MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 447 
HE kui tree, and [relying upon the Sien king," states that] it 
has leaves like those of the po tree. This is the third sort. 
Su Kune is wrong in stating that there are only two sorts. 
Caen Ts‘anc-Kt [8th cent.|:-—The kiin kui, mou kui 
and kuz sin are drugs different in appearance but all 
derived from the same tree. Kui lin [anciently name of 
4 province, modern Kuang si, of which Kui lin fu is now 
the capital. See App. 165] and Kui ling [mountain chain 
in Kuang si, App. 166] derive their names from the kui 
trees growing there. Now the kui tree grows abundantly 
In all the prefectures south of that mountain chain and down 
to the borders of the sea. It grows especially plentifally in 
Liu chou and Siang chou [both in Kuang si, App. 199, 
308]. 
Su Sune [11th cent.] notices the various forms of hut 
bark which in his time were brought to market from Ling 
plao [Kuang si, App. 197]. The kun kui described by the 
earlier authors then was called ai] tung (tube) kui. The 
mou kut, a thin yellow bark with but little resin and flesh, 
Was called ¥ ] kuan kui. That with the sides rolled half- 
way up was Jy | pan kui. Su Sune then states that these 
drugs are also produced in Kuan chou, Pin chou, I chou 
[all in Kuang si, App. 159, 252, 105], Shao chou and K‘in 
chou [both in Kuang tung, App. 279, 144]. A Cassia bark 
which answers the ancient description of the kin kui is met 
with in Pin chou; another, which seems to be that anciently 
described as mou kui, grows in I chou and Shao chou. The 
People there call this bark AK HA JE mu lan pt and the flesh 
hui sin [v. supra]. <A third kind, growing in K‘in — 
[». supra}, seems to agree with the description of the tree which 
the ancient authors call simply kui. The ku: tree grows from 
80 to 40 feet high and is found in the depths of the mountains. 
Wg fill #E. Evidently a Taoist book. 
