MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 339 
su, An hui, ete., App. 124] the people in summer gather the 
leaves and the stem and boil them with rice for food. It is 
a counter-poison. Other names for the plant: FA 4 pai mu, 
PE fi, F p‘ai Jeng tsz'. 
Li Sui-cHEen :—The young leaves are white and can be 
eaten. It blossoms in autumn. Sinall, white flowers. Fruit 
like the lung k‘ui tsz‘ [v. supra]. It is dark red when ripe. 
The name kui mu is also applied to several other plants. 
Ch. XXII, 18:—Pai ying. The figure represents a 
Solanum with hastate or lobed leaves, flowers and berries. 
So moku, II, 52 :— fy BE, Solanum dulcamara, L. 
Phon zo, XXX, 17, 18 :—Same Chinese name, Solanum 
lyratum, Thbg. This plant has downy leaves. 
188.—2% Wk yang tao. P., XVII, 37. 7, CLI. 
Comp. Rh ya, 198, Classics, 493. 
Pen king:--Yang t*ao (goat’s peach), Hy Bk kui t‘ao 
(devil’s peach), 2 ES yang ch‘ang (goat’s bowels). The stem 
and the root are officinal. Taste bitter. Nature cold. 
Poisonous. [Subsequent writers say “ non-poisonous.” | 
Pie lu:—The yang tao grows in mountain-forests, in 
river-valleys and in fields. It is gathered in the 2nd month 
and dried in the shade. 
Tao Hune-Kine :—It is a common mountain-plant. It 
- Tesembles the cultivated peach but is not what is called the 
mountain-peach. The flowers are deep red. The fruit is 
small, bitter, and not much eaten. Not used in medicine 
now. In the Shi king it is called ch‘ang ch‘u. 
Han Pao-suenxe [10th cent.]:—It is a common plant 
in marshes. The stem is long and weak, never tree- like 
(woody). Leaves and flowers resemble those of the peach. 
