290 - BOTANICON SINICUM. 
that Schizandra chinensis, Baill., is intended, for this plant, 
very common in the Peking mountains, is known there 
under the above Chinese name. It produces red berries, each 
containing two kidney-shaped seeds. 
Tatar., Cat., 64:— Wu wei tsz‘, Baccee Kadsuree chinensis, 
Turez. [same as Schizandra chinensis].—-P. Smirn, 126.— 
The Kadsura chinensis, Hance, is a different plant, from 
Southern China. See Benru., Fl. hongk., 8. The genus 
Kadsura is nearly allied to Schizandra, and in Japan the 
Chinese name 3 bE =F is applied to Kadsura japonica and 
Schizandra chinensis. [Comp. Bot. sin., II, 149.] The berries 
of both these species are red. Schizandra nigra, Max., from 
Japan, has black berries. 
Cust. Med., p. 16 (188):—Wu wei tsz exported 1885 
from New chwang 806 piculs,—p. 202 (255), from Ningpo 
199 piculs,—p. 36 (183), from Tien tsin, 2.3. piculs.— 
According to the Hank, Med., exported also from Hankow. 
165.—3— BK p‘eng lei. Fe mV Elio. ¢, T., CXLIII. 
Comp., Classics, 436. 
Pen king: —Preng lei. The fruit is officinal. Taste sour 
and pungent. Non-poisonous, 
Pie lu:—Other names: te we fu pren, BE | ling lei, 
BE | yin lei. The p'eng lei grows in King shan [in Hu pel, 
App. 149], in marshes, also in Yiian kt [in Shan tung; 
App. 415]. 
T'ao Hune-Kine :—P*eng lei is the name of the root. 
It is not used in medicine, Fu p'en is the name of the fruit. 
Li Tane-cur [ 3rd cent.] says it is the edible fruit # = 
mei tsz‘, the juice of which has a pleasant taste, and which 
contains small kernels, But it seems to T‘ao HunG-KING 
that the fu p‘en then used in medicine was somewhat different. 
