EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 27 
in the Rh ya for 7 and 8 seem to intend the same =. 
[See also Avu huang, LI, 8.] 
In the So moku, XV, 50, & Jt is Atractylis ovata, Thhg., 
and 51 3& J A. lancea, Thbg. But these species, founded 
upon the form of the leaves, which are very variable in 
shape, are now reduced to one species. A. chinensis, D.C., 
is also the same plant, which is very common in the Peking 
mountains. [Comp. Hanpury’s Se‘ence Papers, p. 255.] 
The P. considers 7 and 8 of the Rh ya to refer to the 
same plant. 
E., 102, family Jit. 
Figures of eight different kinds, 
S., 1, 8, three kinds, Sw, 28. 
C., 961, 1167, 1330. 
9.—fy Tsien ; FE F8 Wang sui (royal besom). 
Kuo P‘o:—Same as SE ap wang chou (royal besom). It 
resembles the #@ //. Brooms are made of it. In Kiang 
tung they call it % W lo chou. Regarding the li plant, 
Chenopodium album, L., v. infra, 446. 
-‘The P., XVI, 44, identifies the Wang sui with the #1 J§ 
ti fu or Hf HF BE sao chou ts‘ao, or broom plant, which is the — 
 Kochia scoparia, Schrad., a Chenopodiacea common in Northern 
China and used there for brooms as in Southern Europe. 
Under the same Chinese names it is figured in the Ch., 
XI, 31; in the Kiu huang, XLVII, 7, and in the Japanese 
So moku, IV, 41. The drawing in the Rh ya referring to 9 
may well be intended for Kochia. 
E., 138, family 4 MR and 114, family #8 HF. The figure 
of the latter is not a Chenopod, but may be a rudus., comp. 
Pi, 18, 15,008 tafra, 129. Ji fu, 00m Syl, 8;.,5m., 128; 
C., 1263, which all agree. 
10.—# Li; FB Wang ch‘u (royal grass). 
Kvo P*‘o explains :—3¢ H lt ju, also called bt i ib 
Chi kio so (owl’s-foot sedge). 
