476 - BOTANICON SINICUM. 
317.—#E fift tu chung. P., AXXVa, 11. 7, CCOGVER 
Pen king:—Tu chung, Fe fil) sz‘ sen. The bark of the 
tree is officinal. Taste pungent. Nature uniform. Non- 
poisonous. 
Pie lu:—Other name: FB fift sz‘ chung. The tu chung 
grows in Shang yii [v. infra] in mountain-valleys and in 
Shang tang [in Shan si, App. 275] and Han chung [S. Shen 
si, App. 54]. The bark is gathered in the 2nd, 5th, 6th and 
Sth months. 
Wu Pu [8rd cent.] calls it 7 MH} mu mien (properly 
a name of the Cotton tree). 
T‘ao Huna-x1ne :—The Shang yii mentioned in the 
Pie lu is not the district of this name in Hui ki [Che kiang, 
App. 98] but the Yi situated near Kuo% in Yii chou 
[Ho nan, App. 413]. The drug which is now used comes 
from Kien p‘ing and I tu [both in Hu pei, App. 139, 104]. 
It resembles the bark of the hou p'o [Magnolia. See 316]. 
When broken it shows white filaments like floss silk. 
Han Pao-sueng [10th cent.]:—It grows in mountain 
recesses. It is a tree about 30 feet high. Leaves like those 
of the sin 7 (Magnolia. See 306). 
Su Sune [11th cent. ]:—-It is now produced in Shang 
chou [in Shen si, App. 278], in Ch‘eng chou [in Kan su, 
App: 18] and in Hia chou [in Hu pei, App. 64], on high 
mountains. In its leaves it is akin to the che (Cudrania 
triloba). Its bark when broken shows numerous fibres like 
white floss silk. Ip Kiang nan they call it {@ mien. The 
young leaves are eaten and are known under the name of 
ae mien ya. The flowers and the fruit are of a bitter 
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4 Yi and $e Kuo, near the Yellow River, mentioned in the 
Chiun tain, 
