522 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
S1EB., icon., 243 :—Aralia pentaphylla, F, 4. Japonice: 
wu kogi. Folia tenera edunt. 
345.— fej FE hou ki and Hy FPR ti ku pt. P., XXXVI, 
47. T., CCLXXXIII. 
Comp. Rh ya, 257, Classics, 526. 
Pen king:—Kou ki and ti ku p% (earth bone skin). 
Ti ku is the name of the root. Taste bitter. Nature cold. 
Non-poisonous. The leaves and the fruit are also used in 
medicine. Another name is H) Qf ti tsie. 
Pie lu:—Other names: ff] H hou ki, $F Kio lao, 
=E FL yang ju (goat’s nipple) and Ti AV Ak sien jen chang 
(staff of the immortals). The kow &% grows in Ch‘ang shan 
[in Chi li, App. 8] in the plain, in marshes, and in the 
mountains. The root is of a very cold nature. The fruit 
is slightly cold. Non-poisonous. The root is taken up in 
winter, the leaves are gathered in spring, and the stem and 
the fruit in autumn. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—The hou hk‘ is a common plant. 
In its leaves it resembles the shi liu (pomegranate), but they 
are softer and thinner and can be eaten. They are known by 
the name of fff 38 ten ts‘ai (sweet vegetable). The stem 
grows from three to five feet high, in a bushy manner. 
It blossoms in the 6th or 7th month: Small, reddish purple 
flowers. The fruit is oblong like the stone of a jujube. 
The root is called ti ku [v. supra]. It is mentioned in the 
Shi king. There are two sorts. One has an oblong fruit 
and the branches are without spines. This is the true fi 72 
kouw k%. The other has a globular fruit and the plant is 
provided with spines. This is the #%j BE fou ki (spine). The 
former is the larger kind, and this yields the drug for medical 
use. The other (the spiny) is not used in medicine. The — 
