286 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
In an interesting article on Chinese drugs published 
by Forp, Crow, etc., in the China Review [XV, 214], it is 
proved that the plant kow wen of the Chinese herbal is a 
poisonous twining plant, Gelsemium elegans, Benth., Order 
Loganiacew, yellow flowers, the root used in medicine. It 
is known at Hong kong under the name of TV] Bk Hat he man 
kiang, also ff BS EX tuan ch‘ang ts‘ao and KA HEB 
ta ch‘a ye t‘eng. 
Cust. Med., p. 152 (197):—Kow wen imported 1885 to 
Shang hai 68 piculs. It is stated to come from Han kow, 
but is not mentioned as exported from Hankow. 
Phon zo, XXIV, 24:—$h Wy or EF $8, Rhus towicoden- 
dron, I, var. radicans.—Ibid., 24, 25 :— BE RY BE oy W 
[tou wen with Polygonatum leaves]. This drawing seems 
also to represent a Rhus, 
But the So moku (Il, 421 figures under the latter 
Chinese name Croomia japonica, Miq., Order Stemonacee. 
Stes., Icon. ined., VIII :—Same Chinese name [ Poly- 
gonatum-leaved kou wen}, Croomia pauciflora, Torr. 
163.—-95 BR F t'u se‘ tse® P. XVI Ila, 1. 7., CLXIX. 
Comp. Rh ya, 131, Classics, 450, 451. 
Pen king :— Tu sz tsz! (hare’s silk), Be JF t‘u lu. The 
seeds are officinal. Taste pungent sweet. Nature uniform. 
Non-poisonous. The whole plant is also used in medicine. 
Pie lu:—The t'u sz ts2* grows in Chao sien [Corea, 
App. 9] in marshes and fields. It is a twining plant which 
fastens itself to herbaceous plants and trees (shrubs). The 
fruit is gathered in the 9th month and dried in the sun. 
That of a yellow colour, which is slender, is called 7% #1 
“ The first character is more generally written 9& hare, 
