MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 267 
Su Suna [11th cent.]:—The drug is now produced in 
Kiang ning fu, Ch‘u chou, Shu chou [all in An hui, App. 
129, 25, 294], Shang chou [in Shen si, App. 278], Ts‘i chou 
[in Shan tung, App. 348], Hang chou [in Che kiang, App. 
58] and in the localities mentioned by Su Kuna. Red 
flowers which appear in the 3rd month in the stem (spathe ?), 
afterwards fruits. The leaves are lobed and arranged like an 
umbrella at the top of the stem. 
Li Sut-cHen enumerates the following synonyms applied 
to this plant, viz.: BR we GR tang po king, RE FH FE sin 
tien hua, J fj #E pa hie pan (eight-horned dish. This 
name refers to the large, lobed leaves), Jt #t HL shu li ts‘ao, 
Te PE EE hai mu ts‘ao, He, BE kui yao, HB A HM kiung 
t‘ien ts‘ao, [I\ fat BE shan ho ye, 5 Ff han ho. It is also called 
38 fof GL tu ho ts‘ao and 38} HH) HE tu kio lien. Some authors 
say that its leaf resembles the leaf of Nelumbium speciosum 
and is palmately lobed, to which some of the above names 
allude. Lr Sui-cnen states that the plant is common in 
South China. In North China it is found only on the Lung 
men shan and Wang wu shan mountains [App. 212, and 
supra sub 151]. It has only one stem, which is hollow and 
produces at the top seven round leaves resembling those 
of Nelumbium, but smaller and palmately divided, purple 
underneath. The flowers appear beneath the leaves. 
The ancient Chinese authors probably confound under 
the above enumerated names several different plants. 
Henry [Chin. pl., 323] states :—j\ ff Yt pa hie lien, 
Diphylleia ? sp.*7 nova. This curious plant appears in shaded 
places in the mountains. It is the HEY kui kiu of books, 
and is figured in the Ch. [XXIV, 35] where the name used 
at I chang is given as ‘a synonym. P. Surra [46] wrongly 
* This plant, so first identified from imperfect specimens, is now found 
from better specimens to be Podophyllwm versipelle, Hance,—A. HENRY, 
