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FALLOPIA NERVOSA.— p ^ % (Hsieh-pao-yeh). A 

 plant described as a tall shrub, found growing wild at ?^Iacao 

 and Canton, and furnishing a tea leaf, is thus identified by 

 Loureiro and Bridgeman. It is not found in the Pentsao. 

 The name, f^ [Jj :^ (Hou-shan-ch'a), which is also given to it, 

 is probably local, and does not iudentify it with the ^J )^ 

 (Shan-ch'a), Camellia oleifera. 



FARFUGIUM K^MPFERL— ^ ^ (T'o-wu). This 

 plant is so identified in Japan, but is described in the Phitsao 

 under Titssilago farfara^ and is not discriminated from this 

 latter. Its medicinal uses, therefore, will be referred to the 

 article on Tussilago. 



FATSIA PAPYRIFERA.— jf ^ % (T'ung-t'o-mu), % 

 ;^ fT'ung-ts'ao), 1405. The second name given above is the 

 common name of the plant, but it is also the term under which 

 Akebia quinata is described in the Pdntsao. To prevent con- 

 fusing these, this fact must be borne in mind. This aralia- 

 cious plant, which is the same as Aralia papyri/era^ has been 

 identified by Sir W. Hooker as the source of the rice paper 

 used by Chinese women in the making of artificial flowers. 

 This paper is also used by Chinese artists, who make brilliant 

 paintings upon it. The plant is herbaceous, but some- 

 times has a tree-like appearance. It grows plentifully ia 

 Formosa, and has been found in Hupeh and Szechuan. Diu- 

 retic, pectoral, galactagogue, anthelmintic, deobstruent, and 

 antidotal properties are attributed to the plant. A decoction 

 is used for washing sore heads. The pollen found upon the 

 flowers is considered to be a specially efficacious application to 

 infectious sores, hemorrhoids, and in consumption. The 

 broken rice paper, called 5^ !^ ^ (T'ung-ts'ao-p'ien), and 

 the rice paper cuttings, called jii ]^ ^ (T'uug-ts'ao-sui;, are 

 used to absorb discharges from wounds. 



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FERNS. — A large number of different kinds of ferns is 

 found in China, but they have not been much studied, and 

 only a few are mentioned in the Pe?itsao. Under the name 

 of ^ (Chileh) and ^ (Wei) the Pentsao discusses the more 



