MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 323 
Cust. Med., p. 86 (8):—T‘u fu ling exported 1885 from 
Kiu kiang 4,831 piculs,—p. 60 (28), from I chang 94 piculs,— 
p. 416 (50), from Pakhoi 61 piculs. 
Horrm. & Scarr., 553 :—-k 7 2$ Smilax pseudo-China, 
Thbg.—Phon zo, XXVIII, 17, 18:—Same Chinese name, 
Smilax, not determined by FRANCHET. 
180.—F4 3% pai lien. P., XVII, 6. 7, CLVIIL. 
Comp. Classics, 453. 
Pen hing :—Pai (white) lien, {j Bt pai ts‘ao, The root 
is officinal. Taste bitter. Nature uniform. Non-poisonous. 
Pie lu:—Other names : Ff Bi pai ken (white root), i 1% 
tuhoand ER # kun lun. The pai lien grows in Heng shan 
[in Hu nan, App. 61] in mountain-valleys. The root is dug 
up in the 2nd and 8th months and dried in the sun. Taste 
sweet. 
T‘ao Huno-Kinc :—It is a common plant in Mid China, 
a climber, with a root like that of the pat chi [ Angelica. 
See 51]. ? 
: Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The root resembles the t‘ien men 
tung [ Asparagus. See 176]. It consists of more than 10 
tubers. Its skin is reddish black, and the flesh white, similar 
to that of the shao yo [Paonia. See 52]. It does not 
resemble the pai chi. It is a climber with digitate leaves. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—This plant now grows in King 
chou, Siang chou [both in Hu pei, App. 146, 305], Huai 
chou, Meng chou [both in Ho nan, App. 93, 220], Shang 
chou [in Shen si, App. 278] and Ts‘i chou [in Shan tung, 
App. 348]. A common climber in forests. Red stem. 
Leaves like small mulberry-leaves. It blossoms in the 5th 
month and afterwards produces fruit. The root consists of 
from 3 to 5 oblong tubers, like duck’s eggs, collected together, 
