238 BOTANICON SINICUM, 
“So moku, V, 13 :—B BE, Peucedanum japonicum, Thbg. 
Comp. also supra, 31, sub Jang feng. 
Sres., Ccon., 250 :— Peucedanum japonicum. —Thbg. 
Japonice : bookd; sinice : By 2. Herba tenera edulis. 
134.9 HF lang ya. P.. XVUla, 15. 7, CLXV. 
Pen king :—Lang ya (wolf's tooth). 3F FF ya tsz. The 
Toot is officinal. ‘Taste bitter. Nature cold, Poisonous. 
[Other ancient authors say non-poisonous, | 
Pie lu:—Other names: ff #y lang chi (wolf’s tooth), 
IR F lany tsz. The lang ya grows in Huai nan [An hui, 
Kiang su, App. 90] in river-valleys, also in Yiian kii [in 
Shan tung, App. 415]. The root is dug up in the 8th month 
and dried in the sun. When moist and rotten internally and 
mouldy it is a deadly poison, 
Wu P‘u [8rd cent.]:—Other names : K F ta ya (great 
tooth), Hf] 3F pao ya. The root is yellowish red. The plant 
flowers in the 6th or 7th month, in the 8th it produces black : 
fruit [or seed]. Root dug up in the 1st and 8th months. S 
Lt Tane-crt [8rd cent.] calls it XE BA chi lan. 
T‘ao Hune-Kine :—It (the root) resembles the tooth of 
an animal, hence the above names. 
- Hay Pao-sneng [10th cent.]:—The leaves of this plant 
resemble those of the she mei [¥ragaria. See 167] but are 
thicker, larger, and dark green. The root is black and has 
the shape of an animal’s tooth. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—This plant is common in all the 
prefectures of Kiang tung [Kiang su, ete. App. 124] and 
Pien tung [in Ho nan, App. 250]. | 
Ch. XXIV, 7 :—Lang ya. Rude drawing representing 
a plant with a large root, a ca 3 
