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BOTANICON SINICUM. or 
Li Shi chen in the Pen ts‘ao kang mu mentions only 347 of the 
(365) drugs specified in the Shen nung Pen ts‘ao, 239 of them 
belong to the vegetable kingdom, 65 refer te animals, 43 are 
obtained from minerals. 
As to the medicinal plants enumerated in Shen nung’s Materia 
medica, they are up to the present time known to Chinese 
physicians by the same ancient names. As the greater part of 
them are natives of North-China and known to me, I shall give 
here the botanical names of those plants of the Shen nung Pen 
ts‘ao which I have been able to ascertain. I omit the Chinese 
names, which will be given at the proper places in the second 
part of my work. 
Ranunculus sceleratus, 
Aconitum, several spec. 
Paeonia Moutan, : 
P, albiflora. 
Magnolia Yulan. 
M, hypoleuca ? 
Schizandra chinensis, 
Akebia quinata, 
Aceranthus sagittatus, 
Nelumbium speciosum 
Euryale ferox. 
Chelidonium ? 
Sisymbrium, 
5% BPH bursa pastoris, 
Polygala sibirica, 
P, tenuifolia, 
Dianthus Seguieri. 
Malva verticillata. 
Tribulus terrestris. 
Zanthoxylum, several spec. 
Citrus aurantium, 
Aegle sepiaria ? 
Melia Azedarach. 
Euonymus Thunbergianus. 
Zizyphus vulgaris. 
Z. Lotus. 
Vitis vinifera.’ 
V. serianaefolia, 
Koelreuteria paniculata. 
Rhus vernicifera. 
Rhynchosia volubilis, 
Sophora japonica, 
S. flavescens. 
S. angustifolia ? 
Gleditschia sinensis. 
Cassia Sophera. 
Acacia Julibrissin. : 
Prunus japonica. 
Pr. several species. 
Amygdalus persica, 
Rubus. 
Potentilla, several spec. 
Poterium officinale. 
Rosa indica, 
Sedum alboroseum, 
Trichosanthes palmata. 
Lagenaria. 
Benincasa cerifera, 
Thladiantha dubia. 
Bupleurum falcatum, 
Cicuta. 
Sium Ninsi ? 
Seseli Libanotis. 
Cnidium Monnieri. 
Levisticum. 
Angelica, 
Peucedanum.. 
Aralia japonica, 
Panax Ginseng. 
Hedera scandens, 
Sambueus ? . 
Gardenia florida. ade 
Rubia cordifolia. 
Patrinia, 
Dipsacus. — 
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8 It is evidently by a mistake which 
‘began to appear as a written document 
believe), that the Vine is mentioned in hen nung Pen ts‘a we h: 
from other ancient native records that this plant was first introduced into 
crept into the ancient tradition, when it first 
(in the second century, as the Chinese authors 
the Shen nung Pen ts‘ao. For we have evidence 
ina in the 
