288 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
colour, is produced on the stem of the plant. The plant is 
common in the forests of Meng chou in the prefecture of 
of Huai k‘ing fu [in Ho nan, App. 220, 94] and is a much- 
valued medicine. Other names for it are 4k GA BL huo yen 
tsao (blaze plant), BF J $% ye hu sz‘ (wild fox silk), & #{ # 
kin sien ts‘ao (gold thread plant). 
Cust. Med., p. 16 (137):—T*w sz‘ tsz* seeds exported 
1885 from New chwang 84 piculs,—p. 36 (181), from Tien 
tsin 111 piculs,—p. 200 (249), from Ning po 29 piculs,— 
p. 80 (189), from Han kow 26 piculs. 
Ch., XXII, 1:—7"u sz‘ tsz*. The drawing represents 
Cuscuta, Dodder. 
Tavar., Cat., 61:—T*u sz‘ tsz’. Semina Cuscute 
europe. 
Hans., Sc. pap., 240 :—7"u sz‘ tsz‘. Cuscuta chinensis, 
Lam.—P. Smrrn, 87. 
Phon zo, XXV, 2 :—Cuscuta japonica, Chois., H% ¥% or 
i HR. 
For further particulars see Bot. sin., II, 450. 
164.—Fi, WK F wu wei tsz'. P., XVILla, 4. 7, CLXX- 
Comp. also Rh ya, 149, 240. 
Pen king:—Wu wei tsz (five tasted). The fruit is 
officinal. Taste sour. Nature warm. N on-poisonous. 
Pie lu:—Other name: FM hian ki. The wu wei tse 
grows in Ts4 shan [in An hui, App. 350] in mountain- 
valleys, also in {§ Tai (in N. Shan si, App. 821]. The fruit 
is gathered in the 8th month and dried in the shade. 
T‘ao Hune-Kinc :—Now the best comes from Kao li 
[N. Corea, App. 116]. The berry has much flesh (pulp), is 
sour and sweet. The next in quality is brought from Ts‘ing 
chou [in Shan tung, App. 363] and Ki chou [in Chi li, 
