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of the size of a bean, and is within a bladder like a lantern ~ 
with five angles. Small globular seeds like cabbage-seeds, 
at first white, when ripe black. 
Kiu huang [LII, 25] and Ch. [XI, 76], sub wang pu liu 
hing, rude drawings, but it seems Silene is intended. 
The description given by Li Sat-cHENn agrees with 
Silene, which genus is characterized by a persistent inflated 
calyx which encloses the capsule. But Saponaria, another 
genus of Caryophyllacee, has also an inflated calyx. 
Tarar., Cat., 62:—Wang pu liu hing, Silene.— 
P. Suir, 197. 
At Peking Silene aprica, Turcz., is called wang pu liu 
hing. Four species of Silene are known from China. See 
Ind. Fl. sin., 1, 64. 
Cust. Med., p. 282 (141):—Wang pu liu hing exported 
1885 from Amoy 2.33 piculs,—p. 368 (387), from Canton 
4 piculs. 
So moku, VIL, 27 :—>2 FY FF Saponaria vaccaria, L. 
—Phon zo, XVIII, 19 :—The same Chinese name applied to 
Saponaria vaccaria, [fol. 20, 21] to Melandrium ce and 
Polemonium coeruleum, L. 
114. fm ting i. ~P., XVI, 51. T., CXLL 
Pen king :—T'ing li, Fe 3 ta shi, K jG ta shi. Seeds 
used in medicine. Taste pungent. Nature cold. Non- 
poisonous. 
Comp. Rh ya, 78. 
Pie lu:—Other names: J f& ting li, Hi] FH hou tse 
(dog shepherd’s purse), grows in Kao ch‘eng [in Chi li, 
App. 115], in marshes and fields. The seeds are gathered 
in summer. 
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