MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 885 
[Jacquin figured this species, Elog. gram. rar. tab., 40, 
without describing it. Apparently it is only a variety of 
C. Lachryma.]|—P. Suit, 125. 
In the Chinese Customs’ Reports ¢ i jen is generally 
erroneously identified with pearl-barley. The seed of Coix 
deprived of the shell has indeed some resemblance to pearl- 
barley. 
Cust. Med., p. 198 (216):—J mi jen exported 1885 from 
Ning po 210 piculs,—p. 50 (68), from Che foo 98 piculs,— 
p- 162 (329), from Shang hai 46.37 piculs—Exported also 
from Han kow. See Hank. Med., 20. 
Amn. exot., 834 :—3¥ PX. Medicis et literatis jokui et 
Jokuinin, vulgo dsudsudama, it. fatsji koku. Arundo grani- 
fera. Milium arundinaceum ; aliis Lachrymo Jobi. 
Phon zo, XLII, 4-6 :—Above Chinese name. Represen- 
tation of two varieties of Coie Lachryma with oblong and 
globular fruit, 
Matsumura, 55:—3¥ ff, Coix agrestis, Lour., and JI] 2% 
Coie Lachryma. 
Stes., Ccon., 44 :— Coie Lachryma. Sinice: J\] #- 
Varietates :— 
ay nae rove orbiculis ad preces. 
. Joosusutama 
(c). toomuki. Edulis ac medice usui. 
229. B. ta tou. Soy-bean, Soja hispida, Moench. 
P., XXIV, 1. T., XXXV. 
Comp. Rh ya, 29, Classics, 355. 
Pen king:—Ta tou. The seed of the @ K HE het 
(black) ta tou is used in medicine. Taste sweet. Nature 
uniform. N on-poisonous. When eaten it causes the body 
to become heavy. 
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