240 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Lt Sai-cumy :—The name was originally written F¥ Hf 
lit ju. Another name is Hit $3 hae ki, also pronounced kie ki. 
An ancient work says that the la ju is produced in Wu tu [in 
Kan su, App. 395]. The yellow is the best. The ts‘ao lil ju 
grows in Kien k‘ang [Nan king, App. 137]. It is white. La 
SHI-CHEN says it is a common mountain plant, it grows from 2 
to 3 feet high and has a large long root like a radish or a rape, 
sometimes forked, with a yellowish red skin and white flesh, 
containing a yellow sap. Stem and leaves resemble those of 
the ta ki [v. supra], but the leaves are longer and broader and 
not very pointed. When broken they discharge a white sap. 
There are shorter stems clasping leaves (floral leaves) standing 
opposite. From the midst of the leaves spring dichotomous or 
trichotomous small branches (umbels) which in the 3rd month 
bear small purple flowers. The fruit is of the size of a pea. 
It consists of three parts united into one body, is at first green 
and becomes black when ripe. The kernels within are white 
like the seeds of the su sui tsz‘ [Euphorbia lathyris. So moku, 
IX, 23]. The root of the lit ju is frequently confounded with 
that of the lang tu [see 132]. But the latter has leaves 
resembling those of the shang lw (Phytolacca) and Rhubarb, 
and the root is not replete with sap. 
Chy XXIV, 12:—La ju. The drawing undoubtedly 
represents an Luphorbia with a large root. The description 
in the P. agrees. 
So moku, 1X, 11 :—¥e py Hf, Euphorbia palustris, L.— : 
Tbid.,. 12 :—%E Wi WY Gf, Euphorbia adenochlora, Morr. & 
Den. 
In the Phon zo [XXI, 11, 12] we have jij qj, Euphorbia 
Sieboldiana, Morr. & Den.,—12, 13 :-—Ke FS a, the wepate? 
species [ this is also depicted in Sres., Icon. ined., VII, with a 
peculiar root],—-13 :-— 4 fj HF. Not identified by FRancHET- 
