68 
BOTANICON SINICUM, 
Bletia hyacinthina, R. Br., an Orchid with purplish ee : 
flowers, much cultivated at Peking under the popular name @ ’ 
lan hua. This bulb, when put in water, forms a mucilage wii : 
at Peking is used by the manufacturers of “ cloioauaay a 
Henry, Chin. pl. 361:—Pai ki in Hu pei is Bletia 
hyacinthina, 4 
Cust. Med., p. 68 (43):—Pai hi exported 1885 from 
Han kow to other Chinese ports 385 piculs. See also pe | 
interesting note regarding the pau ki in the Report on Tra ‘ | 
Chin. Mar. Cust., 1869, p. 68, Ning po, from which po 7 
the drug is likewise exported. q 
So moku, XVIII, 34 -—E§ J& Bletia hyacinthina.—Same . 
identification in Stes., Icon, ined., VIII. 
26.— 3H HE huang lien. P., XU i. 7, CLIIL 
Pen king :—Huang (yellow) lien, “EH wang Len.— 
The root is officinal. Taste bitter, Nature cold. Non- 
poisonous, a 
Pie lu:—The huang lien grows in Wu yang Li, ae 
Sz ch‘uan, App. 396], in river valleys, and in Shu hy : - 
ch‘nan, App. 292], also on the southern slope of the T‘ai shan — 
: : in the 
[in Shan tung, App. 322]. The root is dug up int 
2nd and 8th months, 
: Tao Huna-xing :—W 
82 ch‘uan and Hu pei, 
from Western China is 
u yang is in Kien p‘ing be ) 
App. 139]. Now the drug brougt 
of a paler colour and less juicy 
that from Tung yang [in Che kiang, App. 376] and Sin Fe 
[in Che kiang, App. 310] which are considered the a 
That from Lin hai [in Che kiang, App. 192] is of an inferio 
quality. Before use the smaller fibres of the root are — 
removed, and then it looks like a string of beads. 
In the Fao sj 
ng lun [7th cent.] the drug is called 
3S BE chi lien, 
