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slender. It grows in low marshy places. Its common name 
is niu pien, but in the Court of Sacrifices®® it is called 
jin FE pren te or Jig HE plen tu (poison). It is very effica- 
cious in destroying lice of cattle. 
Han Pao-suene [10th cent. ]:—This “int is now pro- 
duced in Ning chou [in Kan su, App. 234]. Its leaves 
resemble those of the shi lung jui [Ranunculus, See 160] 
and the fu tsz* [Aconitum, App. 143]. The root is gathered 
in the 2nd and 8th months. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—There is a peculiar sort of pien 
te in Lu chou [in Shan si, App. 204]. It flowers in the 
6th month and bears fruit in the 8th. The leaves and the 
root are useful in destroying lice. 
Ch, XXIV, 47 :—Niu pien. Rude drawing of a plant 
with palmate leaves. 
So moku, X, 26:—/- jig Aconitum Lycoctonum, L.— 
See also Phon zo, XXIV, 11, 12 :—Kwa wi, 17. 
162.—4 Wy kou wen. P., XVIIb, 55. T., CRXXV. 
Pen king :—Kou wen, ¥§ $3 ye ko. The root is officinal. 
Taste acrid. Nature cold. Very poisonous. 
Pie lu:—The kou wen grows in Fu kao [App. 45] in 
mountain-valleys, also in Hui ki [in Che kiang, App. 98] 
and Tung ye*! [App. 377]. One sort is called FA] 7 &u 
huo. When broken it emits a blue vapor.”? It is taken 
up in the 2nd and 8th months. 
39 k me 
“ Horrm, & SCHLT, give the above Chinese characters as the Chinese 
name for Geranium Thunbergii. But this seems to be a mistake. Accord- 
Ing to the So mokn (XII, 46] the Chinese name of this plant is +B Ae fi, 
and in the Ch. [ XII, 41], under the same Chinese name, mang niu rh, & 
Geranium is figured. See also Kiu hwang, L, 19. 
" Or perhaps Tung ye in the prefecture of Hui ki. 
“ht 2 Mw. 
