360 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
It Sut-cuen :—The kun pu produced in [the sea of] - 
Teng chou and Lai chou {northern coast of Shan tung] : 
has the appearance of twisted ropes. The sort which is a 
brought from Min [Fu kien, App. 222] and Che [Che kiang] 7 
has large leaves and is used for food. All the different : 
Sorts of hai ts‘ai (seaweed) resemble each other in quality 
and taste, and their medical virtues also are much alike. 
Cust. Med., p- 202 (273):—Kun pu exported 1885 
from Ning po 114 piculs,—p. 216 (97), from Wen chow 
41 piculs,— p- 800 (402), from Amoy 7 piculs,—p. 33d 
(285), from Swatow 1.87 picul. 
The kun pu is Laminaria saccharina, L. For farther — 
particulars see Bot, sin., Il, 201. Comp. also supra, 200. 
202.—F5 fh shi hu. P., aa i. 7, OSA. 
Pen king :—Shi hu, BE HE kin sheng and pk BM lin lan 
[lan of the forests, Regarding lan (orchid) see 62]. “the 
stem is used in medicine. Taste sweet. Nature uniform. 
Non-poisonous, 
Pie lu:—Other names: 47 3% shi chu, FEM tu i 
The shi hu grows in Lin an [in An hui, App. 220] ™ 
mountain-valleys, along the edge of the water and on er 
(rocks). The stem is gathered in the 7th and 8th moult 
and dried in the shade. 
m 
T‘ao Hune-xixg :— The drug now used comes er 
Shi hing [in Kuang tung, App. 289], where it grows 
stones. It (the stem) is gold coloured, resembles the leg of ® 
. rt. 
locust, and is met with also in Mid China. Another ae 
inferior in quality, is produced in Siian ch‘eng [in An i 
App. 315]. It grows on oak trees (Ji) and is called 7s 
paler 
mu (tree) Au. It has a long, hollow stem of a 
colour, 
