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[see 13] but are not serrated or dentated. They are of a 
yellowish green colour, the under side is paler. The root is 
crooked and covered with erect dense black hair, like that of 
the kouw ts/, but it is larger and resembles an owl. 
Ch. [VIII, 18]:—Kuan chung. Representation of a fern 
with large pinnate fronds, covered with spores. Root covered 
with dense hair. 
According to M. Fauver [* Trip of a Naturalist to the 
Chin. Far East,” 11], in Shan tung the name kuan chung is 
applied to Asprdium jaleatum, Sw., a fern, known also from 
Fu kien and S. Shen si. 
Henry [ Chin, pl., 199, 200]:—Kuan chung. This name 
in Hu peh is applied to several ferns, viz. Woodwardia 
radicans, Sm., Onoclea orientalis, Hook., Nephrodium jilix 
mas, Rich. ee 
Cust. Med., p. 344 (69) :—Kuang chung exported from 
Canton to other Chinese ports 15 piculs,—p. 278 (61), from 
Amoy 0.43 piculs—Jbid., p. 457 (647) Places of production: 
Fu kien, Kuang tung. 
Phon zo [VI, 3, 4]:—#{ 3® Fern. According to 
Francuer: Lomaria nipponica. 
15.—F3 8G OK pa hi tien. P., X1Ib, 20. T., CLXXIV. 
Pen king:—Pa ki ten. The root is officinal. Taste 
bitter and sweet. Nature slightly warm. Non-poisonons. 
Pie lu:—The pa ki tien grows in Pa [E. Sz ch‘uan, 
App. 235] and in Hia p‘ei [in Kiang su, App. 63] in 
mountain valleys. The root is dug up in the 2nd and 8th 
months and dried in the shade. 
Tao Hune-Kine :—At present the people use also the 
drug which comes from Kien p‘ing [in Sa ch‘uan and 
