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Li Sui-cnen :-—The chung lou kin sien is also called 
= Jf HE san ts‘ang ts‘ao and Fy Hf 3% pai kan sui [in these 
names chung lou means ‘many storied,” san ts‘ang = three- 
storied, both terms referring to the rows of the leaves. Kin 
sien = gold thread]. It is a common plant which grows in 
mountain recesses in moist, shady places. It has a solitary 
stem on which the leaves, which resemble peony leaves, are 
arranged in two or three rows (whorls), each row consisting 
of seven leaves. The flowers appear in the summer at 
the top of the stem, each flower has seven petals. The 
flowers are provided with gold-coloured filaments, from three 
to four inches long. On the Wang wu shan mountain [in 
Ho nan. Bot. sin., 1, p. 228 (65)] there grows one species 
which has its leaves in from five to six rows. The root 
resembles the root of the kui kiu or that of the ts‘ang shu 
[Atractylis, See 12]. It has a purple skin and white 
flesh. 
Ch., XXIV, 34:—Tsao hiu. Good drawing represent- 
ing a Paris. From seven to eight leaves in a whorl. The 
descriptions in the P. seem also to refer to one or several 
Species of Paris or the allied genera Trillium and Trillidium. 
Order Liliacec. 
Phon zo, XXUI, 1, 2:—3 ff Trillidium japonicum, 
Franchet. Represented with a large root.—Jbid., 3:—Same 
Chinese name, Trillium erectum, L. 
Kwa wi, 26:—Same Chinese name, Paris heraphylla, 
Cham. 
152.— 5 FW kui kiu. P., XVIIb, 30. 7., CXXVI. 
Pen king:—Kui kiu (devil’s mortar), Ju FA iu hin, 
BF EE tsio si,  B REZ ma mu tu kung. The root is 
officinal. Taste acrid. Nature warm. Poisonous. 
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