APPENDIX. 



Since the first half of this work was in press, the identifica- 

 tions of other plants have been found ; and owing to the 

 alphabetical arrangement of the work, it is necessary to place 

 those belonging to the first half of the alphabet in an appendix. 

 There are also other drugs considered by the Chinese to be 

 important, but which have not been fully identified. These 

 are also placed here. It was not originally intended to include 

 pharmaceutical preparations in the work ; but it was afterwards 

 thought desirable to do this. Therefore Decoctions^ Essences^ 

 and Extracts will also be found here. Finally, a list of the 

 rare drugs mentioned in the Pentsao, but which have not been 

 identified, is placed at the close of the Appendix. In the 

 interests of the study of botany, it is hoped that many of these 

 will be identified in the near future. 



ABUTILON AVICENN^.— -^ ti(Hsiang-ma). The first 

 character is usually read Meng ; but in this case the sound is 

 taken from the Tang Pentsao. Another name is j^ |j^ (Pai- 

 ma), and the classical name is ^ (Ch 'ing). The plant is the 

 same as Sida tilicsjolia and grows commonly in northern China 

 both in the wild and cultivated state. Its fiber is used for 

 making cloth and cordage. It grows to the height of from 

 four to seven feet, and has leaves resembling those of 

 Bcehmeria nivea ; it bears a yellow flower and seeds like the 

 hollyhock, but black. The name "white hemp" refers to the 

 color of the fiber, which is very flossy and inflammable. Chil- 

 dren sometimes eat the seeds of the plant. The fruits are 

 prescribed in dysentery, and are used in opacity of the cornea 

 and entropion. The root is also used for the same difficulties. 



^GLE SEPIARIA.— IQ ^f (Kou-chii) ; also called ^ ^ 

 (Ch'ou-chii). This is a citrus-like tree, thorny, bearing in the 

 second month white flowers with green stamens, and not fra- 

 grant. Its fruit resembles that of Citrus fusca^ but with a more 

 horny rind. The plant is grown as a hedge, and the rinds of 



