190 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
The Ch. (XI, 54] figures sub ni wan a Labiata. In the 
Peking mountains this name is applied to Plectranthus 
glaucocalyx, Maxim. (Labiate). 
So moku, XVI, 61:—2¢ PR Aster Jastigiatus, Fish & 
Mey. 
104.—ZE PY A mai men tung. P., XVI,16. 7., OLXXIV. 
Pen king:—Mai men tung. The root (tubers) is officinal. 
Taste sweet. Nature uniform. Non-poisonous. 
For other ancient names see Bot. sin., II, 108. 
Pie lu:—Other names : 32 3 yang kiu (sheep Allium), 
Bs @R Mt Ya yit liang [Emperor Yi’s extra ration. See also 
179]. The leaves of the mai men tung resemble those of 
the kiu [ Allium odorum. See 240] and are green the whole — 
year round. The plant grows in Han ku [v. infra] in 
river-valleys, on declivities, in a fat soil, between stones. 
The root is dug up in the 2nd, 8th and 10th months and 
dried in the shade. 
Wu P‘v [8rd cent.]:—It is known also under the 
names: §§ 3E Yn kiu (Emperor Yi's Allium), #3, BE jen ling, 
AN FG Bi pu sz‘ ts‘ao (undying plant). 
T‘ao Hune-xixe :—Han ku [mentioned in the Pie li] 
is the same as Ts‘in kuan [the barrier of Ts‘in. In N.W. 
Ho nan, App. 55, 359]. The mai men tung is a common 
plant. It bears green (or blue) globular fruits in winter. 
The root (tubers) resembles the kung mai (barley), whence 
the name mai men tung (mai = wheat). 
Cu‘en Ts‘anc-K‘r [8th cent.]:—The drug produced in 
Kiang ning [Nan king, App. 129] is small but succulent, 
that from Sin an [in Che kiang, App. 310] is large and 
white. The larger sort has leaves like the lu ts‘ung (stag 
onion), the smaller like the kin [v. supra, Allium]. There 
