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has soft, small and short leaves. Its seeds resemble those of 
the ting li [Sisymbrium. See 114], are of a yellow colour 
and somewhat pungent taste. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The plant which is now generally 
used is popularly called shui k‘in [v. supra]. Its leaves 
resemble those of the fu tsz‘ [ Aconitum. See 143]. Its fruit 
resembles a mulberry, whence the name ¢ shen [v. supra]. 
It grows in low marshes. The leaves and the seeds are of a 
pungent taste. The plant produced in Shan nan [S. Shen si, 
App. 268] has seeds as large as mallow-seeds, but that from 
Kuan chung [Mid Shen si, App. 158] and Ho pei [S. Chi li, 
App. 78] has small seeds like the ¢‘ing li [v. supra], and they 
are less potent than those from Shan nan. It is not clear 
why T‘ao Hune x1n¢ asserts that the small-seeded is the true 
shi lung jut. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—This plant now grows in Yen 
chou [in Shan tung, App. 404]. It grows in a bushy manner, 
producing many stems of a greenish purple colour. Three 
leaves at the top of one stalk. These leaves are small, short, 
and incised. Seeds like those of the ¢‘ng li [v. supra] and 
yellow. Su Kune states that this plant is also called shui k‘in. 
But this latter is a quite different plant. The plant from 
Yen chou is that spoken of in the Pen ts‘ao king, and which 
T‘ao Hunc-x1ng calls the true shi lung jui. 
K‘ou Tsuna-sut [12th cent.]:—There are two kinds of 
the shi lung jui. That which grows in water has glabrous 
leaves and round seeds, that growing on dry land has its 
leaves covered with hair, and pointed seeds. Only the first is 
used in medicine. 
Li Sui-cuen :—The ancient authors have erroneously 
identified the shi lung jui with the shui k*in, which is a different 
plant and’ is used as a vegetable. The hairy sh lung jut, 
growing on dry land, spoken of by K‘ou TsuNG-SHI, is very 
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