194 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
month is % | ch‘wn (spring) k‘ué. Thus the plant can be 
utilized all the year. 
Ch., HI, 1:—Tung kui. The figure represents Malva 
verticllata, L. (M. pulchella, Bernh.). See also Kiu huang 
LVIII, 32. 
Lour., Fl. cochin., 514:—Malva verticillata. Sinice: 
tung quet tsu. Habitat culta Cantone Sinarum. 
TATAR., Cat., 22 :—T; ung kui tse’. Semina Hibisez.— 
P. Smirn, 112:—Tung kui tsz‘, Hibiscus Abelmoschus.— 
According to Ford & Crow [* Notes on Chin. Mat. Med.,” in 
China. Rev., XVI, p. 8] tung kui tse’ at Hong kong is 
Abutilon indicum, G. Don. But what I obtained under this 
Chinese name in an apothecary’s shop in Peking were the 
seeds of Malva, Comp. also Henry, Chin. pl., 156. 
Cust. Med., p. 80 (192) :—Tung k‘ué tsz‘ exported 1885 
from Han kow 6.40 piculs,—p. 298 (359), from Amoy 
0.1 picul. 
Amen. exot., 858 :—8€ ki vulgo awoi, in specie Kara 
awot (Kara—China) Malva hortensis sive rosea, Malva 
arborescens. Tusa. [FT. jap., 271] identifies this with Malva 
mauritiana. 
So moku, XII, 56 :—4& 8E Malva pulchella. 
106.—fB HE suan tsiang. P., XVI, 33. T., CLX. 
Pen king:—Suan tsiang (sweet juice), BE HE ts 
(vinegar) tsiang. The leaves, the stem and the root are 
officinal. Taste bitter. Nature uniform. Non-poisonous. The 
fruit is also used in medicine. Taste acid. Non-poisonous. 
Comp. also Rh ya, 55. 
Pie lu:—The suan tsiang grows in King Ch‘u [Hu 
kuang, App. 145] in marshes, also in fields and gardens. 
Gathered in the 5th month and dried in the shade. 
