270 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Lown, Hl. -cochinyy 46%—~Jein chinensté (same as Par- — 
danthus chinensis), Sinice: xe can [she kan}. Radix bulbis — 
teretibus croceis. Flos magnus, terminalis, aureus, rubro — 
punctatus. 
Tarar., Cat., 52:—She kan. Radix Pardanthi chinenah = 
—-Gauger [35] describes and figures the root she kan, which, — 
he thinks, belongs to an Jridacea,.—P. Smiru, 167. 
Cust. Med., p. 280 (108):—She han exported 1885 from 
Amoy 3.14 piculsx—According to the [ank. Med. [p. 86], 
exported also from Hankow, 
Amen. exot., 872 :—Hf $F jakan, vulgo kurasu oogi et 
Ji cog’. Iris flore liliaceo parvo, puniceo, punctis sanguineis — 
intus asperso. This, as well as the figure in the So moku [Il 
12] sub 9} -F, is Pardanthus chinensis, 
154.—8 JE yiian wei. P., XVII, 35. 7, CLXVIIL 
Pen king :—Yian wei ( kite’s tail), B fe] wu yan. The a 
root is officinal. Taste bitter. Nature uniform. Poisonous. 
Pie lu:—The wu yan grows in Kiu i [in Kiang Ae 
App. 155] in mountain-valleys, It is gathered [dug up] in : 
the 5th month. S 
T‘ao Huna-Kine :—The root of this plant is called A 
yuan t‘ou (kite’s head). a 
Su Kune [7th cent. | :—This plant is cultivated. Its = 
leaves resemble those of the she kan [see 153] but are 
broader and shorter. The stem is also not long. The flowers ‘ 
are of a violet colour. The root resembles that of the 3 
kao liang kiang [ Alpinia. See 57], it has a yellow skin and 
white flesh. When chewed it causes scratching in the throat. — 
Ch., XXIV, 40 :—Yuan wei. The figure represents 2— 
large ris. 
Amen. exot., 873 — FE ssibi, vulgo itz fatz. Tris 
pumila flore magno pleno, 
