296 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
P. Smirn, 99:—She mei. Fragaria vesca. —According — 
to ParKer, she pao in Sz ch‘uan is Fragaria indica. 
Henry, Chin. pl., 350:—She pao tsz‘.. Fragaria indica. — 
A strawberry, with yellow flowers and beautiful red fruit, 
which has not the slightest flavour and is believed by the 4 
Chinese to be poisonous. : 
Cust. Med., p. 860 (272):—She pao li exported 1885 
from Canton 1.06 picul. 
So moku, IX, 31 :—wt Bf, Fragaria indica, and [ 28], 
same Chinese name, Fragaria chilensis, Ehrh. 
Phon 20, XXV, 19-20 :—Same Chinese name, ragaria 
indica and other species, | 
168.—38 4b Mien niutsz, P.,X VIIa, 21. 1, CLXX. 
Pie lu:—K en niu tse. The seeds are officinal. Taste 
bitter. Nature cold. Poisonous. 
T‘ao Hunc-xixe :—The kien niu is a climbing plant. 
The flowers resemble those of the pien tou [Lablab vulgaris] 
and are of a yellow colour. The seeds are produced in a small 
capsule. They are black, resembling those of the h‘iu tse 
(Crategus). . 
The P'ao chi lun [5th cent.] calls this plant Hi @ gP 
ts‘ao (herbaceous) kin ling (golden bell, a name applied to the 
fruit of Melia), 
Su Kune [7th cent. ]—The flowers of this plant resemble 
those of the sian hua [Calystegia or Convolvulus. See 169); : 
are of a blue colour, not yellow and also not like the pien tou 
[as T‘ao Hune-xing asserts ]. 
Su Sune [11th cent. ]:—It is a common cultivated plant 
raised from seed which climbs on fences and walls. It grows 
from 20 to 30 feet long. Trilobed leaves. It blossoms in 
the 7th month. The flowers are reddish blue, resembling the 
