MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 429 
285.— Hib lung yen. Nephelium longan, Camb. P., XXXI, 
4, 7., CCLXXVIIL. 
Pie lu :—Lung yen, also # MT chi. Tt grows in 
Nan hai [Kuang tung, App. 228] in the mountains. The 
fruit of the larger kind resembles the pin lang { Betel-nut. 
See 287], 
Wu Pu calls it #§ A lung mu (dragon’s eye). 
The fruit and the seed are used in medicine.—P. SMrrn, 
155. Nowadays the leaves and the flowers of the Lungan 
are officinal and exported in small quantities from Canton. 
See Cust. Med., p. 358 (256), 364 (311). 
286.—}pE BE jtishi.. P SRB 1). TGC Ve 
In the Index of the Pen king there is the name 7% 
pi tsz* or BEF pi tsz‘, which the ancient Chinese authors 
believe to be identical with the fei shi (fruit). 
Pie lu:—The fei shi grows in Yung ch‘ang [ W. Yiin nan, 
App. 426]. The pt tsz* grows in Yung ch‘ang, in mountain- 
valleys. Taste sweet. Poisonous. 
Besides this the Pie lu notices the #f 3€ pai lina (flower). 
Taste bitter. CH‘ey Ts‘Anc-K‘I [8th cent.] says that it means 
the flowers of the fei shi. 
ME fei is now the Torreya nucifera, 8. & Z., order Taxacer, 
the fruit (nut) of which is edible. But #§ p2, according to 
the Rh ya [228] is another name for the shan or Cunninghamia 
sinensis, 
® The Kuang ya gives likewise i chi as a synonym for dung yen. The 
authors of the Sung period, however, apply the name fit ai = a i chi text 
to the bitter-seeded Cardamom, See P., XIVa,40.—HANB., Se. pap. p. 252, 
