180 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
97.— Sit FE ma huang. P., XV, 83. T., CLIV. 
Pen king :—Ma huang (hemp yellow), #ff yb lung sha. 
The stem is officinal, Taste bitter, Nature warm. Non- 
poisonous. 
Pie lu:—Other names: #1 #4 pei siang, Ba BB pei yen. 
The ma huang grows in Tsin [Shan si, App. 353] and 
Ho tung [S.W. Shan si, App. 80]. The stem is gathered . 
in the beginning of spring and dried in the shade until it 
assumes a green colour. 
T‘ao Hune-Kine :—This plant now grows in Ts‘ing chou 
[E. Shan tung, App. 363], in P‘eng ch‘eng [in Kiang su, 
App. 247]. In Yung yang and Chung mou [both in 
Ho nan, App. 427, 30] the best sorts are produced. It is 
of a dark green colour and has much foam (2). The drug 
from Shu (Sz ch‘uan) is of an inferior quality. 
Sv Kune [7th cent.]:—It grows plentifully in Cheng 
chou [in Ho nan, App. 15], Lu t‘ai [unknown, App. 205], 
in Kuan chung [Shen si, App. 158], in Sha yiian [in 
Shen si, App. 267], on the banks of the Yellow River and 
on sandy islets. 
The Yu yang tsa tsu [8th cent.] states that the small 
yellow flowers of the ma huang appear in cymes at the top 
of the stem. Its fruit resembles the Su pren tsz [raspberry 
See 166] and is edible. 
Su Suva [11th cent. ]:—The ma huang is common near 
Pien king [Kai feng fu, App. 248]. The best drug comes . 
from Yung yang and Chung mou [v. supra]. The plant Sata 
about one foot high. Yellow flowers at the top. The fruit 
is small, resembles the scaly bulb of a lily, and is of a sweet 
taste. Its smell recalls the ma huang (hemp yellow, pollen 
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