294 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
The 7x king Pen ts‘ao [11th cent.] gives as synonyms 
Pa FE Ge si kuo ts‘ao and Ht $F ffl pi leng kia [apparently a 
foreign name]. 
K‘ou Tsune-sui [12th cent.]:—It is a common plant, 
especially in Ts‘in chou [in Kan su, App. 358], in Yung 
chou [in Hu nan, App. 425] and in Hing chou and Hua chou 
[both in Shen si, App. 66, 85]. The plant has long branches 
(rods). The fruit ripens in the 4th or 5th month and is of a 
red colour. The mountain people then gather it and offer it 
for sale. It has a pleasant sourish sweet taste. ‘The fruit is 
dried in the sun or boiled into jam. 
Li Sat-cuen [see above sub 165 ]:—Other names 
Fe BE FF wu (black) pao tsz, KB FF ta mai mei, FR FH | 
ts‘ai yang pao. It is also called Hj FA |] ch‘a tien pao, because 
it blossoms in the 4th or 5th month [when rice is transplanted. 
Ch‘a=to transplant, t‘ien= field}, whilst the p‘eng lei [see 165] 
is called $i) Fl |] ko ten pao, because it blossoms in the 
6th or 7th month [when corn is reaped. Ko=to cut]. 
The fu p'en tsz‘ is a raspberry, Rubus. For further 
particulars see Bot. sin., I, 133. 
In Tarar., Cat. [24], fu pen tse‘ is erroneously 
identified with Fructus Humuli Lupuli, and [ibid., 24] fou 
p‘ing tsz‘, which is a common name for Lemna {see below, 
198], is identified with Fructus Rubi parvifolit.—P. SMIvTH, 
115, 188.— : 
Cust. Med., p. 198 (203):—Fu p'en exported 1885 from 
Ning po 100 piculs—p. 292 (284), from Amoy, 0.66.— 
According to Hank. Med., [p. 13] exported also from 
Hankow.— 
167.—WE FE she mei. Fas eV le, 12. 7. CLEVE 
Pie lu :—She me (snake berry). Taste of the juice of 
the berries sweet and sour, Nature very cold. Poisonous. 
