78 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
The work of Kia Sz’ niu contains many interesting particulars 
regarding the cultivation of the cereals, vegetables, fruits, trees, 
etc. then grown in China. It is also of interest on account of 
its numerous quotations from previous ancient writings now lost. 
The following plants treated of in the T's‘i min yao shu can be 
identified : 
Common Rice. Zingiber officinale, 
Mountain Rice. Z. Mioga ? 
Panicum miliaceum. (Two yarieties Amomum Cardamomum, 
still cultivated in China.) Bitter-seeded Cardamom. 
Setaria italica. Other species, 
Sorghum vulgare. Betel-pepper. 
Barley. Zanthoxylum, various species. 
Wheat, Sesame, 
Avena nuda, Cannabis sativa. 
Buckwheat. Sida tiliefolia. 
Soja hispida, Plants yielding Indigo, 
Abrus precatorius ? Carthamus tinctorins, 
Raphanus sativus, Lithospermum erythrorhizon, 
Brassica Napus. Gardenia florida. 
Br. chinensis, Varnish-tree (Rhus), 
Br. chin, oleifera. Stillingia sebifera, 
Various species of Sinapis still culti- each, 
vated in China. Apricot. 
Lactuca sativa. Prunus domestica, 
Thlaspi arvense ? Pr. pseudocerasus, 
Benincasa cerifera, Pear, 
Various Lie ner and Gourds still Crab-apple. 
cultivated in China. - Pyrus betulefolia, 
Bottle-gourd, Diospyros Kaki, 
Cucumis sativa, Nephelium Litchi. 
Solanum Melongena, N. Longan, 
Batatas edulis, Myrica sapida, 
Caladium esculentum. Eryobotrya japonica. 
ye slapd latifolium, Pomegranate, 
Allium sativum, Oranges, 
A, fistulosum. Cydonia sinensis, 
A, odorum, ovenia dulcis. 
_ Other species of Allium, Vitis vinifera. 
Malva verticillata. Wild Vine with edible fruits, 
Rehmannia glutinosa, Zizyphus vulgaris, 
Medicago sativa. Chestnut. 
Polygonum orientale, Hazelnut, 
eat a, 
arious Mushroo! ar-cane, 
Nelumbium speciosum. : ae emblica. 
Limnanthemum nymphoides, Canarium Pimela, 
L. peltatum, C, album. 
Typha (sprouts eaten), Cocoa-nut. 
Sea-weed. Areca Catechu, 
Bignonia grandiflora, Morus alba. 
Akebia quinata, Broussonetia papyrifera, 
: 0 n. Salix babylonica, 
Poterium officinale, Populus alba, 
Celery. Ulmus pumila, 
Coriandrum sativum, Catalpa Bungei, 
