ao hao, BE ts? 
hao. Name of the seeds: 3% i WY ts‘ao kue ming.” The 
leaves, the stem and the seeds officinal. Taste bitter. Nature 
slightly cold. Non-poisonous, 
Pie lu:—The ts‘ing siang grows in the plains, by road- 
sides. Stem and leaves gathered in the 3rd month, the 
seeds in the 5th and 6th months. : 
* Comp, also 74 Artemisia, ® Comp, 110 Cassia, — 
