282 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
poisonous. But that growing in water, when boiled can be 
used for food. It is also called #ff # BE hu tsiao ts‘ai (pepper | 
vegetable), It is a plant about one foot high. The root 
resembles that of the tsi [Capsella. See 251]. Ternate, 
dissected, glabrous leaves, small yellow flowers. The fruit is 
green, as large as a bean, and looks like an unripe mulberry. 
When rubbed between the fingers the small seeds, like ting li 
seeds, fall out. This is the shi lung ju. The people in — 
Kiang and Huai [Kiang su and An hui] gather the leaves of — 
this plant in the 3rd and 4th month and eat them boiled. | 
Ch. XXIV, 41 :—Shi lung jui. The drawing represents 
a Ranunculus, probably R. sceleratus, L, Lr SHI-CHEN'S — 
description agrees. | : 
Phon 20, XXIV, 6 i—#y Hi Hy, Ranunculus sceleratus.— 4 
So moku, X, 55 :—Same Chinese name, A. sceleratus, and — 
[52] R. ternatus, Thbg. : 
Stes., Icon. ined., 1:—Same Chinese name, R. sceleratus. — 
161.—4E fig niu pien. PS VII6, 53, T., CLEVE: 
Pen king :— Niu pien, The root is officinal. Taste 
bitter. Nature slightly cold, Non-poisonous. It is used to 
cure ulcers. A decoction of it is good for killing the lice of 
cattle and other parasites, It is used in the treatment of 
diseases of cattle, whence the name (niu = cattle). 
Pie lu:—The nin peen grows in Kui yang (S.E. Ho nam, 
App. 167] in river-valleys, 
T‘ao Hune-xtq :—This drug is little known now. 
Su Kone [7th cent.]:—This drug resembles the shi 4 
lung jut. The root is like the ts‘in kiao [see 28] but is more 
