MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 99 
pieuls,—p, 26 (57), from Tien tsin 441 piculs,—p. 46 (31), 
from Che foo 80 piculs. 
Cust. Med., No. 1,250:—The Sz ch‘uan tang kui is the 
root of an Umbellifer not yet determined. 
So moku, V, 5:—&% 8 japonice toki, Legusticum 
acutilobum, 8. & Z. 
Stes., Geon., 246:—Apium ternatum, japonice toki, 
Sinice $8 $F Herba edulis ac medici usus. SrEBoLD’s Apium 
fernatum is Ligusticum acutilobum.—This identification is 
hot in contradiction with the Chinese description of the tang 
kui. L. acutilobum is known from Japan, Corea, Formosa. 
According to Dr. Henry, Angelica polymorpha, var. sinensis, 
Oliv., is the source of the drug tang ku’ exported from 
I chang and Han kow. See Hooxer’s Icones. Plant, tab. 
1999, 
There is a plant - we Be ty, (native) tang kui noticed 
in the P. (XIII, 28], but the plant is not described. 
Drawings of it are given in the Kiu huang, XLIX, 27, and 
Ch., XXV, 5. From these drawings and the descriptions 
there it may be concluded that it is an umbelliferous plant. 
It is said to grow wild in the mountains of Kiang si and 
Hu nan. 
So moku, V, 53:—- 3% Bif japonice xudo, Aralia 
tordata, Thbg. This is the same as A. edulis, 8. & Z., Flora 
Japon, [I, p- 57, tab, 25] and Stes. [con., 242]. Accord- 
ding to Steponp the udo is universally cultivated in Japan, 
in fields and gardens, and valued chiefly on account of its 
toot, which is eaten like Scorzonera. The young stalks are 
also a delicious vegetable. §. thinks that the plant has-been 
Introduced into Japan from China. It is, however, not 
mentioned in the Ind. Fl. sin. Whether the Chinese ¢‘w tang 
hui is Aralia edulis is doubtful, 
