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The root has but few rootlets. From twenty to thirty 
stems (?) That growing on elevated mountains is the best. 
In Kiin chou [v. supra] it is called JE 2 lu ts‘ung 
(deer onion). ; 
Li Sui-cnen says that the name li lu means “black 
stem” and refers to the black sheath which envelops the 
stem. In North China it is also called 3& A han ts‘ung 
(silly onion, ¢.e. which causes insanity), in the south they 
call it lu ts‘ung [v. supra]. 
‘In the Cust. Med. the li lu is mentioned as a drug 
imported to Shanghai and Canton [p. 142, 344], and exported 
- [p. 294 (313)] only from Amoy in a small quantity. Accord- 
ing to the Hank. Med. [24] the li lu is an article of export 
in Hankow. 
Ch, XXIV, 8:—Li lu. The drawing seems to be 
intended for Veratrum (order Liliace). 
Tarar., Cat., 35:—Li lu. Folia et Radix Veratri 
nigri.—P, Suir 226. 
Veratrum nigrum, L., is common in the Peking moun- 
tains and known there under the name of li lu. The descrip- 
tions in the P. agree in a general way. 
In Loupon’s Encyel. of plants it is stated :— Veratrum is 
said by Lemmry to be so called because its root is vere-atrum 
(truly black). 
That which Kaemprer [ Amen. exot., 785] describes under 
the Chinese name 3% ji, japonice: kiro, rirjo, vulgo omotto, 
comp. also Karmpr., Icon. sel., 12,—is Rhodea japonica, Roth., 
(Liliacez). In the So moku [ VII, 17], however, this plant is 
figured under the Chinese name By 4 Fy, and the figure 
agrees with that under the same Chinese name in the Ch. 
[XV, 24}. 
The drawings sub #% ji in the So moku [XX, 64] and 
Phon zo [XXII, 6-8] and Kwa wi [24] represent Veratrum 
nigrum and album, : 
