MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 365 
Ch‘u chou [in An hui, App. 25], Hai chou [in Kiang su, 
App. 48], Fu chou [in Fu kien, App. 46] and in Kiang 
ning [Nan king, App. 129], where it grows on rocks. The 
leaves are leathery, resemble willow-leaves in shape, are 
covered with hair on the under side and also show spots 
there. A peculiar kind, which grows in Fu chou, is called 
Ai B% shi pi (vock leather). It (the leaves) has hairs in 
the 8rd month. A decoction of it is used in the treatment 
of rheumatism, 
Lt Sui-cuEy :—The shi wei is also called F Bf shi che 
(leather) and 7G fR shi lan. It grows plentifully on rocks 
and in crevices. Leaves nearly a foot long and one inch 
broad, soft and pliable like leather. They have yellow hairs 
on the under side, or golden stars (spore cases), whence one 
kind is called 2 FB Hi kin sing ts‘ao (golden star plant). 
Another sort has leaves like the apricot. It likewise grows 
on rocks, 
Ch., XVI, 4:—Shi wei. The figure represents a plant 
With long tongue - shaped leaves, probably Polypodium 
(Wiphobolus) Lingua, Sw. Ibid., XVI, 11, 12:—Kin sing 
ts‘ao. Two ferns represented, one with tongue-shaped 
leaves, 
Lour. [Fl. cochin., 825] applies the Chinese name 
ve ui (shi wei) to another fern with long lanceolate leaves, 
Ophioglossum lusitantcum, and the Chinese name wi wi tan 
to O. scandens. 
Hans., Se. pap., 266 :—Shi wei. Fronds of Niphobolus 
Lingua,—P, SmirH, 155. 
Cust. Med., p. 204 (283) :—Shi wei exported 1885 from 
Ning po 6.55 piculs,—p. 360 (274), from Canton 4.42 
Piculs—p, 280 (109), from Amoy 0.20 picul. 
Amen, exot., # BE secki ji vulgo twanokawa, etotsba, etc. 
Hemionitis petra, folio oblongo majusculo simplici, ex 
