50 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Wen chow 45 piculs,—p. 844 (66), from Canton 42 piculs— 
Ibid., p. 455 (606) Places of production: Che kiang, Kuang 
tung, Kuang si. 
The Phon zo [VI, i] figures sub %ij ZF a fern with 
bipinnate fronds. Francnet, Enum. Pl. Jup. (II, 204] 
refers this drawing with a ? to Onoclea germanica, Willd. 
14.—Ff FE kuan chung. P., Xb, 18.—7., CXXXILL. 
Comp. Rh ya, 110. 
Pen king:—Kuan chung. Other names : Tt iy huan 
tsie, TFA ME kuan ka, A Wei po tow (hundred heads), J 4 
hu kiian, if HE pien fu. The root is officinal. Taste bitter. 
Nature slightly cold. Poisonous. | 
Pie lu:—The kuan chung is also called We Meh VEL ts‘ao 
cht tou (herbaceous owl’s head). It grows in the mountain 
valleys of Yiian shan [unknown to me, App. 416], in Yuan 
kii [in Shan tung, App. 415] and on the Shao shi mountain 
[in Ho nan, App. 281]. The root is dug up in the 2nd and 
8th months and dried in the shade. 
T‘ao Hune-KinG :—The kuan chuny is common in Middle 
China. Its leaves resemble those of the great hie [a fern. 
See Rh ya, 185]. The root in its shape, colour and hairy 
appearance recalls the head of an owl Lv. supra]. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—The kuan chung, otherwise 
called Jel Je BE feng wei ts‘ao (pheenix-tail plant) is common 
in the provinces of Shen si [now Shen si and E. Kan su, 
App. 284] and Ho tung [Shan si, App. 80] and also in 
King and Siang [Hu pei, App. 145, 305]. 
Li Sur-cuey :—The & 
the mountains, in shady 
the same root. They 
leaves are in opposite 
uan chung is a common plant in 
places. Several stalks issue from 
are as thick as a quill, slippery. The 
pairs, resemble those of the kow si 
