106 BOTANICON SINICUM. — 
51.— FA HE pai chi. P., X1Va, 14. T., CLVII. 
Pen king:—Pai chi, | | # pai chi hang, A ie par 
chi, 35 FH fang hiang (fragrance). The root is officinal. 
Taste pungent. Nature warm. Non-poisonous. 
Pie lu:—Other names: }# 3f tse fen (marshes’ fra- 
grance), 4F HE fu li. The pai chi grows in Ho tung [S.W. 
Shan si, App. 80], in river valleys and marshes. The root 
is dug up in the 2nd and 8th months. The leaves are 
likewise used in medicine. 
T‘ao Hune-xixe :—It is a common plant in Kastern 
China. The leaves are used as a perfume. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—It is common in the country of 
Wu [Kiang su, App. 389]. Root more than one foot long, 
coarse or slender, of a white colour. Leaves opposite as 
broad as three fingers. Yellowish white flewers. The best 
is produced in Huang tse [unknown. App. 96]. 
Tarar., Cat.,4:—Pai chi. Radix Umbellifera (Angelica): 
—GavceER, 4:—Same drug figured and described. Um- 
bellifera—P. Surra [120] identifies it erroneously with Ins 
florentina. 
Lovretro, Fl. cochin., 114:— Dorstenia chinensis (a 
dubious plant unknown to botanists), sinice pe chi. Habitat 
in provinciis borealibus imperii Sinensis. Radix aromatica 
in usum medicum. It seems that Lourgrro described the 
plant partly from a Chinese drawing. 
Cust. Med., No. 940:—Pai chi. Root of Angelica 
anomala, Pall. 
Cust. Med., p. 68 (45):—Pai chi exported 1885 from 
Han kow 1,825 piculs—p. 142 (78), from Shang hai 550 
piculs,—p. 58 (16), from I chang 337 piculs. i 
For further particulars regarding the pai chi, 
umbelliferous plant, see Bot. sin., II, 410. 2 
