268 BOTANICON SINICUM, - 
says it is Caladium. This error probably arose from the 
fact that 3% il $HE tu do lien, which is given also as a 
synonym of kui kiu, in Hu peh signifies Arisema. 
Diphylleia and Podophyllum are both genera of the order : 
Berberidew. Some of the above descriptions of the hud kiw — 
by the Chinese authors agree. In Northern America Di- 
phylleia cymosa is called “the umbrella plant” [comp. supra — i 
Su Sune’s description]. % 
Ch., VIIL, 61 :—38} fl $E tw kite lien. Rude drawing. a 
Perhaps an Aroidea is intended. The plant is said to grow e 
in Fu chou. a 
Tarar., Cat., 22:— Tu kite lien. Radix Caladii vanthorizi? 
—P. Smira, 46.——The plant tu kie lien, wild and cultivated 
at Peking, and which was raised in the Botanic Gardens, 
St. Petersburg, from seeds I had procured in Peking, proved 
to be Typhonium giganteum, Engl. (order Aracece). a 
Henry, l.c., 476:—Tu kae lien in Hu pei= Arisema 
heterophylla, Bl.—But according to Forp and Crow [‘ Note 
on Chin. Mat. Med.,” in China Review, XVI, 7], tu kite hen 
at Canton is Podophyllum versipelle, Hance. : 
Comp. Hooxer’s Icon. Plant., tab. 1996, Podophyllum 
versipelle, Dr. Henry’s note. : | 
— Phon zo, XXIII, 5, 6 :--¥ FA, Diphylleia—So moku, 
VII, 25 :— lj faf 8B, Diphylieia Gray, Fr. Schm. 
153.—3Y FF she han. P., XVIIb, 32. 7., CLXII. 
This plant is mentioned in Sz‘ Ma srana su’s poems 
[¢ B.C. 120]. 7 
Pen king :—She kan, Bj wu shan, & Yj wu p'u. The 
root is officinal. Taste bitter. Nature uniform. Poisonous. 
Pie lu:—Other names: & 2% wu sha (black feathers), 
Fa WK wu ch'ui, Bi BE ts‘ao kiang. The she kan grows in 3 
