280 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Phon zo, XXIV, 5:—Same Chinese name. Skimmaa . 
japonica, —Kwa wi, 113.— 
The Skimmia japonica was first described by KaMprer . 
in his Amen. exot., 779 [Sin san, vulgo mijama skimmi], but — 
the Chinese name affixed there is wrong. One of the characters 
indecipherable. . ’ 
The descriptive details regarding the yin yi as given in : 
the P. are too vague to permit of deciding whether Skimmia — 
is meant. R. Fortune [Yea Countries, 329] notices Sk. 4 
Reevesiana as cultivated in Shanghai gardens. No Skimmia — 
is mentioned in the Ind. FI. sin. i 
160.—7G G8 A shi lung jui. P., XVII, 50. T., LIX. ; 
Pen king: ~—Shi lung jui, Hp Hi ti shen (ground — 
mulberry). The seeds and the skin of the root are officinal. — 
Taste bitter. Nature uniform. Non-poisonous. . 
_ Some of the ancient authors identify the shi lung jw 
with 2h ya, 128, others with 134. .. 
Pie lu:—Other names: KK FH tien tou, Bi BE she ne 
@ RHE Iu ino neng, ¥% Hb p'eng ken. The shi lung ju 
grows in T’ai shan [in Shan tung, App. 822] among stones — 
in rivers and marshes On the 5th day of the 5th month 4 
the seed is gathered, and in the 8th month the skin [of the < 
root] and dried in the shade. 
Wu Pu [8rd cent.] calls it Ak HE shui kin [a name 
properly applied to nanthe, an umbelliferous plant. See 
250). 
T‘ao Hune-Kine:—The shi lung gui which is found 12 2 
Mid China has seeds resembling those of the she ch‘uang 
[Cnidium. See 49}, but they are flat. This, which 18 not 
the true shi lung jui, is called RE BE OF ts2 ts‘ai tsz*. The 
genuine plant grows in the eastern mountains on rocks. It 
