MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 387 
Cust Med., p. 366 (335):—Ch% siao tou exported 1885 
from Canton 7 piculs. Exported also from Han kow. See 
Hank. Med., 16. Identified there with Abrus precatorius, L. 
At Peking also the name ch‘i siao tou is applied to the seeds 
of Abrus precatorius. But in Chinese botanical works it is 
Phaseolus. Comp. P. Surru, 1; Tarar., Cat., 15. 
232.—H6F jak fu pi. P., XXIV, 13. 7, XXXVI. 
Pen king:—Fu pi. Flowers. Taste pungent. Nature 
uniform. Non-poisonous. 
Pie lu:—The fu pi is produced in Han chung (S. Shen si). 
It is the flower of the siao tou [see 281]. It is gathered in 
the 7th month and dried in the sun during 40 days. — 
T‘so Hune-King :—The medical virtues of the seeds and 
the flowers of the ch‘i siao tou are not the same. Therefore 
the Pen king notices these drugs separately. Not used in 
medicine. T‘ao Hunc-K1nG observes that there grows near 
the sea-shore a small tree resembling the chi tsz‘ [ Gardenia. 
See 335]. Its stem and leaves are very crooked. It has a 
fetid smell. The people call it fu pi. 
Su Kune [7th cent.] means that the name fu pi refers 
_ to the flowers of the ko plant [Pachyrhizus. See 174]. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—The name fu pi is applied to 
three different plants, viz. the small tree near the sea-shore 
[noticed by Tao Hung-k1na], the ko flower and the flower of 
the chi siao tou. 
Phon zo, XLII, 13 :—}Eg jt. The figure represents a 
plant with yellow flowers. 
Sig., Icon. ined., VI:—Same Chinese name applied to 
Premna japonica, Mig. Order Verbenacee. According to 
Maximowtoz [ Diagn. Pl. asiat., VI, 510) this is P. microphylla, 
Turez. Shrub with yellow flowers. See also Ind. Fl. sin., 
