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E. Vegetables. 
a. Leaves. 
~ Brassica chinensis, var. oleifera, ~ Medicago sativa, 
<« Amaranthus Blitum. - Mentha arvensis. 
. Sonchus arveusis. Mentha, other spec. 
~ Portulacca oleracea, ~ Amaranthus tricolor. 
~ Lactuca denticulata. ~ Allium victoriale, 
~ Beta vulgari-. ~ Thlaspi arvense. 
~ Chrysanthemum coronarium. ~ Lactuca squarrosa. 
= Malva verticillata. ~Taraxacum officin 
b. Roots. 
~ Stachys affinis, 
ce. Roots and Leaves. 
Viviparous cultivated Allium and other wild species. 
d. Leaves and Fruits. 
~ Capsella Bursa pastoris, - Chenopodium album, 
Ocimum, 
e. Roots and Fruits. 
~ Dioscorea sativa, 
36. The fa 3 3 fff Keng sin yii ts‘e, in 2 books, compiled 
about 1430 trom various Taoist works, enumerating under 541 
heads the natural objects employed in alchemy. The author of it 
was 3 Ek =E Wing hien wang, also an Imperial Prince, the 17th 
son ot Hung Wu. See Ming shi 117, Biographies of the Princes. 
His pseudonym was A {i X‘% sien. He was a man of great 
learning and well versed in Taoism, Alchemy, Medicine, Agri- 
culture and Horticulture. He wrote many works, which in all 
extend to several hundred books, See alph, list $18, 319, 697, 
742, 
37. The Ax ¥% 4 BE Pen ts‘ao tsi yao, in 8 books, an epitome 
of the Pen ts‘uo, published towards the end of the 15th century by 
XE % Wang Lun, a native of Tsz’ ki (Ning po fu). See his 
biography, Ming shi 299. Literary name j& 7 Ju jen; pseudonym 
i BR Tsie chai. 
38. The £ Hf 7 Bi Shi wu pen ts‘ao, in 2 books, by 7F A 
Wang Ying, a native of Kiang ling (King chou fu, Hupei), — 
prefect of Kiu kiang during the Ming. It was published in the 
beginning of the 16th century and is based upon a previous work — 
