26 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Kuo P‘o :—Two names for the [common] mu kin. It is a 
tree resembling the plum. Its flowers expand in the 
morning and fall off in the evening. They can be eaten. It 
is also called J Ji ki and FE 2 Wang cheng. Hine Pine 
quotes the Shi king and Li ki [v. infra, 542). . 
Mu kin is a common name for J/ibiseus syriacus, which is — 
tolerably well represented under the above names in the Rh ya. 
Tuan is nowadays in Northern China a name applied to the 
Lime tree, Tilia. 
E., 295, family JR FE. 
As a synonym ee of the Shi king. [v. infra, 542.] 
P., 36, 64, C., 858. A, XV,125. All agree. 
1.—Jt Shu; ay By Shan ki (mountain thistle). 
Kuo P‘o :—A thistle which grows in the mountains. [See 
the newt.] 
8.—HEi HL Vong fu; By Ki. 
Kuo P‘0:—It resembles the ki (thistle) but is fat (succulent) 
and larger. It is now called KB iii Ma ki (horse’s thistle). 
Hine Pine [referring to 7 and 8]:—The name of ki (thistle) 
is applied to a plant growing ‘on the plain. That variety 
which grows on the mountains is called i shu. The Pen 
_ ts‘ao says one name is Wl fii Shan ki (mountain thistle) 
another {Ij # Shan Kiang, another {lj ## Shan lien. Tao 
Hune-xine [5th century] explains that there are two kin 
the fy jt Pui shu, white shu with large hoary, not very f 
(fleshy) leaves, and the Dp Ie chi (red) shu, with small leaves 
_ Kvo P‘0 explains the name by shan ki (mountain thistle). 
eo #., SU, b, 4; shes or pa shu, and fol. 9 3 jie ts‘ang § 
or ch shu, medicinal plants, roots used in medicine. 1 
. sub. shu, figures an Atractylis, a prickly-le 
lant of the composite family, and the 
