236 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
also in Liao chou and Shi chou [both in Shan si, App. 190, 
286]. Ma Cut’s description is correct. 
Li Sar-cuEen :—The lang tu is produced in [ancient] 
Ts‘in and Tsin [Kan su, Shen si and Shan si, App. 358, 353). 
The people frequently confound this drug with the la ju 
[ Euphorbia. See 135]. | 
Ch., XXIV, 6 :—Langtu. Figure of a plant with a large 
root. Solanea? P. Smirn, 232 :—Lang tu, Wolf’s bane. 
~ Cust. Med., p. 344 (74):—Lang tu t‘ou exported 1885 
from Canton 2.29 piculs. 
Phon zo, XXI, 7, 8 :—4fi 3. The drawing is perhaps 
intended for Mandragora. 
133.—Bj BE fang kui. P., XV1la, 13. 7., LXXXV. 
Pen king :—Fang k'ui, F438 li kai. The root is officinal. 
Taste pungent. Nature cold. N on-poisonous, 
Pie lu:—Other name IB 3 fang yiian. The fang ku 
grows in Lin tsz* [in Shan tung, App. 194] in river-valleys. 
It is likewise found in Sung kao [in Ho nan, App. 317], 
in T‘ai shan [in Shan tung, App. 322] and in Shao shi [see 
App. 281]. The root is dug up on the 3rd day [probably of 
the 3rd month] and dried in the sun. 
Wu P‘u [83rd cent.]:—Other names Hil aie iu, OF BE 
tsio li, Fy 83 fang hai, J HL nung kuo. The stem and the 
leaves resemble the k‘wi [Malva. See 105]. It is dark 
yellow in its upper part. The root is of the size of the 
hie keng root [Platycodon. See 6]. The flesh is of a reddish 
white colour. It flowers in the 6th month, white flowers, and 
bears a white fruit in the 8th month. The root is dug up in 
the 3rd month. 
Cuen Kuan [6th cent.] says that the root is slightly 
poisonous. On account of this statement, probably, Li SHI- 
