160 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
under the above Chinese name from Wen chou. They 
were small, black, shining and undoubtedly belonged to the 
above-mentioned plant. : 
Cust. Med., p, 366 (343) :— T's‘ing siang exported 1885 
from Canton 5.68 piculs,—p, 292 (272), from Amoy 0,85 
picul. : 
So moku, III, 61 :—FF FH, japonice nokeito, Celosia 
argentea, 
Sres., Qcon., 127 :—Same Chinese and Japanese names, 
Celosia argentea. Herba tenera edulis. 
83.—K Hj ta ki and py Ay siao ki. P., XV, 43. 
T., CVI. 
Pie lu:—The ta ki and the siao ki (the great and little 
kt or thistle) are gathered in the 5th month. Of both the 
leaves and the root are officinal. ‘Taste sweet. Nature 
warm. Non-poisonous. 
Fan Wane [4th cent.] uses the name §§ | ma ki 
(horse thistle). 
T‘ao Hune-King :—The great ki is also called J | 
hu (tiger) ki, the little one $ti | mao (cat) ki. These plants 
resemble each other in their leaves, which are very apres 
They grow abundantly in a wild state. Not much used in 
medicine. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The great and the little # 
_ resemble each other, but the medical virtues of the drags ah 
different. The great ki grows in the mountains, the rook 
beneficial in ulcers and abscesses,—the little 42 grows 10 
low marshes, it does not accelerate the bursting of abscesses, 
but it breaks the blood. 
In the Ji hua Pen ts‘ao [10th cent.] we met with the 
names [lj 4 3% shan niu p‘ang (mountain burdock) and 
Rl) Bi ts‘c* ki (spiny thistle) applied to these plants. 
