178 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Cust. Med., p. 344 (83):—Lu ken (root) exported 1885 
from Canton 3.43 piculs. 
Amen, exot. :—3¥ 2, vulgo asst, jussi. Arundo palustris — 
vulgaris, foliis latioribus, calamis firmis, éx quibus puto — 
penicilla scriptoria confici. 
According to Miqugn [Prol. Fl. jap., 166] jost is the 
Japanese name for Phragmites Roxburghit, Nees. The 
common reed Phr. communis is also found in J: apan. MIQuEL 
does not mention its Japanese name. One of these two 
species is figured in the Phon zo, XVI, 9, 10, sub i. 
95.—Ff #8 han tsiao. P., XV, 59. T., CLXXXY. 
Pie lu:—Only the name is given and the medical 
properties of the root are noticed. 
Kan tsiao is the plantain or Banana (Musa), of which 
detailed and good descriptions by ancient authors are given 
in the P. I defer the translation of these accounts to another 
part of the Botanicon sintcum. 
96.—3B fof jang ho. P., XV, 81. T., OXLIII. ‘ 
Pie lu :—Jang ho, te AA fu tsii, | Bt jang ts‘ao. he 
grows in the mountain valleys of Huai nan [in An hui, — 
Kiang su, App. 90]. The root is officinal. Taste pungent. — 
Nature warm, slightly poisonous. It is used as a vermifuge. a 
The leaves also are employed. : 
The Shuo wen: [beginning of 2nd cent.] says that the 
jang ho is also called #§ 3H fu tsu. According to the Sou 
shen ki [4th cent.], quoted in the T's min yao shu, the — : 
jang ho is the plant mentioned under the name of 3 H : 
kia ts‘ao (excellent herb) in the Chou li. Comp. Bror’s 
translation, II, 386 :—“ Le cuiseur d’herbes chargé d’expulser 
les animaux vénimeux ... . il les attaque par des pons 
eacellentes, qu’il fait cuire.” 
