212 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
TaTar., Cat., 14 :—Ch‘e ts‘ien tsz‘. Semina Plantaginis, 
—P. Surra, 14. 
Hunry, Chin. pl., 20:—Ch‘e ts‘ien ts‘ao, in Hu pei 
Plantago major. The seeds enter into the composition of 
liang fen, a jelly used in summer. 
Cust. Med., p. 12 (98) :—Ch*e ts‘ien seeds exported 1885 
from New chwang 366 piculs,—p. 74 (125), from Han kow 
254 piculs,—p. 90 (58), from Kiu kiang 98 piculs,—p. 30 
(118), from Tien tsin 57 piculs,—p. 198 (193), from Ning po 
3.84 piculs,—p. 374 (450), trom Canton 1.7 picul. 
Amen. exot., 912 :—¥fi Aj sjaden, vulgo obacko. Plan- 
tago major vulgaris, latifolia. 
So moku, II, 27:—Same Chinese name, Plantago 
asiatica, L. 
116.— 5 Hi BE ma pien ts‘ao. P., XVI,57. T., CLXV. 
Pie lu:—Ma pien ts‘ao (whip herb). Only the name 
given and the medical virtues explained. The leaves are 
officinal. Taste bitter. Nature cold. Non-poisonous. Also 
the root, which is said to be pungent and harsh. 
T‘ao Hune-K1ne :—It is a common plant near villages, 
on burial wastes and on pathways. The stem is like the 
st sin [Asarum. See 40]; purple flowers somewhat resem- 
bling those of the p‘eng hao [given in the P., XXVI, 54, as 
a synonym for t‘ung hao which is Chrysanthemum Roxburgh. 
Comp. also Bot. sin., I, 436]. 
Su Kune [7th cent. |:—The leaves of this plant resemble 
those of the lang ya [Potentilla? See 134] and also those 
of the ch‘ung wei [Leonurus. See 78]. It sends up three 
or four spikes of small flowers like those of the ch‘e ts‘en 
[Plantago. See 115]. This spike resembles a whip, whence 
the name. It does not resemble the p‘eng hao, Another . 
name is fj 34 HE feng king ts‘ao, 
