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by the people of Kian-si ffl R 3 hu-sun-kian t a purely local name 

 which does not hint at any relation to the Hu. 



6. Another botanical name in which the word hu appears without 

 reference to the Hu is ?ui-hu-ken SI S8 t8, unidentified, a wild plant 

 diffused all over China, and first mentioned by 6'en Ts'an-k'i as grow- 

 ing in the river-valleys of Kian-nan. 1 



7-8. The same remark holds good for ts'e-hu j! (Sc) ffl* (Bupleurum 

 falcatum), a wild plant of all northern provinces and already described 

 in the Pie lu, and for ts'ien-hu IJiJ fifl 8 (Angelica decursiva), growing in 

 damp soil in central and northern China. 



9. Su-hu-lan lu #J ffli is an unidentified plant, first and solely men- 

 tioned by C'en Ts'an-k'i, 4 the seeds of which, resembling those of 

 Pimpinella anisum, are eatable and medicinally employed. It grows 

 in Annam. One might be tempted to take the term as hu-lan of Su 

 (Se-S'wan), but $u-hu-lan may be the transcription of a foreign word. 



10. The ma-k'in J f or niu ^r k'in (Viola pinnata), a wild violet, 

 is termed hu k'in 48 ff in the Tun U 3 ]S by Ceh Tsiao SB ti (i 108-62) 

 and in the T'u kin pen ts'ao of Su Sun. 1 No explanation as to the mean- 

 ing of this hu is on record. 



11. The hu-man (wan) SB S is a poisonous plant, identified with 

 Gelsemium elegans* It is mentioned in the Pei hu lu 1 with the synonyme 

 ye-ko ?S S, 8 the vegetable yun ^ (Ipomoea aquatica) being regarded as 

 an antidote for poisoning by hu-man. C'en Ts'an-k'i is cited as au- 

 thority for this statement. The Lin piao lu i 9 writes the name RP S, 

 and defines it as a poisonous grass; hu-man grass is the common col- 

 loquial name. The same work further says, ''When one has eaten of 

 this plant by mistake, one should use a broth made from sheep's blood 

 which will neutralize the poison. According to some, this plant grows 

 as a creeper. Its leaves are like those of the Ian hian 88 , bright and 

 thick. Its poison largely penetrates into the leaves, and is not employed 



1 Pen ts'ao Jkort mu, Ch. 16, p. 7 b. 



Op. cit. t Ch. 13, p. 6 b. 



Op. cit., Ch. 13, p. 7 b. 

 4 Op. cit., Ch. 26, p. 22 b. 



1 Op. cit., Ch. 26, p. 21 ; Ci wu mi* ii Cu k'ao, Ch. 14, p. 76. 



Cf. C. FORD, China Review, Vol. XV, 1887, pp. 215-220. STUART (Chinese 

 Materia Medica, p. 220) says that the plant is unidentified, nevertheless he describes 

 it on p. 185. 



1 Ch. 2, p. 1 8 b (ed. of Lu Sin-ytian). 



1 According to MATSUMURA (Shokubutsu mei-i, No. 2689). Rkus toxitodtndron 

 (Japanese tsuta-uruSi). 



Ch. B, p. a (ed. of W* yi* *M). 



