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man neen chung [evidently he meant to write wan nien sung]. 
Fortune introduced it to England, where it was named 
Lycopodium cesium. 
Phon 20, XX XVIII, 10 :—=E ff, Lycopodium japonicum, 
Thbg. —10 : —+- Sf #S, L. cernuum, L.—11:— FR, 
L. clavatum, L. 
213.—}5 Bj ma pu. P., XXI,10. 1, CLXV. 
Pie lu:—Ma pu. Tt grows in gardens and neglected 
places. Taste pungent. Nature uniform. Non-poisonous. 
T‘ao Huna-xine :—The popular name is 3 # ma 
pi pu [which has the indecent meaning “horse-fart”]. It 
is of a purple colour, hollow and soft. It discharges a powder 
(spores) like the kou kan tan [dog-liver ball,—probably the 
name of a Fungus]. 
K‘ou Tsuna-sut :—It grows on decayed wood in damp 
places, and is gathered in autumn. It varies as to size, being 
sometimes very large. 
It St-cuen :—Other names: WK 3 hut ku (ashes 
fungus) and 2 BR PK niu suc ku (ox-urine fungus). 
Ch., XVI, 52:—Ma pu. Bad drawing. Fungus. 
Tavar., Cat., 37:—Ma pu. Lycoperdon.—P. Suits, 
140 :—Lycoperdon giganticum.© 
The name Lycoperdon is derived from lykos (a wolf) and 
perdo (to break wind). In English this fungus is commonly 
called Puff-ball, 
Depeaux [Florule de Shanghai, 73] states that Lyco- 
perdon giganteum [sinice : ma po] is frequent near Shang hai. 
*“ PoRTER SMITH’s specimen in the Pharmaceutical Museum, London, 
Was pronounced by M. G. CooKE to be a true species of Polysaceum, and 
coperdon, See Pharmac. Journal, Il, p. 160,—A, HENRY. 
