356 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
and autumn it produces small white flowers and is therefore 
also called FX [| pad (white) p‘in. 
The Ch, [XVIII, 6] figures sub p‘in or pai pin, Marsilea 
quadrifolia, L, The descriptions in the P. agree so far as 
the leaves are concerned. But Marsilea is a pseudo-fern and 
has no flowers. 
Phon zo, XXXIV, 3:—¥4, Mydrocharis morsus rane. 
Probably this may be the p‘in with white flowers of the P. 
Comp. Ch., XVIII, 2. 
Lbid., 3 :-— * BE, Marsilea quadrifolia. 
190. We shun, P.. XIX, 24. T., LXV. 
Comp. Classics, 398. 
Pie lu:—Shun. The whole plant used in medicine. 
Taste sweet. Nature cold. Non-poisonous. 
Han Pao-suenc [10th cent.]:—The leaves of the shun 
resemble those of the fu k‘ui [Limnanthemum. See Classics, 
399]. They float on the water. The stem is edible. Flowers 
yellowish white. Seeds (or fruit) of a purple colour. The 
stem, which from the 3rd to the 8th month is as thick 
as a hair-pin, is yellowish red, and short or long according t 
the depth of the water. It is then called #% | sz‘ (floss silk) 
shun and is sweet and soft. In the 9th and 10th months 
it gradually becomes coarse and hard. In the 11th month 
the sprouts appear in the mud, They are coarse and short, 
and known under the name of HE | kwai (piece) sm — 
They are bitter and harsh. The people press out the Juice : 
and use it with other vegetables for soup. . 
Lt Sai-chen:—The name is also written $§ shun, : : 
in the Ts% min yao shu [5th cent.]. The plant grows » 
South China in lakes and ponds. The people of Wu ee 
