BOTANICON SINICUM. 39 
Besides the 80 plants described under separate headings, 
several other Chinese plants are mentioned “en passant” under 
the same Chinese names by which they are still known in this 
country, viz 
Hibiscus mutabilis. Arundo phragmites. 
Vitis vinifera. Dendrobium moniliforme, 
Nelumbium speciosum. Diospyros Kaki, 
Zingiber officinale. Pomegranate. 
Dioscorea sativa. Eriobotrya japonica, 
Caladium esculentum, Althza sinensis. 
Gardenia florida, Sophora japonica. 
Sterculia platanifolia, Juniperus chinensis, 
BRhapis fiabelliformis (perhaps Cha- Cedrela sinensis, 
merops?) Castanea vesca, 
Brassica chinensis, Acacia Julibrissin. 
Sagittaria chinensis, duglans regia. 
A short record of a similar character to the Nan fang ts‘ao mu 
chuang is the $f E 7é AR GR Wei wang Hua mu chi, Notice of 
the Flowers and Trees of the Prince of Wei (perhaps the Prince 
of Wei is the author). It has likewise been reprinted in the T‘u 
shu tsi ch‘eng |. c. book 5, and as I can infer from the place 
assigned to it in that Encyclopedia, it seems to belong to the 
same period (perhaps a century earlier) as the Nan fang ts‘ao mu ~ 
chuang. It is sometimes quoted in the Pen ts‘ao kang mu. I 
have not been able to gather any other information regarding its 
author or time of publication in any Chinese bibliographical work. 
Among the 15 plants recorded in it I may mention the following: 
The FA NE se’ wei or A % Pei to tree, the seeds of which are said to have 
been brought from India at the time of the Han dynasty, is Borassus flabelliformis.— 
Mugnolia Yulan—Camellia japonica.—Hibiscus i eT ee Cassia.— 
Citrus japonica.—Rhododendron.—Quisqualis sinensis. 
CHINESE STANDARD WORKS ON MATERIA MEDICA. 
I now proceed to review briefly in chronological order the 
‘Chinese works on Materia medica (and Natural History) which 
at different times have been considered the capital treatises in 
this department. My information regarding these compilations 
and their authors has for the greater part been derived from the 
bibliographical notices already mentioned, given by Li Shi chen 
in the introductory part of the Pen ts‘ao kang mu. From these 
accounts I select the more important statements, occasionally _ 
elucidating them by extracts drawn from other quarters. Li Shi 
