a 
80 - ROTANICON SINICUM. 
KING reports that this plant grows abundantly in waste places. 
The people gather it and employ the juice in dyeing. This 
is the Fe RY mu lan. 
~ P., XVI, 62, sub. shu wei ts‘ao, Li SHI CHEN states that 
it is also known under the name of & Ht wu ts‘ao (black 
plant), for its leaves and flowers are much used for dyeing 
a black colour. Spikes similar to those of the iff Bg ch‘e 
ts‘ien (Plantago). There are two kinds, with white or red 
flowers. One author says that the flowers are purple or violet. 
- The plant figured in the Japanese So moku, 1, 29-31, sub. 
& EB, is Salvia japonica, Thhg. [See also Kwa wi, 20.] 
The rough figure under the same Chinese name found in the 
Kiu huang, XLVI, 28, which is reproduced in the Ch., XIV, 
12, may well represent a Salvia, | 
E., 168, family ft BR. 
The figure may be of Salvia plebeia, 
18.—#§ H Si mi (now pronounced ming) ; Fe H¥ Ta ts’ 
(the great tsi). - 
Kuo P‘o:—It resembles the tsi (which is Capsella bursa 
pastoris. V. infra, 103). It has smaller leaves, and is 
commonly called 2 #§ leo tsi (old ts’), 
__-Hine Pixe:—Other names for this plant, given in the 
Pen ts‘ao, are $$ 9} mie si, fe HE tai ts, FR 3E ma sin. 
‘The P., XXVIL, 5, says that the si ming, or ta tsi, is nearly 
allied to the tsi (Capsella bursa pastoris), but larger and not 
so palatable. 
In the Japanese Phon zo, XLVI, 8--10, the Chinese name 
$i H is applied to Thlaspi arvense, ¥,. (the Thlaspi majus 
: of TABERNAMONTANUS), also to Lepidium sativum, L. The 
plant figured under the above name in the Ch., (iI, 14, is 
Capsella b.p., whilst 7) hlaspi arvense, in the Kiu huang, 
LVI, 8, as well as in the Ch., V, 4, and in the So moku, 
Se XU, 3, bears the Chinese name 3 BE 3% O lan ts‘ai. The 
pared by the Chinese authors to 
