276 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
P. Smirn, 168. . 
Henry, Chin pl., 281: :—fy BEL iE men thou hua (plant 2 
which stupefies the head). Daphne genkwa, 8 & Z. Thisis — 
the 56 FE yiian hua in Ch, XXIV, 44. The figure on p. 46 z 
probably represents the same, and the name given there, — 
& EF kin yao tai, is also used at I chang. a 
Cust. Med., p. 128 (110):— Yuan hua flowers exported — 
1885 from Chin kiang 3.25 piculs.—According to Hank. — 
Med., 53, exported also from Hankow. 3 
Sires. & Zuce., Fl. jap., 1, 187, tab., 75 :—Daphne genkwa oe 
(order Thymelacee), sinice 38 7£, said to have been introduced : 
from China into Japan. Lilac flowers. The flowers and the 
bark are officinal in Japan, and the latter is used as @ 
vesicatory. 
Phon zo, XXIV, 2:—Same Chinese name, Daphne genkwa. — 
157.— 3 7E jao hua. P., XVIIb, 45. T., OX. 
Pen king:—Jao hua. The flowers are officinal. Taste 
bitter. Nature cold. Poisonous. ‘ 
Pie lu:—The jao hua grows in Hien yang [in Shen i 
App. 65] in river-valleys, also in Ho nei [S.E. Shan si, 
App. 77] and Chung mou [in Ho nan, App. 30]. The 1 
flowers are gathered in the 6th month and dried in the shade. we 
T'ao Huna-xine:—The Chung mou drug now comes — 
‘from the Yellow River. It (the flowers ?) resembles the y#a"” : 
hua [see 156] but is very small and white. hg 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The plant resembles the Au su! 
(Coriandrum), has no spines, small yellow flowers. It has ny 
. resemblance to the yian hua. i 
Han Pao-suene [10th cent.]:—The best sort comes — 
from Yung chou [in Shen si, App. 424]. The plant wt ; 
in the mountains, and is about 2 feet high, 
