MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 179 
In the poems of Sz‘ Ma Srana gu [}B.0. 120] this 
plant is called 8 ff po tsi. 
The Ku kin chu [4th cent.] says, the jang ho resembles 
the fu tsu [v. supra. Other reading pa tsiao, Banana] but 
is white. The flowers issue from the root. Its unopened 
flowers are eaten. The leayes and the root are like ginger. 
T‘ao Huna-xine :—There are two sorts. The red sort 
(I suppose red root) is now called jang ho, whilst the white 
is fu tsi. The first is good to eat, the white is used in 
medicine. The leaves in both sorts are the same. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—The jang ho is much cultivated 
in King and Siang [both in Hu pei, App. 145, 805] and in 
Kiang and Hu [Mid China, App. 124, 83]. It is also 
found in the northern provinces. The leaves resemble those 
of the banana. The root is like ginger-shoots but more 
succulent. The leaves wither in winter. The root is much 
pickled. The best is that grown in the shade of trees. 
Ch., III, 68 :—Jang ho. Henny [ Chin. pl., 359] refers 
this drawing to Lilium giganteum, Wall. But the descriptions 
of the jang ho in the P. seem rather to point to Zingiber. 
Amen, exot.. 826:—i% #f Dasjooka vulgo Mfjoga. 
Zingiber edule, sapore molli, ..~. .. bulbo florigero ex 
_ Tadice circa caulem in terre superficie nascente..... 
This is the Amomum mioga, Thbg. [ Fl. jap., 14] figured 
in Banks’ icon. sel. K-mrr., tab. 1.—Same Chinese name 
[So moku, I, 9] Zingiber Mioga, Rose. 
Sms., CGicon., 101:—Zingiber Mioga, same Chinese 
" Mame. Soboles juniores queesitum obsonium. 
The above Chinese descriptions of the jang ho seem to 
agree with Zingiber Mioga. This plant however has not 
been recorded from China. Hance [in Journ. Bot., 1882, 
P- 80] described Z. integriloba, a new species from Hong 
Kong, which is allied to Z. Mioga, 
