MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 475 
tu hou p‘o. The description in Ch. [XXXIII, 30], hou p'o, 
Seems to point to another tree. 
Cust. Med., p. 72 (90):--Hou p‘o (bark) exported 1885 
from Han kow 117.52 piculs,—p. 60 (86), from I chang 
8.15 piculs, and p. 62 (45), of hou p‘o flowers 8.30 piculs. 
Kwa wi, 86 :—JB fp Japonice: tan pa cou, fonoki. 
Magnolia hypoleuca, 8. & Z.—Same identification in Sres., 
Icon. ined., I, and Phon zo, UXXXII, 7, 8.—M. hypoleuca 
has not been recorded from China. 
S1es., Gcon., 272 :— Magnolia hoo noki (i.e. M. hypoleuca]. 
Sinice: ZB itd #2 #}. © ligno conficiuntur gladiorum vagine, 
carbones ad levigandum lignum sesque adhibentur. 
The above name is pronounced in Chinese fou lan lo le. 
In the P. [XXXVa, 11] there is a short note by Ca‘sn 
Ts‘ane-K‘t [8th cent.] regarding this tree. The author 
states that it grows in the kingdom of K‘ang.* Its bark 
resembles the hou p‘o bark. Taste sour. Non-poisonous. 
It is used a medicine. 
The Pie lu first says that the fruit of the hou p‘o tree 
is called KPT chu che [v. supra] but afterwards the same 
work gives the following short and obscure account of the 
same drug:—The chu che cures ulcers, strengthens the 
breath and clears the eyes. It is also called ff # po ho 
[properly a name for lilies] and JB % how shi. It a bdial 
between trees and has a yellow stem. In the 7th month it 
bears a black fruit like the Soy-bean. 
T‘ao Hune-xrxa says:—The name chu che is also 
Applied to the fruit of the tu chung [see 317]. 
coy 2 4 
HE fy, an ancient name for Samarkand. 
