188 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Amen. exot., 863 :—2s K& goositz, vulgo ino hadsite. 
Amarantus siculus spicatus Bocconi, flosculis pentapetaloidibus 
albis ; semine fusco.—The Amar. sicul, spic. Bocconi is 
Achyranthes argentea, Lam., not Celosia argentea, to which 
Tuunsrre [Fl. jap., 106] refers the plant noticed by 
Kamprer. But [ Amen. exot., 911] the same Chinese name 
is [probably erroneously | referred to a Thlaspi. 
So moku, IV, 2:—4 IE Achyranthes bidentata, Bl. 
(= A. aspera, Thhg., non L.). 
Phon zo, XVII, 4 :—2F JE Achyranthes bidentata and 
[3] Jil 4 BE [from gz ch‘uan] A. lactea.—See also Kwa 
wi, 43, 
102.—3% BE tse‘ yuan. P., AVI; 16, 7, Cita. 
Pen hing :—Tsz (purple) yian. The root is officinal. 
Taste bitter. Nature warm. Non-poisonous. 
Pie lu:—Other names : Fy | ts‘ing yian, BB FR ts2‘ 
ts‘ten. The tsz‘ yiian grows in Han chung (S. Shen si) and 
in Fang ling [in Hu pei, App. 36], in mountain -valleys, 
also in Chen ting [in Chi li, App. 11] and Han tan 
[S. Chi li, App. 56]. The root is dug up on the 3rd day of 
the 2nd month and dried in the shade. 
T‘ao Hunc-x1ne :—It is a common plant in Mid China. 
It covers the ground. Purple flowers. Lower part covered 
with white hair. Fibrous, pliable root. The white sort is 
called F§ [ pai yuan [see the next]. : 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—This plant is found in Yao 
chou [in Shen si, App. 401], in Ch‘eng chou [in Kan su, 
App. 18], in Sz‘ chon and Shou chou [both in An hui, 
App. 319, 290], in Tai chou [in Che kiang, App. 326], 
in Meng chou [in Ho nan, App. 220], in Hing kuo [in 
Hu pei, App. 67]. Leaves two or four together. Flowers 
