EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. al 
the seed-vessels of the elm. [See also Stmnoip, Syn. plant. 
@con. jap. 285.) Capsella b. p. and Thlaspi arvense are 
common Chinese plants. 
£., 60, family +7 3 and family 5. 
Be name si mi also occurs £,, 271, as a synonym of BE 
—PR Tu; Bp Hu chang (tiger's cane). Comp. 150. 
mP P‘o :—It resembles the #£ #8 hung ts‘ao (Polygonum 
orientale, L. x. infra, 102), but is coarser and larger and is 
provided with small prickles. Used for dyeing a red colour. 
Hine Pine :—T‘ao Hune-xine says that according to the 
Pen ts‘ao this plant grows abundantly in waste places. It. 
has the appearance of the Je BR BE ta ma liao eet horse’s 
Polygonum). Spotted stem, round leaves. 
In the P., XVI, 83, this plant i is described as a Polygonum, 
the leaves of which resemble those of the apricot. Stem 
covered with spots, wherefore the plant is also called HE # 
pan chang, variegated cane. 
Ch., XI, 91; Bad figure. So moku, VII, 78, Be #, 
Polygonum cuspidatum, 8. et Z In China the above Chinese 
name seems to be applied to another species of Polygonum. 
E., 104, gives 3 as a synonym of ae {v. infra, 24, 150, 209]. 
E., 164, family a AE contains three figures of very distinct 
plants, reproductions of S., IX, 39, but the name $8 does not 
appear. None of the figures give an idea of P. cuspidaium, which 
is also without prickles. 
20. Meng ; IE BB Lang wei (wolt’s tail). 
Kuo P‘o:—It resembles the 38 mao (a grass, Imperata. 
v, infra, 459). The people use it for thatching roofs. 
Comp. infra, 462, Gymnothrie. 
E., 106, family #-  (v. infra, 189]. 
‘The character 3 is taken from the dictionary Yi p‘ien, Most 
Rh ya editions have $f, but Hr yu is preferable, asin EF. P., 23, 
14. B., ME KE BX Scirpus cyperinus, Kth. The figure in E. is of a 
graminea, 
_ The figure in 2h ya has the character jf for Mf. 
