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196 SING-IRANICA
by the people of Kian-sir c hu-sun-kian, 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 Z'ui-hu-ken NJ fa, unidentified, a wild plant
diffused all over China, and first mentioned by C'en Ts`an-kg as growing in the river-valleys of Kian-nan.'
7-8. The same remark holds good for ts'e-hu ! (tic) ATI2 (Bupleurum falcatum), a wild plant of all northern provinces and already described
in the Pie lu, and for ts`ien-hu •IiP3 (Angelica decursiva), growing in
damp soil in central and northern China.
9. .u-hu-lan 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-i`wan), but §u-hu-lan may be the transcription of a foreign word.
Io. The ma-k`ini h or niu 1P. k`in (Viola pinnata), a wild violet,
is termed hu k'in in the run by Cen Tsiao Sal (I 108-62)
and in the T'u kin pen ts'ao of Su Sun.' No explanation as to the meaning of this hu is on record.
II. The hu-man (wan) 4 is a poisonous plant, identified with
Gelsemium elegans.6 It is mentioned in the Pei hu lu7 with the synonyme
ye-ko ,8 the vegetable yun jif (I pomoea aquatica) being regarded as
an antidote for poisoning by hu-man. C'en Ts`an-kg is cited as authority for this statement. The Lin piao lu i9 writes the name Ff Z, and defines it as a poisonous grass; hu-man grass is the common colloquial 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 lan hian T , bright and thick. Its poison largely penetrates into the leaves, and is not employed
1 Pen ts'ao hail mu, Ch. 16, p. 7 b.
2 Op. cit., Ch. 13, p. 6 b.
a op. cit., Ch. 13, p. 7 b. 4 Op. cit., Ch. 26, p. 22 b.
b Op. cit., Ch. 26, p. 21; Ci t'u k'ao, Ch. 14, p. 76.
° Cf. C. FORD, China Review, Vol. XV, 1887, pp. 215-220. STUART (Chinese Materia Medica, p. 22o) says that the plant is unidentified, nevertheless he describes it on p. 185.
? Ch. 2, p. i8 b (ed. of Lu Sin-yûan).
8 According to MATSUMURA (Shokubutsu mei-i, No. 2689), Rhus toxicodendson (Japanese tsuta-usuSi).
° Ch. s, p. 2 (ed. of Wu yit tien).
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