MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 271 
So moku, II, 8:—Same Chinese name, Jris tectorum, 
Maxim. 
This plant is much cultivated at Peking as an ornamental 
plant. Its popular name there is Bi = fj 
155,— 26 YR PR yang chi chu. P., XVIIb,40. 7, CLX XIX. 
Pen king:—Yang chi chu. The flowers are officinal. 
Taste acrid. Nature warm. Very poisonous. 
Pie lu:—Other name: FE Fe yt chi. The yang chi chu 
grows in the valleys of the T‘ai hing shan mountains [in 
N. China, App. 323], also in the mountains of Huai nan 
[An hui, Kiang su, App. 90]. ‘The flowers are gathered and 
dried in the shade. 
T‘ao Huna-K1NG explains the above name [yang= sheep, 
chi chu =to reel] by the fact that sheep when eating the leaves 
of this plant begin to reel and die. It grows in Mid China 
on mountain-slopes and has yellow flowers resembling those of 
the lu ts‘ung (Hemerocallis fulva). It cannot be approached 
to the eye. *8 
Su Kune [7th cent.] observes that the flowers of this 
plant do not resemble the Jw ts‘ung flowers but rather the 
stian hua [Calystegia. See 169]. 
Han Pao-suene [10th cent.]:—It is a shrub, 2 feet 
high. Leaves like peach-leaves. Yellow flowers resembling 
melon-flowers. There are gathered in the 3rd and 4th months 
and dried in the sun. , 
Su Sune [11th cent.] compares its flowers to those of 
ling siao [ Tecoma, Bignonia. See 170] and the shan shi liu 
[mountain pomegranate. See further on]. The flowers are 
yellow. The plant grows from 3 to 4 feet high. It is 
poisonous to sheep. In the mountains of Ling nan [South 
China, App, 197] and Shu (Sz ch‘uan) grows a sort with 
deep red flowers. This is not used in medicine. 
“Ay wy UC AR 
