PuatTe 1972. 
BUDDLEIA OFFICINALIS, Mazim. 
LOGANIACE# 
(Neemda) shires Maxim. in Mél, Biol. x. 675; frutex, 
ramulis foliis su t inflorescentia Poesy? cano- Me cinnamomeo- 
lobis rotundatis intus glabris t tubo. intus parce piloeale, antheris 
oblongis subsessilibus tubi triente superiore insertis, ovario ellipsoideo 
0. 
Has. China, Provs. Shensi and Kansuh (ex Maximowicz) : Hup 
Ichang, Watters, Maries, Dr. A. H Henry (Nos. 1117, 1291, 1447, bo? 
3110, 5363) ; Szechwan, Faber 
7 ad lamina 23-33 poll. snes 3-1} poll. lata; petiolus 2-6 lin. 
lon Flores 2-¥ poll. i cape a crustacea oblongo-ellipsoidea, 
ie duplo longi 1or.—D. Oxi 
‘This is one of the two sources of the Chinese drug known as 
méng-hua or mi-méng-hua. iasezki, who found this plant i in Shansi 
and Kansuh, says that the flowers are sent from these provinces to 
ankow for sale as a drug, in Chinese, “ mun-chua” (Mél. Biol. 
x. 676). This species of Buddleia is common about pee but 
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‘There is an export from Hankow of 20 tons of méng-hua; and the 
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ins Mu, xxxvi. 69) are under the same name. The 
Buddleia flower-buds are uated from Shensi and Kan suh; while 
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