210 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
T‘ao Huna-x1na:—The best is produced in P‘eng 
ch‘eng [in Kiang su, App. 247]. This is the ZS #8 kung 
(male) ¢st. The mu (female) ts: grows in Mid China. 
Small yellow seeds and:very bitter. They are boiled for 
use. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—It is common in all the pre- 
fectures of Pien tung [Ho nan, App. 250], Shen si [App. 
284] and Ho pei [S. Chi li and W. Shan tung, App. 78]. 
The drug from Ts‘ao chou [in Shan tung, App. 344] is 
the best. The plant grows from six to seven inches high and 
resembles the tsi [Capsella. See 251]. The root is white. 
It flowers in the 38rd month. Yellowish flowers. The fruit 
is a horn (capsule, silique). The seeds are small, slightly 
oblong, flattened, yellow, and resemble millet. The plant is 
mentioned in the Yiie ling of the Li ki under the name of 
BE Gt mei ts‘ao. [Lecen, Li ki, I, 271, translates “ delicate 
herbs.” The Chinese commentator Cuenca Hijan says that 
it is a kind of tsi (Capsella) or t‘ing li.] 
Lr Sui-cuen :—There are two sorts of ting li—the sweet 
and the bitter. The first is also called ¥y 3¢ kou kiai (dog 
mustard). 
Cust. Med., p. 164 (367):—T'ing li tse exported 1885 
from Shang hai 0.78 picul,—p. 130 (156), from Chin kiang 
0.69 picul.— Hank. Med., 45 :—Exported also from Han kow. 
Ch. XI, 63: pales i ki. The figure represents a cru- 
ciferous plant. 
For the identification of the t‘ing li, see Bot. sin., 78, 
Sisymbrium, Draba, ete. 
115.—3fi filj ch‘e ts‘ien. P., XVI, 54. T., CLXIL 
Pen king: —Ch'e ts‘ien (cart-track plant), #§ 38 4479 
tao. The seeds are officinal. Taste sweet. Nature cold. 
Non-poisonous. 
