410 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
4.—L. versicolor, Schl. Bip, Small plant 
yellow flowers. Wild and cultivated. Sinice: ty 
shan k‘u mai. 
The Chinese at Peking cultivate the Sonchus arvensis, 
under the names 4 #3 3¢ k‘w mai ts‘ai or EE | | hit mai 
The leaves are eaten. It is also a common wild plant. 
The genera Lactuca and Sonchus are closely allied. 
belong to the group Cichoracew of compound flowers. 
resemble each other in the flower-heads, involueres, ete. 
species of both contain a milky sap. : 
Lour., Fl. cochin., 583 :—Cichorium endivia, L. 
khu tsai. Habitat in locis borealibus imperii sinensis. 
Tavar., Cat., 33:—K‘u mai ts‘ai, Cichorium.—P. 
60, 62, Chicory and Cichorium.—Bunex [Enum. pl. ( 
bor.| mentions Cichorium intybus as cultivated in Ch 
gardens at Peking. I never met with this plant the 
Henry, Chin. pl., 189 :—K‘u ts‘ai in Hu pei is 
squarrosa, 
Hank. Med., 22 :—K'u ts‘ai exported from Han kow. 
So moku, XV, 6 :—3E 3%, Sonchus oleraceus, L. 
Stzs., Zeon., 219 :—Sonchus oleraceus. Japonice 
asami. Sinice: Yb 3. 
Phon zo, XLIX, 2, 3:—% 2. 2k HAR. Gd ' 
arvensis, L.—Ibid., 9 : :—Jk 74 BY, Lactuca denticulata. 
So moku, XV, 20 :— ly 24 BH, Lactuca Raddeant 
258.—¥e BE lo kui. P., XXVUI, 23. T., 
Comp. Rh ya, 148. 
Pie lu:—Lo kui. Other names : K ¥ t'ven bi 
$4 HR fan lu. The leaves and the fruit are officinal. 4% 
the leaves sour and mucilaginous. Non-poisonous. 
"The name tien iwi in the P. is likewise applied to an 
Hui, See Bot, sin,, 11, 115. 
