174 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
So moku, XV, 34:—Same Chinese name, Lappa major 
Gert. Japonice gobo. 
Stes., Qcon., 211 :—Aretium Lappa, sin. “f+ 88, japon. 
koboo. Radices obsonium vulgatum. ‘ 
92.—ie Ff si rh. P., XV, 64. ?., URE 
Pen king :—Si rh, $3} EZ hu si, HY BE te hut (ground — 
mallow). The fruit, the stem and the leaves are officinal. 
_ Taste of the fruit bitter. Nature warm, Slightly poisonous. 
The stem and the leaves are bitter and pungent. Nature 
slightly cold. Slightly poisonous. 
For other ancient names of the plant in the Classics — 
see Bot. sin., II, 184, 438. 4 
Pie lu:—The si rh grows in the river-valleys of An lu 
[in Hu pei, App. 1] and in Ta an [in Shan si, App. 320] in 
neglected places. The ripe fruit is gathered. | 
T‘ao Hune-xie :—The people of Ch‘eng [Ho nan, — 
App. 17] eat it and call it Ph RAZR ch‘ang sz‘ ts‘ai. The = 
leaves are used for dyeing clothes a yellow colour. The - 
plant is seldom employed in medicine. oe 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—In the Shi hing it is called = 
4= Hf kuan rh, in the Rh ya the name reads FF Ef ts‘ang rh. 
[This is an error. The character ts‘ang was not used in the .. 
classical period to designate this plant.] The Po wu chi a 
(3rd cent.] reports that in Lo [in Ho nan, App. 201] there J 
was a man who drove sheep to Shu (Sz ch‘uan). The . 
fruit of the $f] 3 hu si plant, being covered with prickles, 
adhered to the fleeces of the sheep, and when they returned s 
they brought the seeds of the plant to China, whence it 15 - 
also called 3& £¢§ ge yang fu lai (it came carried on the . 
back of sheep). Another popular name is 34% A, pei Zao J 
t‘ou (Taoist head). : eh 
