86 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—It is also called Hy 3 
ti yang sien. It is common in Ho ch‘unz [S.W. Shan si, 
App. 74], Kiang ning fu [present Nan king, App. 129], 
Ch‘u chou [in An hui, App. 25], Jun chou [in Kiang su, 
App. 111]. Flowers of a pale purple colour, resemble 
small shu kuz (Althea) flowers. Root like a small turnip 
with a yellowish white rind. The mountain people eat the 
young leaves, 
Lt Sur-cen :—The fruit consists of several carpels like 
that of the tsiao (Zanthorylon). The plant is therefore 
also called & 2 52 BL kin tsio rh tsiao (golden bird's 
Zanthoxylon). 
Ch. VIL, 40:—Pai sien. Rude figure. Plant with 
pinnate leaves, EO Rh Oe Pas sien pi. This figure may 
be intended for Dictamnus. The drug pai sien obtained 
from an apothecary’s shop in Peking, a white root cut in 
slices, seemed to belong, according to Prof. FricKiceR, 
to a Dictamnus. The above Chinese description agrees in & 
general way. Dictamnus albus, L. (D. Frasinella, Pers.) 
is a plant which exhales a strong but not unpleasant odor. 
It has a white root which in former times was used in 
medicine in Europe. It is known from Manchuria, Corea, 
Japan. [Ind. Fl. sin., I, 104,] 
Cust. Med., P. 10 (78) :—Pai sien pt exported 1835 
from New chwang 170 piculs,—p. 104 (86), from Wu hu 
4 piculs.— Hank. Med., 31 :—Exported also from Han kow. 
Phon zo, VII, 26 -—E4 & Dictamnus Fracinella. 
36.— FL fE pei mu. P., XII, 39. 7, OXXIX. 
Comp. for other ancient names Bot. sin., I, 75, 423. 
Pen king :—Pei my (mother of cowry shell). In the 
Index of the Pen king it is called 38 ¥ #8 yao sii ket 
