108 BOTANICON SINICUM, 
shao yo, (the root of which) is poor and fibrous, whilst the 
shao yo with a white, fat root is called 4 | | Ain (gold) a 
shao yo. : 
Cu‘en Cu‘enc [11th cent.] says, that the shao yo, 
mentioned as a wild plant by the ancient authors, is now 
much cultivated by the people. : 
Li Sar-cuen :—In ancient times Lo yang [the ancient 
capital of China, in Ho nan, App. 201] for the cultivation 
of its mow tan flowers and Yang chou [in Kiang su, App. 
400] for its shao yo. For medical use now the drug J 
obtained from the shao yo cultivated in Yang chou is _ j 
generally employed. There are more than thirty varieties 
of the cultivated shao yo, single and double flowered. The 
root of the single flowered is used in medicine. It is white 
or red according to the colour of the flowers. 
The shao yo is Pwonia albiflora, Pall. For farther 
particulars see Bot. sin., 11, 403. 
Lour., Fl. cochin., 419 :—Pwonia oficinal’s [ LOUREIRO : 
describes under this name P. albiflora], sinice wo yo (sho yo). q 
Varietates flore albo et rubro (radice rubescente). Habitat 
culta spontaneagque per totum imperium Sinense, maxime 
in provinciis borealibus, Virtus radicis, imprimis rabre, 
nervina, cephalica, emmenagoga, “ 
Tatar. Cat., 15 Fe | | chi (red) shao yo, Rad. 
Peonie rubre.—P, Smiry, 169. : 
Paonia albiflora, Pall., is common in the mountains of a 
North China and also much cultivated in gardens under the 
name of shao yo. It has the same Chinese name in Hu pe 
[see Henry, Chin. pl., 393] and in Japan. | 
Cust. Med., p. 122 (44) :— Pai (white) shao yo exported — 
1885 from Chin kiang 7,388 piculs,—p. 68 (46), from Het @ 
- aa. Pieuls,—p, 58 (17), from I chang 327 piculs,— 
gid: (48), from Tien tsin 5 piculs, 
