66 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
fruit is as large as a hen’s egg and covered with white hairs 
more than an inch long, which hang down like tassels, thus 
resembling the head of an old man. 
Other authors quoted in the P. describe the pai t‘ou weng 
differently, not quite distinct. The plant intended by Su 
Kun@ may perhaps be a Pulsatilla (Anemone), the fruit of 
which, with the long feathery tails of the seeds, may be 
compared to an old man’s head. : 
The Ch. figures under the name pai tfou weng two 
different plants, —IX, 52, a plant unknown to ae and 
VIII, 14, it seems, an Eupatorium. At Peking pai tou 
weng is Eupatorium Kirillowii, Turez. 
So moku, X, 36 :— Fy WE 35 Anemone cernua, Thbg. 
Cust. Med., p. 68 (48) :—Pai tou weng exported 1885 
from Han kow to other ports of China 69 piculs. 
25.—FA I pai ki. P., XI, 39. 4 COVELL 
Pen king:—Pai ki, also HE Te Bi lien ki ts‘ao, HH 
kan ken (sweet root). The root is officinal. Taste bitter. 
Nature uniform. Non-poisonous. 
Pie lu:—The 
Hk pat ki grows in Pei shan (northern 
mountains) in rive 
r valleys, also in Yiian kii [in Shan tung, 
App. 415] and in Yiie shan [mountains of Yiie? App. 420]. 
The same work says, the FQ Ss pai ki grows in mountain 
valleys. Its leaves resemble those of the li lu [ Veratrum. 
See 142], the root is like a mortar. 
9th month. [Lr Su-cury says that t 
differently written, are the same. | 
Wu Pv [3rd cent. ]:—The pai ki in its stem and leaves 
resembles the ginger plant and the Ui lw. In the 10th month 
purplish red flowers appear on the top of the plant. The 
root resembles a mortar, wherefore it is also called FY # 
kiu ken (mortar root), 
It is dug up in the 
he two drugs pat hi, 
