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Lour., Fl. cochin., 534 :—Dolichos purpureus. Sinice : 
tsu (tsz‘= purple) pien teu. Legumina tenera et recentia 
sapida sunt et salubria; and D. albus. Sinice : pe (white) pien 
teu. Tenerior et sapidior precedente, nec forma valde differens. 
Tarar., Cat., 3:—Pien tou, Semina Lablab vulgaris— 
P. Smiru, 128. ‘ 
At Peking Lablab vulgaris is much cultivated under th 
name of pien tou, especially the purple flowered, which has 
also a purple coloured legume; also the white flowered, pai 
(white) pen tou, which has greenish white seeds that are 
used in medicine. 
Henry, Chin. pl., 471 :—Pien tou, Dolichos Lablab. 
Cust. Med., p. 162 (840):—Pai pien tou exported 1885 
from Shang hai 306 piculs,—p. 200 (231), Ning po 72.82 
piculs,—p. 130 (145), Chin kiang 2.08 piculs.—Exported 
also from Han kow. See Hank., Med., 34. 
Amen. exot., 836 :—#¥%, vulgo adsi mame, it. kaadsi 
mame. Phaseolus arvensis, longis sarmentis repens, flore exili 
purpureo, siliquis brevibus latioribus caudatis ; semine ciceris 
rotundo, rubente.—This is evidently not Lablab. Not identi- 
fied by Tuunnerc. ; 
Phon zo, XLII, 25 :—# FH, Dolichos Lablab. 
So moku, XU, 14 :—#2 GH, Dolichos cultratus, Thbg. 
234.—J, BB ta tou shi. P., XXV, 2. 
Comp. Bot. sin., II, 355:—Soy. It is noticed in the 
Pielu. Lz Sut-cuen says it is prepared from the black soy 
bean. 
In the Cust. Med. the BH BE tow shi is mentioned as an 
article of import, p. 110 (183) Wu hu,—p. 164 (368) 
Shang hai,—p. 216 (89) Wen chou. It is said to come from 
Han kow and Ning po, and is identified there with salted 
black beans,—See also Hank. Med., 45. 
