LE PE ae ee 
: BOTANICON SINICUM. 57 
To convey some idea of the manner in which plants are grouped 
in the Pen ts‘ao kang mu I subjoin a synoptical table of the 
botanical section of the work, giving the scientific names of some 
of the plants recorded there under the different divisions. 
as i #3 Ts‘ao pu. Herbs. 
1. lj #& Shan ts‘ao, Mountain plants. 78 species. 
Ginseng, 
Liquorice. 
Sophora flavescens. 
Adenophora. 
Platycodon grandiflorum. 
Polygonatum officinale. 
Anemarrhena asphodeloides. 
Orobanche, varions spec. 
Atractylis chinensis. 
Polypodium Barometz. 
- Other Ferns. 
Polygala sibirica and tenuifolia, 
Scrophularia. 
Poterium officinale, 
Salvia miltiorhiza. 
Lithospermum erythroxylum, 
Scutellaria viscidula, 
Bupleurum falcatum. 
Angelica. 
Dictamus Fraxinella. 
Narcissus Tazetta. 
Gentiana, 
Asarum, 
Polygonum Bistorta. 
2. 36 #4 Fang ts‘ao. Fragrant plants. 60 species. 
Peonia albiflora. 
Peonia Moutan. 
—. kinds of Cardamom, 
ong Pepper, 
Betel Perper 
Nutmeg. 
Turmeric. 
Galangal. 
Cyperus rotundus, 
Jasminum Sambac, 
Jasminum officinale, 
Lawsonia alba. 
Blumea balsamifera. 
Mentha arvensis. 
Perilla ocimoides, 
3. BE #% Shi ts‘ao. Marsh plants. 187 species. 
Chrysanthemum indicum. 
Aster, various spec. 
Artemisia vulgaris. 
Artemisia annua. 
Incarvillea sinensis. 
Leonurus sibiricus, 
Inula chinensis. 
Carthamus tinctorius. 
Saffron. 
Carduus crispus. 
Behmeria nivea. 
Sid» tilisfolia. 
Trigonella Foenum grecum, 
Tris oxypetala, 
Arctium Lappa. 
Xanthium ode emo 
Carpesium abrotanoides, 
Siegesbeckia orientalis. 
Arundo Phragmites, 
Musa sapientium, 
arvense, 
Juncus effusus. 
Achyranthes aspera. 
Ophiopogon japonicus. 
Hemerocallis graminea, 
Commelyna communis, 
Malva verticillata, 
Althzea rosea, 
Solanum — 
Physalis Alkekengi. 
Jasminum nudiflorum, 
Petasites japonicus, 
Cassia Sophera. 
Kochia scoparia, 
Dianthus Seguieri. 
Lychnis grandiflora, 
Calendula officinalis. 
