498 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
According to Parker [China Rev., IX, 329] the pa tou 
or Croton-seeds are used in Sz ch‘uan for catching fish. 
Cust. Med., p. 78 (167):—Pa tou exported 1885 from 
Han kow 2,039 piculs,—p. 62 (57), from I chang 31.70 
piculs,—p. 364 (328), from Canton 10.35 piculs,—p. 292 
(261), from Amoy 0.36 picul. 
Phon zo, LXXXVI, 6, 7 :— B. Croton. 
Esyw Batrnar [transl. by Sonrnzrmer, I, 427]:—Dend, 
Croton tiglium. The Chinese drug mentioned.—F. Warsoy, 
Native § Scient. Names of East. econ. plants, p. 51:— 
Croton Tiglium, in Arabic ba too [probably derived from the 
Chinese pa tou].—Scuummmer, Term. med. pharm. franc. 
persane :—One of the Persian names for Croton Tiglium is 
bidendjireh khatai (Ricinus from China). 
332.— 3% sang. The Mulberry tree. P., XXXVI, 1 
T., COXLVI. 
Comp. Rh ya, 803, Classics, 499. 
Pen king :—3& sang. The Index of the Pen king has 
FE HY BE sang ken pai p% (the white bark of the root of — 
the mulberry tree). It is of a sweet taste. Nature cold. 
Non-poisonous. The jeaves also are officinal and said 
to be slightly poisonous. Subsequent writers say, “non-— 
poisonous.” The ashes of the wood are used in medicine. 
The fruit also is officinal. 
The Pie lu asserts that the root of the mulberry tree 
in its upper part, at the surface of the soil, has poisonous 
properties. 
Tarar., Cat., 43 :—Sang pt. Radix Mori.—P. SMITH, 
151 :—Mulberry bark. 
