‘MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 381 
Lovr., Fl. cochin., 422 :—Clematis sinensis. Sinice : mu 
ees 7 
Tavar., Cat., 40:—Mu ttung. Radix Clematidis ?— 
P. Surrn, 66.— 
The drug mu t‘ung obtained from a Peking drug shop was 
in thin slices, transverse sections of a ligneous stem, half-an- 
inch in diameter, the marrow showing small holes like a siéve 
(longitudinal canals) and was examined at Kew. It proved to 
belong to Akebia quinata. The description in the P. agrees. 
The Ind. Fl. sin. [1, 30] notices for China Akebia quinata, 
Dene., and A. lobata, Dene. ° 
The name ¢‘ung ts‘ao is nowadays, it seems, more generally 
applied to Aralia papyrifera, in China. Henry, Chin. pl., 
299 :—Mu t‘ung at Pa tung is the name for several species 
of Clematis, and [488], t‘ung ts‘ao, Fatsia (Aralia) papyrifera. 
Cust. Med., p. 12 (92):—Mu t‘ung exported 1885 from 
New chwang 688 piculs,—p. 74 (109), from Han kow 
291 piculs, p. 194 (162),—from Ning po 112 piculs. 
Stes., Icon. ined., I, and Stes. & Zuec., Flora japon., 
I, 143, 145, tab., 77, 78, the Chinese names fx jf and 3 Ft 
applied both to Akebia quinata and A. lobata—Same in 
Phon zo, XXX, 8, 9, and Horrm. & Scutr., 33. 
185.—$4y BS hou t'eng. P., XVIII, 29. 7, CXIL 
Pie lu:—Kou t‘eng (hooky climber). Only the name 
given and medical virtues explained. It seems the thorns of 
the stem used in medicine. 
T‘so Hune-Kixc :—It is produced in Kien p‘ing [in 
Hu pei, App. 139]. It is also called FR BR téao “eng 
(suspended climber) and employed in the treatment of diseases 
of children, 
