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TaTar., Cat., 12:—Ts‘ten ts‘ao ken. Radix Rubiea.— 
P. Smiru, 188. 
Henry., Chin. pl., 57 :—Ts‘ien ts‘ao, Rubia cordifolia, L. 
Cust. Med., p. 80 (199):—Ts‘ien ts‘ao exported 1885 
from Han kow 134 piculs,—p. 132 (170), from Chin kiang 
5) piculs,—p. 168 (412), from Shang hai, hie kien ts‘ou 
[v. supra] 0.01 picul. 
Ameen. exot., 912 :—P& sen, vulgo akanni. Herba spitha- 
malis vel pedalis, ramosa, procumbens, radice fibrosa densa, 
foliis Nummularize, infectoribus pro colore serviens. 
So moku, 11, 64, 65 :—Same Chinese name, in Japanese 
akane, Rubia cordifolia. 
Sres., Gcon., 332 :—Queria trichotoma, Thbg.” Japonice: 
akane ; Sinice: #¥. Adhibetur Rubie nostratis ad instar tinc- — 
toria. 
183.—Rj i, fang ki. P., XVIII, 23. 7., CXXX. 
Pen king: —Fang ki, f& We kiai li. Root officinal. 
Taste pungent. Nature uniform. Non-poisonous. 
Pie lu:—The fang ki grows in Han chung [S. Shen si, 
App. 54] in river-valleys. The root is dug up in the 2nd 
and 8th months and dried in the shade. ; 
Li Tane-cut [3rd cent.]:—It has a twining stem like the 
ko [Pachyrhizus. See 174]. The root is white externally and 
yellow internally, like the hie keng [Platycodon. See 6]. It 
shows black veins in the substance, radiating like the spokes 
of a wheel. 
3 T‘ao Hune-xinc :—-Now the drug which is produced in 
I tu and Kien p‘ing [both in Hu pei, App. 104, 139] is 
large, of a greenish white colour, empty and soft. This is 
* SIEBOLD is evidently mistaken, Queria trichotoma, Same as THUN- 
BERG'S Rubia spicis ternis, is Wickstramia japonica, Miq., which is not a 
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