258 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—This drug came originally from 
Kao li [Corea, App. 116]. Now it is produced west of 
Liang chou [in Kansu, App. 189]. It is not met with in Shu. 
It grows on sand-hills and in low damp places. A solitary 
stem resembling that of the shu wei ts‘ao [Salvia. See 119]. 
Small leaves in a whorl between the flower spikes. The root 
resembles the tien hiung [ Aconite. See 144]. 
Li Sty [8th cent.]:—The Nan chow i wu chi [earlier 
than the 6th cent.] says that the pai fu tse‘ grows in the e: : 
Eastern Sea, in the kingdom of Sin lo [S. Corea, App. 311] 
and Liao tung [S. Manchuria, App. 191]. 
Ii Sui-cxEen :—Its root looks exactly like that of the 
ts‘ao wu t‘ou | Aconite. See 146] but is smaller, about one 
inch long. The dried drug is shrivelled and knobby. 
Lour., Fl., cochin, 718 :—Jatropha janipha, L. [Manihot 
Loureiri, DC. Prodr.. XV, 2, 1073]. Sinice: pe fu ts. 
Planta fruticosa, caule recto simplicissimo. Folia palmata. 
Radix tuberosa, fasciculata, tuberibus ovato-oblongis, carnosis, 
intus et extra albis, sapore subdulci, subardente. 
Tatar., Cat., 2:—Pai fu tsz‘, Radix Aroidew.—GAUGER 
[1] describes and figures these tubers.—P. Smiru, 23.— 
Cust. Med., No. 944 :—Pai fu, Arisema, sp. 
Cust. Med., p. 6 (36):—Pai fu tsz‘ exported 1885 from 
Newchwang 130 piculs,—p. 280 (87), from Amoy 0.03 
picul.—According to Hank. Med. [31] the pai fu tse‘ is also 
exported from Hankow.—-Lourgiro’s pai fu tsz‘ is hardly the 
same drug as that exported under this name from Manchuria. 
148.— jf 3& hu chang. P., XV1Ib,13. T., CLXXIIL 
Pen king :—Hu chang (tiger’s paw). The root is officinal. 
Taste bitter. Nature warm. Very poisonous. 
