MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 337 
Wu P‘u [8rd cent.] gives the following synonyms: 
A FB shi ling, BE BE yin ying, BE FE yin hua and EE FF yin 
tan. 
T‘ao Huna-Kine considers it a dubious plant. Some 
say it is a stone. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—This plant grows in shady, 
damp places. It is an evergreen with a round black fruit. 
It climbs upon trees and rocks. That found on rocks has 
small, thick, round leaves, and that which climbs on trees has 
large thin leaves. The people cultivate it also as an orna- 
mental plant. Its popular name is iit nai tung (enduring 
the winter). The name lo shi (entangling rocks) refers to 
its climbing on rocks. The people of Shan nan [S. Shen si, 
App. 268] call it # Mil shi hue (stone blood). It is useful 
in hemorrhage after childbirth. 
Hay Pao-sueng [10th cent. ]:—It is an evergreen climber 
on trees and rocks. Its leaves, which proceed from the 
joints of the stem, resemble small orange-leaves. It clings 
to the rocks by the fibres of its root. White flowers and 
large black fruit, 
Li Sui-cHen :—The lo shi climbs on rocks. Its stem 
contains a white juice. The leaves are small, of the size of a 
finger-nail, thick, firm, green on the upper side, and paler, 
scabrous, not shining, underneath. There are two kinds, one 
with pointed and the other with round leaves. The medical 
Virtues in both are the same. Su Kuna’s account is not 
incorrect but it is incomplete. 
Ch. XXII, 22:—Lo shi. Rude drawing. Twining 
plant, Only leaves. 
Phon zo, XXXI, 11:—£% FH Rhynchospermum jasmin- 
oides, Lindl. (Nerium divaricatum, Thbhg., Malouetia asiatica, 
2) dk Z.). Order Apocynee.—ILbid., 8-10, four other plants 
= ee with the above Chinese name. 
