162 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Cnicus pendulus, a thistle-like Composita, from five to six feet 
high, very spiny, with enormous purple flower-heads. 
Henry, Chin. plants, 515:—Ta ki in Hu pei, Cnicus 
Japonicus, DC. var. 
So moku, XV, 37 -—K FY) Cnricus spicatus, Maxim. 
Ch., XI, 85 :—Siao ki. The drawing represents a Cricus ; 
with small spiny leaves, small flower-heads. See also Kiu 
huang, XLVI, 2. | 
Lour., Fl. cochin., 588 :—Carduus lanceolatus, L. [= 
C. chinensis, DC. Prodr., VI, 629], sinice siao ky or la di 
ts‘ao. 
TatagosQat..° 47 +—Sian ki, Carduus seu Dipsacus.— 
Comp. P. Surru, 51, 64, sub Carduus and Cirsium. 
Henry, l.c., siao ki = Cnicus segetum, Bge. 
Aman. exot., 897 :—#i hei, vulgo asami. Carduus pra- 
tensis latifolius, | 
So moku, XV, 36 A Rij Cricus japonicus, DC. (vide 
Maxim.). 
Phon zo, XV, 13:—Same Chinese name, Cnicus pur- 
puratus, Maxim., and Cn. Hilgendorfii, Franch. But in the 
So moku [XV, 42]; the latter appears with the Chinese name 
ZB YA FE [v. supra, Li SuI-cHEn]. 
Stmp., Geon., 210:—Carduus acaulis, sinice Ay fi) — 
Japonice noa sami. Radix atque herba edules. According — | 
to Maxmowicz this is Cnicus japonicus. : 
Cust. Med., p. 350 (139) :—Ta ki exported 1885 from 
Canton 0.2 picul.—Ibid., p. 344 (44), siao ki exported from 
Canton 1.68 picul,—p. 276 (36), from Amoy 0.07 picul. 
84.— #8 BA su tuan. P., XV, 45. T., CXXXUL. 
Pen king :—Su tuan, Kg, TF su che. (Both these _ a 
mean: to join together what is broken). The root is official. 
Taste bitter. Nature slightly warm. Non-poisonous. : 
