MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 199 
So moku, II, 21, 22 :—e 3 Patrinia villosa, Juss., and 
P. scabiosefolia, Link. Order Valerianee.—See also Kwa wi, 
56. 
109.—B 4& 7E k‘uan tung hua. P., XVI, 38. T., CXIX. 
Pen king:—K‘uan tung hua (flowers which like the 
winter), 3% #$ t‘o wu, BR Hg hu su (tiger’s moustaches). 
The flowers are officinal. Taste pungent. Nature warm. 
Non-poisonous. 
Comp. Rh ya, 160. 
Pie lu:—Other name: JG & shi tung. The k‘uan tung 
grows in Ch‘ang shan [in Chi li, App. 8], in mountain- 
valleys, also in Shang tan [in S.E. Shan si, App. 275] by 
tiver-sides. The flowers are gathered in the 11th month and 
dried in the shade. 
T‘ao Huna-K1na :—The best is produced in Ho pei 
{in Shan si, App. 78]. It resembles the shun [ Brasenia. 
See 199]. The best is that with its flowers not yet opened. 
The next in quality comes from Kao li [Corea, App. 116] 
and Po tsi [S. Corea, App. 261]. Its flowers resemble the 
great ku (Chrysanthemum). A third sort is produced in 
Pei pu, in Shu [Sz ch‘uan, App. 244], and in Tang ch‘ang 
[in Kan su, App. 330]. The author says it is unknown 
to him that this plant grows in winter under the ice. 
[He seems to refer to a statement found in the Shu cheng ki 
[5th cent.] that the swan tung blossoms in the depth of 
winter in the ice of the Lo river [in Ho nan] whence the 
name k‘wan tung]. It is gathered in the 12th and Ist 
months. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—It is found in Yung chou 
[in Shen si, App. 424], in the Nan shan mountains [S. Shen 
si, App. 230], also in the mountain-valleys of Hua chou 
