314 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
cultivated under the above Chinese name.—See also Kiu — 
huang (LI, 4], tien men tung. Synonyms: By BE PR wan sui 
t‘eng and other names. 
Lour., Fl. cochin., 268:— Melanthium cochinchinense. 
Sin. : ten muen tum. Caulis tenuis, procumbens, aculeatus, 
aculeis brevibus, sparses. Folia linearia, triquetra, minuscula, — 
Radix fasciculata, tuberibus oblongis, carnosis, fuscorufis, — 
Flos albus. Tuber humectans, expectorans. Prodest in — 
phthysi, siti et calore febrili. In usum etiam venit et jucunde 
sapit saccharo conditum. Hance suggests that LourEiRo’s 
plant may be Asparagus lucidus. [Flora hongk., 371.] 
Tavar., Cat., 56 :—T'ien men tung. Radix Asparagee, 
Melanthii cochinchinensis, LouR.—GAUGER [43] describes and 
depicts the tubers of the tien men tung.— Hansury, Se. pap» 
257.—P. Smiru, 145. | 
Henry, Chin. pl., 463:—Tien men tung in Hu pei is 
Asparagus lucidus. x 
Cust. Med., p- 78 (184):— Tien men tung exported 1885 
from Han kow 920 piculs,—p. 60 (26), from I chang 139 
Piculs,—p. 212 (37), from Wen chow 52 piculs,—p. 190 é 
(96), from Ning po 13 piculs,—p. 226 (92), from Fu chow 2 
13 piculs,— e: 
So moku, VII, 7 :—R FY &, Asparagus lucidus. | 
Sies., Econ., 80 :— Asparagus japonicus. Ten montloo : 
A FY 4%. Radices. non vero caules juniores inter fercula 
ponuntur, | 
MiqugL, Prol. Fl, Jap., 815 :— Asparagus lucidus. Radix ! 
(haud soboles) edulis statuitur, et prostant specimina juvenilia fe 
humilia radicis fibris in tubera oblonga stipitata tumentibus. 
M1. $B po pu. P., XVIla, 52. 7, CXXXU 
Pie lu:—Po pu. The root is officinal. ‘Taste sweeh 
Nature slightly warm. Non-poisonous, 2 
