496 BOTANICON sINICUM. 
Hank. Med.. 7:—5& 2& YE ch‘ou (stinking) wu i. 
Exported from Han kow. Mr. Braun says:—A small, 
lentil-shaped seed of a very disagreeable and strong odour. 
The flesh of the berry generally adheres to the seed. 
The Cust. Med., p. 489 (1457) calls the wu ¢ a medicine- 
cake.—Ibid., p. 74 (123), wu ¢ exported 1885 from Han kow 
5.12 piculs, 
331.—E§ B Patou. P., XXXVb, 43. 7., CCCVI. 
Pen king :—F3 & Pa tou, P5 #e¥ Pa shu. The seed is 
officinal. Taste acrid. Nature warm. Poisonous. This is 
one of the five principal poisons mentioned by SHEN NUNG. 
See above, sub 132. 
Pie lu:—The Pa tou grows in Pa [E. Sz ch‘uan, 
App. 235], whence the name, in river-valleys. Gathered in 
the 8th month. Before use the heart and the skin are 
removed. Very poisonous. 
T‘ao Hune-xine :—The Pa tou is a violent purgative. 
It should be taken in a fresh state. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—It is now found in Kia chou, 
Mei chou and Jung chou [all in Sz ch‘uan, App. 122, 219; 
112]. It is a tree from 10 to 20 feet high. Leaves like 
those of the ying tao (cherry) tree but thicker and larger. 
They are green at the beginning but gradually change 0 
yellowish red. They wither in the 12th month and shoot 
again in the 2nd month. In the 4th month the old leaves 
fall off and are replaced by fresh leaves. Flowers of a 
yellowish colour and in racemes. In the 5th or 6th month | 
the fruit (a capsule) is produced, which is green at the — : 
beginning but yellow when ripe. It resembles the capsule of , 
the pai tou k‘ou [Amomum Cardamomum. See 58]. Each 
capsule consists of two divisions (cells), and in each division 
