MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE, 279 
322] in mountain-valleys. The leaves are gathered on the 
3rd day of the 3rd month. 
T‘ao Hune-K1ne :—The best comes from P‘eng ch‘eng 
{in Kiang su, App. 247]. The plant grows in Mid China. 
In its stem and leaves it resembles the mang ts‘ao [see 158] 
but is more slender and weak. It is seldom used in medical 
prescriptions. 
Ta Mive [10th cent.]:—This drug comes from Hai yen 
[in Che kiang, App. 51]. The plant resembles the shi nan 
tree [see 347]. Its leaves are thick. They are gathered 
from the 5th to the 7th month. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—The plant is now produced in 
Yung chou [in Shen si, App. 424], Kiang chou [in Shan si, 
App. 123], Hua chou [in Shen si, App. 85] and in Hang 
chou [in Che kiang, App. 58]. It grows from 3 to 4 feet high 
and has a red stem. Leaves like those of the pomegranate tree 
but shorter and thicker ; they resemble also the leaves of the 
shi nan [v. supra]. In the 4th month it produces small white 
flowers, and in the 5th month fruit. Stem and leaves are 
officinal. 
Lr Sui-cuen observes that the name kuan ts‘ao, given in 
the Pie lu as a synonym of yin yi, is properly applied to 
another plant, a kind of sedge. [Comp. Bot. sin., I, 455.] 
Ch., XXIV, 42:—Yin yi. Rude drawing, too indistinct 
to permit of identification. ‘ 
Stes. & Zuce., Fl. jap., I, 127, tab. 68:—Skimmia 
Japonica, Thbg. Order of Rutacee. Sinice PR 32. See also 
Sius., Icon. ined., I. This is an evergreen shrub, from 3 to 4 
feet high. Flowers fragrant, white, with a tinge of red. The 
Japanese and the Chinese consider it to be poisonous, as the 
Japanese name méijama sikimi, or mountains stkimt, indicates. 
Stkimi, a name applied to Illicium religiosum, means 
: “malignant fruit.” 
