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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...attached to the former. Su Sing 11th cent. says that the statement of the Pao p'o tsz' has not been confirmed, and that the t'u sz' has nothing to do with the fu ling. The t'u sz' grows in Mid China. The best is found in Yuan kii in Shan tung, App. 415. The plant consists of fine filaments which twine about other plants. Its root soon abandons the ground and attaches itself to the pores of the foster plant. Some say that it has no root at all and lives upon the air. Li Shi-chen: --The t'u sz' is a common plant in neglected places, gardens, and on old roads. Its seeds germinate in the ground, but the plant thus sent up after having reached the foster plant becomes detached from the root. It has no leaves. Flowers white or of a delicate red colour and fragrant. The fruit, like a small bean and of a yellow App. 119. This is very sour. Its seeds are kidney-shaped. There is also the drug from Kien p'ing in Hu pei, App. 139. It has but little flesh, and the seeds are different. It is of a bitter taste. Su Kung 7th cent. in explaining the name wu tcei (five tasted) says: --The skin and the pulp of the fruit are sweet and sour, the kernel-are pungent and bitter, and the whole drug has a salty taste. The wu wei ts: which is also called " $C hui ki, is a plant which climbs on trees. Leaves like apricot-leaves but larger. The fruit is a berry like the lo k'ui Basella. See 258 or the ying ts: ' (wild grape). It is produced in P'u chou in Shan si, App. 2G4 and Lan t'ien in Shen si, App. 175. It is sent as an annual tribute from Ho chung fu in Shan si, App. 74. Han Pao-sheng 10th cent.: --It is a climber. Yellowish white flowers. Fruit purple when ripe and of a sweet taste. Su Sung 11th cent.: --It is very common in Ho tung and Shen si i.e. in North China. See App. 80, 2...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781130949100
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 152
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1130949109
  • Publisher Date: 05 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 286 gr


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