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Pie lu:—It is also called $k ¥ wei heng. The kao pen 
grows in the mountain valleys of Sung shan [in Ho nan, 
App. 317]. The root is dug up in the Ist and 2nd months 
and dried in the sun. The fruit (seeds) are likewise used in 
medicine. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The kao pen in its stem, leaves 
and root, and also in taste, is very much like the kung k‘iung. 
The best is produced in Tang chou {in Kan su, App. 831]. 
Su Sune [11th cent.j:—The plant grows in Si ch‘uan 
[in Kan su, App. 296], Ho tung [Shan si, App. 80], Yen 
chou [in Shan tung, App. 404], Hang chou [in Che kiang, 
App. 58]. The leaves resemble those of the pai chi hiang 
[see 51] and the kung k‘iung, but are smaller. In the 
5th month it bears white flowers, in the 7th or 8th month 
it produces seed. The root is of a purple colour. 
Li Sut-cuen:—The kao pen grows in the mountain 
recesses of Kiang nan [Kiang su, An hui, App. 124]. The 
root resembles that of the kung k‘iung, but is lighter and 
Tess juicy. It is unfit for making a beverage (decoction, 
for which purpose the kuny kiuny is used). In ancient 
times it was used as a perfume and called kao pen hiang. 
Tarar., Cat., 26:—Kao pen. Rad. Conii seu Cicutw? 
Erroneous identification. —P. Smira, 62. 
In Japan the above Chinese name is applied to Notho- 
— smyrnium japonicum, Migq. (Umbellifera). For further 
_ Particulars see Bot. sin., I, 413. 
Cust, Med., p. 842 (62) :—Kao pen exported 1885 from 
Canton 50 piculs,—p. 168 (417), from Shang hai 0.65,— 
P. 186 (46), from Ning po 0.53 picul. 
In Hu peh the drug kao pen is derived from Ligusticum 
 sinense, Oliv. See Dr. Henry’s note in Hooxer’s Leones. 
Plant. tab, 1958. 
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