886 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Pie lu:—-The ta tow is produced in T‘ai shan [in Shan . 
tung, App. 322] in marshes. It is gathered in the 9th 
month, 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—The ta tou is now generally 
cultivated in two varieties—the white and the black. The — 
latter is used in medicine. ae 
Li Sai-cuzn :—There are many sorts of the ta tou—the ‘ 
black, white, yellow, gray, green and spotted [according ” 
the colour of the seeds]. The black sort is used in medicine, : 
is also a valuable food, and is employed in making §% shi 
(Soy. V. infra, 234, and Bot. sin., IL, 355). From the 
yellow sort oil is expressed and 4g tsiang (sauces) and fi /u 
(beancurd. See lc.) are prepared. These beans are also 
eaten roasted. Besides the seeds of the ta tow, and ie 
oil expressed from them, other parts of the plant are likewis? — 
officinal, viz. the ke J& ta tou pt (the valves of the legume), s 
the leaves, the carbonized straw and the flowers. 
See P. Surrn, 88, Dolichos 80ja.— 
Frag 
230.—K BB # ta tou huang kiian. P., XXIV, 7. 
This drug is noticed in the Pen king. ; 
As T’so Huye-xina and Li Sar-cHen explain, this” 
consists of the germs of the black Soy bean, produced by : 
steeping the beans in water and causing them to germinate. : 
These germs are used as food. - 
__ This is still an article of food at Peking, but prodmce’ 
from the yellow Soy bean and called Te FF huang touye 
22 a> el sian tou, P., XIV, 9. T, SERVE 
Pen king: — Chi siao- toy (red small bean )- Seeds 
germs and leaves are used in medicine. 2 
This is a red variety of Phaseolus Mungo. See Bot. si 
Il, 356. 
