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i860 62. to Aquilaria Chinensis, Spreng. (Ophispermum Sinense, Lour.), but 

 with doubt, since the Chinese name given by Loureiro for that 

 tree is Pa mou yong. 



How-ptih. fjL 'Fr How-ptih ; Eark of Magnolia hypoleuca, S. et Z. (Mag- 

 noliacece) ; Heti-pti, Cleyer, Med. Simp., No. 200 ; Tatarinov, 

 Catal. Med. Sinens., p. 8 ; Pun-tsaou, Fig. 735. 



A rough, thick bark, which in my specimen has been tightly 

 rolled round several times, so as to form a cylinder 7 inches 

 long by 2 in diameter. The bark has a bitterish, pungent, aro- 

 matic taste, and is prized by the Chinese qn account of its 

 reputed tonic and invigorating properties. 



Hwang-pih. jPf TO Hwang-plli ; Bark of Pterocarpus flavus, Lour. (Le- 

 guminosce) ; Tatarinov, CataL Med. Sinens., p. 9. 



Stated by Loureiro to be resolvent and vulnerary ; also to be 

 used as a yellow dye for silk. 



Ft n i-Ti 1 1 

 Naou-yang- jyjjj ^ -fg Naou-yang-hiva ; Flowers of PJwdodendron ? 



(Ericaceae) ; Cleyer, Med. Simp., No. 186. 



Used in conjunction with aconite root as a topical application 

 to produce insensibility to the pain of a surgical operation (vide 

 p. 258). Dr. Horaninow refers this Chinese name to Hyoscyamus. 



Shih-wei. ^ Jpf SMh-wei ; Fronds of Niphobolm Lingua, Spr., Acro- 

 sticlium Lingua, Thunb. Flor. Jap., tab. 33 (Filices) ; Pun-tsaou, 

 Fig. 474 



Woo-pei-tsze. jJL /jg- -^ Woo-pei-tsze ; Galls of Ehus semi-ala/a, Murr. 

 (Anacardiacece) ; U poi $u, Cleyer, JIM. Simp., No. 225 ; Pun- 

 tsaou, Fig. 839. 



These galls now constitute so regular an article of commerce 

 that it is not needful here to describe them. Some pharmacolo- 

 gists have asserted that Distylium racemosum, S. et Z., a large 

 tree of the nat. ord. Hamamelidew, growing in Japan, is the 

 plant upon which they are produced. That this is erroneous I have 

 satisfied myself, 1. By an examination of herbarium specimens 

 of this plant, and of Ehus semi-alata, Murr. 2. By an examin- 

 ation of original packages of the galls, imported from China and 

 Japan, which I find to contain the leaf-stalks and remains of 



