318 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
different plant. Wu P‘u confounds it with the Zou tsi Fe 
supra}. In the Sung period the pei hia was brought asa 
tribute from Huai k‘ing [in Ho nan, App. 94]. 
Ch., XXII, 52:—Pei hiai. The figure seems to re- 
present a Smilax, Another name given there, Mi fe B 
ying fan tuan (hardened lumps of cooked rice). 
Cust. Med., p. 68 (51):—Pei hiai exported 1885 from 
Han kow 185 piculs,—p. 58 (20), from I chang 146. 
piculs,—p. 212 (30), from Wen chow 64 piculs,—p. 188 
(74), from Ning po 8 piculs,—p. 280 (92), from Amoy 0.25 
picul.— ‘ 
Amen. ewot., 827 :—#¥ [the first character of the name 
is omitted] kai, vulgo tokoro. Herba syly. scandens, Bryonie 
albze affinis, radice Zingiberis facie, eduli, ete, The plant is 
figured in Banxs, Icon, Kampf. sel. [15]. 1t is Dioscorea 
quinquelova, Thbg. 
Phon zo, XXVIII, 9, 10 :— BE RE, Dioscorea. 
So moku, XX, 55, 57 :—[]} Bi AZ, Dioscorea sativa, Ls 
and D. quingueloba, Thbg. 
179.—# 44 pa kia, Ff, AVE, 3. 7,, CX LV 3 
Pie lu:—Pa ia, The name is also written EF ae 
pa kia. The root is officinal. Taste sweet and sour. Nature 
uniform, warm. Non-poisonous, It grows in the mountains. 
The root is gathered in the 2nd and 8th months and dried 
in the sun. 
T‘ao Hung-kixe :—The pa ka has a short purple stem 
covered with prickles, It (the root) is smaller than that ro 
_ the pei hiai [v. 178] and of a darker colour. The people use 
it for making a beverage, 
Su Kuye [7th cent.]:—The pei hiai has a thin, long, 
white root, but the root of the pa kia consists of nodular 
masses of a yellowish red colour. 
