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Pie lu :—Other name: #5 # li shi. The Ui shi grows 
in Ho tung [in Shan si, App. 80] in river-valleys. The 
fruit is gathered in the 5th month and dried in the shade. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The Ui shi is also called §% WH 
ma lin tsz‘, and mentioned in the Yue ling (Li ki) under the 
name of ZF I. : 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—The plant is common in Shen si 
[App. 284]. It is found also in Ting chou and Li chou 
[both in Hu nan, App. 341, 185] and frequent near Pien 
[in Ho nan, App. 248]. Its leaves resemble those of the 
Mai [Allium. _ See 242] but are longer and thicker. In 
the 8rd month it opens its blue flowers. The fruit is formed 
in the 5th month. It is a horn (capsule). The seeds 
are as large as hemp seed, red and angulous. The root is 
fibrous and long, of a yellow colour. The people use it for 
brushes. Kao Yu, of the Han dynasty, says that it grows 
in the marshes of Ho pei [in Shan si, App. 78]. The people 
of Kiang tung used to cultivate it in front of their houses 
and called it OR han piu. 
Li Sut-cnen refers to the Rh ya [36] and states that the 
People south and north of the Yellow River call the plant 
Bh fit RE te sao chou (iron besom). Another name for it is 
= FR san kien. 
Ch., XI, 42 :—Li shi. The drawing represents an Iris. 
At Peking ma lin is a common name for Iris oxypetala, 
Bge. The name is sometimes erroneously written }% BY 
ma lan. Tarar., Cat., 38, has ma lan hua. Flores Iridis 
oxrypetale. 
Amen. exot., 872:—R% PA farin, valgo buran. Iris 
hortensis, alba, germanica.—According to Tune. [FU. jap., 
_ 83) this is Iris sibirica. 
gg “Ma lan is an Aster, See P., XIVb, 80, and Ch, XXV, 60— 
> Br mekn, XVI, 44--— Aster trincroius; Roxb. 
