246 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
So moku, III, 18 :—Ei 22 Scopolia japonica, Maxim. 
Order Solanacee. Fruit unknown. This plant hitherto not 
observed in China. The lang tang of the Chinese authors 
may perhaps be Hyoscyamus niger ® or H. physaloides, both 
common plants in North China. The calyx enlarges as the 
fruit ripens. 
140.—32 F&F yan shi. P., XVIIa, 30. 7T., CKXXVI. 
Pen king:—Yiin shi (cloud fruit). The fruit (seeds) 
and the flowers are officinal. Taste of the fruit pungent. 
Nature warm. Non-poisonous. [In the P., however, this 
plant is classed with the poisonous plants. ] 
Pie lu:—Other names: BF yuan shi, EB BE yin ying. 
The yin shi grows in Ho kien [in Chi li, App. 75] in river- 
valleys. It is gathered in the 10th month and dried in the 
sun. 
Wu P‘u [8rd cent.]:—Other name: FEW tien tou ° 
(heavenly bean). The plant grows from four to five feet 
high, stem hollow inside, large leaves like hemp-leaves 
standing in pairs opposite. It flowers in the 6th month, and 
bears fruit in the 9th. Fruit gathered in the 10th month. 
T‘ao Hune-K1Nne@ :—It is a common plant. The seeds are 
small and black, like those of the ting li [Sisymbrium. See 
114]. The fruit resembles that of the lang tang [see 139]. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The yin shé is of the size of the 
shu (Panicum) and hemp-seed, of a yellowish black colour. 
It resembles also a bean, whence the name t‘ien tou (heavenly 
bean). It grows on the borders of marshes, from five to six 
feet high. The leaves are like small huai (Sophora) leaves 
or like those of the mu su [ Medicago. See 255]. Spines 
in the axils of the twigs. Popular name ¥& 3% ff ts‘ao yin 
*% Lang-tang cultivated in a mountain garden in Hupeh proved to be 
Hyoscyamus niger, L.—A, HENRY, 
