342 BOTANICON SINICUM,. 
193.—2% Be yang ti. P., XIX, 4. 7., LXIV. 
Comp. Rh ya, 117, Classics, 440. 
Pen king: —Yang t% (sheep’s hoof),  ch‘u, ¥% B 
kui mu, Ye Fi A tung fang su, 3 Bk Be lien chung lu 
The root is officinal. Taste bitter. Nature cold. Non- 
poisonous, 
Pie lu:—The yang ti grows in Ch‘en liu [in Ho naa, 
App. 13] in river-valleys. 
T‘ao Huna-kine :—It is now also called Ag AE tw ts‘ai. 
Han Pao-suene [10th cent.]:—It grows in low, damp 
places. The plant is from three to four feet high. The leaves 
are narrow and long, somewhat resembling those of the. = 
wo ki (Lactuca), but they are of a darker green colour. The 
stem and the joints are of a purplish red colour. Greenish 
white flowers in racemes. The seeds are three-edged. The 
plant begins to wither in summer. The root resembles that — 
of the niu p‘ang [burdock. See 91]. It is hard and solid. 
K‘ou Tsune-sat [12th cent.]:—The leaves resemble those 
of the po ling (spinage) but are not hastate and are thicker. 
The flowers resemble the seeds. The leaves are used for 
polishing (or cleaning) certain stones. The fruit is called 
& & B kin Kiao mai (golden buckwheat). Artificers us¢ 
it in the working of lead. 
Lt Sat-cHEy :—This plant grows abundantly by rivet 
sides and in moist places. The leaves are more than a foot - 
long and resemble an ox-tongue but have no resemblance es 
spinage-leaves. The stem rises in the beginning of summer, 
and the plant produces flowers and seeds. The flowers _ 
of the same colour as the leaves. At the end of summer it a 
withers, but thrives again late in autumn and then does ne 
wither in winter. The root is nearly a foot long, of 4 reddish : 
