432 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Ch. XXXII, 40 :—Ts‘in tsiao or hua tsiao. The figure 
represents a Zanthoxylum, probably Z. Bungeanum, Pl., for 
hua tsiao is the common name applied to this tree at Pe king. 
It seems, however, that in other parts of China Z. piperitum, 
DC., and other species bear the same Chinese name. The 
reddish brown carpels covered with prominent tubercles, 
which include the black, shining seeds, are used in medicine 
and for pickling vegetables. 
Sarah, Got, 9.:— Hua tstao, Xanthoaylum.— Haxs., 
Se. pap., 228 :—Fruits of the hua tsiao described and figured.— 
P. Surra, 234, . 
Henry, Chin. pl., 42 :—Hua tsiao, Zanthoxylum Bunge. 
Oceurs [in Hu pei] in both wild and cultivated states. 
_ According to the Hank. Med. [18] the Aua tsiao fruit 
is exported from Han kow. In the Cust. Med. it figures 
only as an article of import, to Wu hu, Chin kiang, Ning po, 
Wen chow, Fu chow, Amoy, Canton, ete. ; 
As to the Chinese names applied to Zanthoxylum in 
Japan, see Bot, sin., II, 497. 
289.— 25 #Y Shu tsiao. Pi, Rem, FP OCs 
Pen king :—Shu (Sz ch‘uan) tsiao. The fruit is officinal. 
The 4% 47 tsiao hung (the red carpels) are of a pungent taste. 
Nature warm. Poisonous. The 4 [A tséao mu (eyes or seeds) 
are bitter. Nature cold. Non-poisonous. The leaves and 
the root are also used in medicine. The latter is said to be — 
slightly poisonous. 
Pie lu :—Other name: ES Pa (Sz ch‘uan) tsiao. he 
Shu tsiao grows in Wu tu [in Kan su, App. 395] in mountain 
valleys, also in Pa (E. Sz ch‘uan). The fruit is gathered im 
the 8th month and dried in the shade. 
Tao Hune-Kine :—It is cultivated in Shu (Sz ch'uan) 
and in Pei kiin [in Hu pei, App. 243}. ‘The rind and the 
