EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 29 
Hixe Pine, referring to 12-14, explains :—Various sorts 
of hio (Ariemisia), variously coloured, with seeds or without 
seeds. Quotes the Shi king. [Comp. infra, 482. ]_ The 
figures for 12-14 in the RA ya may well rappers various 
species of Artemisia. 
E., 62, 15, sub. family Fk. 
Wei is from the Shi king, 
HT, 110, A. japonica, Thbg. 
15.— #5 WG 3 Ye tiao p'eng ; JS BB #E Tsien shu p‘eng. 
Kvo P‘o :—A kind of p‘eng. 
Hine Piya :—According to the Shuo wen, 2 p‘eng is a kind 
of hao (Artemisia). Quotes the Shi king and the Yae ling. 
[Comp. 436.] The figure in the Rh ya for 15 seems to 
intend an Artemisia. But the P., XXIII, 15, refers the above 
names of the Rh ya to Hydropyrum.  [v. infra, 350.] 
£., 104, family ve. 
Ye, tiao p'eng, tsien and shu p'eng are four sy nonyms. The figure 
represents an Aséer. 
16.—jii Pi; § #8 Shu kuan (rat’s rush). 
Kuo P‘o :-—This is a kind of kuan (rush, see 98). It has 
_ fine fibres like the ff@ 2 Jung sa, and is fit for making mats. 
The best is found in Shu (Sz‘ ch‘uan). 
; Hine Ping:—The Shuo wen says that the kuan is a grass 
of which mats can be made. 
The drawing in the RA ya for 16 represents a grass, 
[v. infra, 455.] 
£., 176, family A BE Be 
Without figure. Matting grass, the best coming from Sze-chuan. 
17.—% King. (Comp. supra, 3]; fl RE Shu wei 
(rat’s tail). 
Kuo P‘o :—lt furnishes a black dye. 
Hine Pine :—The Pen ts‘ao says that there are two kinds 
of this plant, one of them with white, the other with red 
flowers, It is also called $& $4 ch‘ang K‘iao, T‘so Hune- 
