216 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
In South China, however, Pederia fetida is known by 
the name 36 ft HE hi shi t’eng (chicken’s excrement creeper). 
See Lour., Fl. cochin., 213, sub Glentiana scandens, PARKER, 
Canton plants, 189. It has, according to Parker, the same 
name in Sz ch‘uan. The drawing of the ki shi t‘eng [Ch., 
XIX, 55] is very rude. 
119.— Ef Fe St shu wei ts‘ao. P.,XVI,62. T.,CLXVIL. 
Comp. RA ya, 17. ; 
Pie lu:—The shu wei ts‘ao (rat’s-tail herb) grows in 
marshes. In the 4th month the leaves are gathered, and in 
the 7th the flowers. Taste bitter. Nature slightly cold. Non- 
poisonous, 
Wo Pu [8rd cent.] calls this plant [I] BE 3 shan ling 
kao. 
T‘ao Huna-x1ne :—It is a common wild-growing plant. 
The people use its juice for dyeing a black colour. 
In the Pen ts‘ao shi i [8th cent.] the synonyms § 
wu ts‘ao (black herb) and 7k FF shui ts‘ing. The plant has 
purple flowers. The stem and the leaves are used for dyeing 
black. 
Han Pao-snene [10th cent.]:—It grows in damp 
places. In K‘ien chung [Kui chow, App. 142] the people 
collect the plant for medical use. The leaves resemble those 
of the hao (Artemisia). In the summer four or five flower- 
spikes, like those of the ch‘e ts‘ien [ Plantago. See 115], spring 
from the top of the stem. The flowers are red or white. 
This is probably a Salvia. For further particulars see 
Bot. sin., II, 17. 
Cust. Med., p. 288 (215):—Shu wei exported 1885 from 
Amoy 0.1 picul. 
