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Lovr., Fl. cochin., 259:—Acorus Calamus, L. [ LourEIRo’s 
plant is, according to Kunru, Enum. pl., ILI, 87, not the com- 
mon sweet flag but the Acorus terrestris of Rumputvs, Amb., V, 
tab. 72]. Sinice: xe cham pu (shi ch‘ang p‘u). In montibus 
et locis petrosis Cochinchine et Chine, Radix utitur in 
medicina, 
Tatar., Cat., 14, 53 :—Ch‘ang p‘u and shi ch‘ang p‘u. 
Rad. Acori terrestris.—P, Smrra, 4. 
Lour., le, 258:— Orontium cochinchinense [this is 
Acorus cochinchinensis, Schott. See Keyra, Enum. pl, IT, 
87]. Sinice: aui cham pu (shu ch‘ang pu). Habitat in 
paludibus et locis aquosis Cochinchinze et Chine. 
At Peking the common Acorus Calamus is called ch‘ang 
pu. lt has the same Chinese name in Hu pei. See Henry, 
Chin. pl., 18. 
The pai ch‘ang or shui ch‘ang p‘u of the Pen ts‘ao is 
probably Acorus Calamus. 
Cust. Med., p. 338 (2):—Ch‘ang p‘u exported 1885 
from Canton 47 piculs.—Exported also from Han kow. See 
Hank, Med., p. 1.—The shi ch‘ang p‘u is mentioned in the 
Cust. Med. as imported to New chwang, Shang hai and 
Tamsui, and said to come from Ning po and Amoy, but it is 
not noticed in these ports among the exports. 
Amen. exot., 900 :— 2% sju, vulgo soobu, Herba arun- 
dinacea palustris, foliis liliaceis, ob pulchritudinem in hortis 
et cisternis recepta ; cujus tres habentur species foliorum 
magnitudine differentes: sco foliis longissimis,—ajami medi- 
ocribus,—et sikisoha parvulis, que in fictilibus asservatur.— 
Tuunzere identifies this with his Iris versicolor [ Flora jap., 
34], but from the Japanese names it would seem that 
Kzuprrr’s description refers to Acorus. : 
Phon zo, XXXIII, 16, 17, and So moku, VII, 10 :— 
Be, Japonice sjobu, is Acorus spurius, Schott. [= A. Calamus, 
Thbg., Fl., jap. 144]. In aquosis Japonize (Buerger). 
