430 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Cust. Med., p. 158 (289):—Fei tsz* exported 1885 from 
Shang hai 28,62 piculs,—p. 3866 (353), from Canton 1.30 
picul. — 
Further particulars in another part. 
287.— Hf FR pin lang. The Betel-nut, Areca Catechu, L. 
ia Amend, 14, <T., OCOLXXXV. 
Pie lu:—The pin lang grows in Nan hai [Canton, 
App. 228]. The fruit is used in medicine. Taste bitter, 
pungent and harsh. Nature warm. N on-poisonous. 
Cust. Med., p. 404 (152):—Pin lang exported 1885 from 
Kiung chow 14,068 piculs,—p. 370 (409), from Canton 
3,882 piculs,—p. 354 (204), betelnut husk from Canton 
1,312 piculs,—p. 400 (81), from Kiung chow 1,154 piculs. 
Farther particulars in another part. 
288.—3e HH Ts‘in tsiao. P., XXXII,1. T., CCL. 
Comp. Rh ya, 259, Classics, 497. 
Pen king :—Ts*in tsiao. 
Pie lu:—The Ts‘in tsiao grows in the mountains of ® 
Ts‘in [Shen si] and especially in the Ze 4g Ts‘in ling range 
[S. Shen si, App. 358], also in Lang ye [in Shan tung, : 
App. 178]. The fruit is gathered in the 8th and 9th months. 
It is called HR €7 tsiao hung (red carpels of the tsiao) and 18 
of a pungent taste. The nature of the unripe fruit is warm, 
while that of the ripe fruit is cold. It is poisonous. 
T‘ao Hune-Kine :—The drug tsiao which is brought 
from Western China resembles the tsiao [of Mid and Eastern 
China] in taste and smell, but is larger and of a yellowish 
black colour. It is not to be confounded with the &iu tse 
[see 290]. 
