Puate 1984. 
DIPSACUS ASPER, Wall. 
DipsacEs. 
428 ; 
DC. Prodr. iv. 646 ; caule erecto 
Pitaca: 4,000-6,000 a Lone Hooker and Thomson, and — 
3 Pe. China, Prov. Hupeh, Dr. A. Henry (Nos. 160, 2267, © 
Jap ile florifera 1-1} poll. diam. br Tees is Been and | 
e m Chinese specimens. —D. Ox 
“—_ supplies the following note: si atls asper,. Wall. 
wild in the mountainous parts of Hupeh and Szechwan. The 
much as a hundred tons yearly being exported 
2 The native name is hsii-twan, by which the 
_ and described in Chih ww Ming, xi. 32. It is also 
ly—coming from the province of Kwangsi, is exporte 
Whether this is the product of the same plant I am co now 
tion to state. In Japan hsii-twan is given by some authorities 
confirm this. See Porter Smith, “Contr. Mat. Med. China,” 
, where a wrong identification of the Hankow drug is given.’ 
fae Flower with involucel. 2. Involucel, laid open. Enlarged. 
- PART Iv. x 
