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mu. T‘so Hune-Kine is wrong in saying that it resembles 
the ting li [Su Kune is himself wrong in likening the seeds 
to millet or hemp seed]. 
Han Pao-suene [10th cent.]:—Similar description of the 
plant as above given. He adds: Yellowish white flowers. The 
fruit isa pod. Seed greenish yellow, and resembles hemp-seed. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—Its leaves are like those of the 
huai (Sophora) but narrower and longer. The branches 
are spiny. The stem with the leaves are also called JL Fi 
ch‘ou ts‘ao (stinking plant), also 26 7% Ff EA yang shi tse‘ 
ts‘ao [probably meaning sheep’s-dung plant]. The fruit [or 
seed] is F& F ma tow (horse bean), 
Li Sai-cuen :—This plant is common in the mountains. 
Popular name #7 Hil] nien ts‘z* (viscid spines). The stem is 
red, hollow inside, scandent and prickly. Leaves like Sophora 
leaves. Its flowers are yellow, in racemes, and open in the 
_ 8rd month. The pod is three inches long, and resembles that 
of the fet tsao [Cesalpinia. See 325]. It contains five or 
six seeds of the size of the ts‘io tou (magpie bean), slightly 
pointed at both ends, very hard, with a thick, dark coloured, 
variegated skin, white flesh and of an unpleasant odour. The 
root is also used in medicine. : 
Ch., XXIV, 17:—Yian shi. The figure seems to repre- 
sent a Cwsalpinia. According to Henry [Chin. pl., 501), 
Cesalpinia sepiaria, Roxb. 
Phon zo, XXI, 22, 23:—2 & Cesalpinia sepiaria, 
Roxb. (C. japonica, 8. & Z.). This climbing shrub is found 
in Japan as well as in Central China. Li Sxi-cuen’s 
description of the yun shi agrees well. 
141.—# Il} ch‘ang shan. P., XVIUla,36. T., CXXXVIII. 
Pen king:—Ch‘ang shan, 3 #§ Shu tsi (Sz ch‘uan 
varnish), Ff 2% hu ts‘ao. The root is officinal. Taste bitter. 
Nature cold. Poisonous. 
