VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 429 



Kuangsi, Yunnan, Szechuan, Hupeh, Cambodia, Siam, Borneo, 

 and Liuchiu. That coming from abroad is preferred to the 

 native article. It is met with in bundles of long, rough pieces, 

 of a reddish-grey color on the outside, and of a deep magenta 

 red on the broken surface. Rotten portions of the wood are 

 sometimes found in its substance, having lost more or less of 

 their color. The grain is very hard, the odor fragrant, but the 

 taste is very slight. The wood is used in dyeing, and is 

 powdered and mixed with other substances to make incense. 

 Is is used in medical practice as an astringent, as a wash to 

 cleanse sores and excite granulations, and as a deodorizing or 

 disinfecting agent. 



TARAXACUM OFFICINALIS.— if ^ ^ (P'u-kung- 

 ying), 1055. This common plant has a large number of names, 

 such as 1^ f]| j^ (Chiang-nou-ts'ao), "plowing-and-hoeing 

 weed," ^ ^ '^ (Chin-tsan-ts'ao), "golden-hair-pin weed,'* 

 ^ -^S i& T (Huang-hua-ti-ting), "yellow-flowered earth-nail," 

 h ^M (Kou-ju-ts'ao), "dog's milk weed," and ^ fj^ fX (Pai- 

 ku-ting). The plant is found generally in all parts of the 

 country, north of the Meiling range, but is most common in 

 the Yangtse valley. It is fairly well described in the Peiitsao. 

 The tender shoots are eaten as a pot-herb. Tonic and alter- 

 ative properties are ascribed to the plant, and it is prescribed 

 in all sorts of abscesses and swellings, carious teeth, and snake 

 bites. 



TAXODIUM HETEROPHYLLUM.— 7K fe(Shui-sung). 

 This identification is somewhat doubtful. It is counter-poison, 

 cures ascites, and hastens labor. 



TECOMA GRANDIFLORA.— ^ ^ (Ling-hsiao), 733. 

 See Bignonia grandiflora. 



TENERIUM STOLONIFERUM.— iS M (Chia-su). It 

 is not quite certain if this is not Salvia pi ebia. ^ij ^ (Ching- 

 chieh) is given as a synonym, and at Peking this is Salvia 

 piebia and Nepeta ieiiitifolia. As usual where there is con- 

 founding of plants in the Pentsao^ there is not much descrip- 



