468 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
It Sat-caen:—The name chan t‘ang hiang means 
“viscid sugar perfume.” Its flowers are also fragrant. 
The smell resembles that of the mo Ui hua (Jasminum 
grandiflorum). : 
The Ch. [XXXIII, 56] figures, sub chan t‘ang hiang, a 
tree with oblong, pointed leaves and berries [red]. It is” 
said to grow in Hu nan and to be a kind of camphor tree 
with fragrant leaves, 
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315.—38 7K po mu. P., XXXVa, 1. T., CCCV. 
Pen king:—Po mu. The root is called 18 fH tan huan. 
Taste bitter. Nature cold. Non- poisonous. — Subsequent 
writers say that the bark of the tree is officinal. 
Pie lu:—Other name: iq BE huang (yellow) po. The 
po mu grows in Han chung [S. Shen si, App. 54], in 
mountain-valleys, also in Yung ch‘ang [ W. Yiin nan, App. 
426]. 
Tao Huna-xina :—The drug produced in Shao ling 
[in Hu nan, App. 280], which is light, thin and of a dark 
colour, is the best. That from Tung shan [see App. 375] is 
thick and of a pale colour. The t‘an huan [said to be the root 
of the po mu] is, according to the Taoists, a mushroom. There 
is one kind of po mu, a small tree resembling the pomegranate, 
with a bitter yellow bark. It is called F HE tse‘ po. mm 
bark is useful in curing a sore mouth. Another sort, likewise 
a small tree, is covered with spines. Its bark is also yellow 
and used for the same purpose as the ¢sz‘ po bark. 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:-—The tsz! po is also called (1 Zata 
shan shi liu (mountain pomegranate). It resembles the ni ; 
cheng [Ligustrum. See 342]. Its bark is white, not yellow. 
This is the sy BY siao (small) po [see further on]. The 
spiny ¢sz* po [mentioned by T‘ao Huna-xive] is called fll 
ts‘e‘ (spiny) po. It is different from the siao po, 
