MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 483 
drug-shop at Peking was Terminalia belerica [determined at 
Kew]. 
Hans. [ Sc. pap., 244] figures and describes the Chinese 
drug Ch‘uan lien tsz* from Shang hai. He is not sure 
whether it is Melia, for the stony endocarp was from six to 
eight celled. 
P. Smrru, 145, 146, sub Melia and Medlar. 
According to Parker [ China Rev., X, 169] k‘u lien tsz* 
in Sz ch‘uan is Melia azedarach, L. 
Henry, Chin. pl., 240:—Lien shu. Melia azedarach.— 
Ibid., 241:—K‘u lien tse. At I chang this name is applied 
to Melia azedarach and also sometimes to Picrasma quas- 
sioides, Benn.—The k‘u lien tsz‘ or Ch‘uan lien tsz‘, a drag 
largely exported from Sz ch‘uan, is the fruit of a species 
- of Melia not yet identified. [Comp. Cust. Med., No. 251:— 
Ch‘uan lien tz‘. Melia Toosendan, S. & Z.] 
Melia azedarach is a common tree in Mid and South 
China. See Ind. Fi. sin., I, 113. It is known from 
India, where the root, bark and fruit of the tree are used 
medicinally, that the fruit has poisonous properties. It has 
very fragrant flowers. It is a highly valued timber at 
Canton. 
Cust. Med., p. 76 (184) :—Ch‘uan lien tse* (fruit) exported 
1885 from Han kow 527 piculs.—Ibid., 368 (375) :—K‘u 
lien tsz‘ exported from Canton 3.11 piculs.—Z0id., p. 344 
(67):—K‘u lien ken (root) exported from Canton 0.17 
Picul,—p. 278 (59), from Amoy 0.03 picul.—Zbid., p. 354 
(193):— K‘w lien pi (bark) exported from Canton 0.27 
picul, « 
Amen. exot., 788 :— Iii den, it. ootz, vulgo sendam, altis 
kindeis. Azadarach Avicenne. . 
Kwa wi, 122 :—Same Chinese name. Melia azedarac 
* Now determined as Melia Toosendan, 8. & Z—A. HENBY. 
