MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 517 
Grerts, Japan woods :—& ¥, Ilex integra, also Ilex 
Oldhami. 
Ch., XXXV, 50 :—#iy FR hou ku. Good drawing, Ilex 
cornuta, with the characteristic spiny leaves. It agrees well 
with the description in the P.,—white wood, horned spiny 
leaves and red berries. According to the description in the 
P., the kernel consists of four parts, which are the four 
bony seeds of the berry joined together. In Europe Ilex 
aquifolia is known to have a very white wood. Bird-lime is 
made of the bark.—P. Smrru, 114, sub Holly. 
Amen. exot., 781 :— gj FF ojo, vulgo tsuge, Buxus 
arborescens, folio ovato, majusculo, extremitate cuspidata, 
ora raris aculeis serrata; flosculis in foliorum sinu plurimis 
calyculatis tetrapetalis albis, ad seminis Coriandri ambitum 
patentibus, petalis rotundis, baccis atropurpureis, rotundis, 
pisi magnitudinis, succo purpureo sylvestri turgidis, seminibus 
intus in orbem compactis duobus, tribus, vel quatuor, seminis 
Carvi magnitudinis & figura.—Taunpere [Fl jap. 77] 
identifies this with Buaus virens.—Maximowticz [de lice, p. 
45] means that Kamprer probably describes Ilex subpuberula, 
Miq. 
Phon zo, UXXXVIII, 10, 12 :-—#j Ff, Olea aquifolium, 
8. & Z, 
The same identification in Ste., Icon. ined., V. 
343, 5 wei mou. P., XXXV140. 7, CCCVL 
— Pen king: —Wei mou (arrow wing). Apparently the 
branches are officinal. Taste bitter. Nature cold. Non- 
poisonous, 
Pie lu:—Other name: ¥% $F hud tsien (devil's arrow). 
The wei mou grows on the Huo shan mountain [in Hu nan, 
| App. 100]. It is gathered in the 8th month and dried in 
the shade, 
