EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 35 
Hive Pine quotes the Tso chuan and the Li ki. |v. infra, 
343, Panicum miliaceum, L.] 
The corresponding figure in the Rh ya seems to represent 
Setaria. 
E., 29, family $B, the figure represents a Panicum ; oS F 
is its popular name, 
28.—JR Chung ; Hi Shu. 
Kuo P‘o:—Same as the §§ JE (glutinous su or Setaria 
ttalica). 
Hine Pine quotes the Shuo wen, where it is stated that 
the shw is a glutinous form of the tsi (Panicum meléaceum), 
The people in Northern China use it to ferment liquors, The 
figure in the Rh ya seems to refer to Setaria. [v. infra, 848. 
£., 25, family ff, the figure, if intended for rice, is bad. 
Shu is mentioned as a synonym. 
E., 31, family FR, figure a Panicum, possibly P. italicum, 
Chung is placed below shu. 
In Japan six Panica bear Chinese names: P. frumentaceum, Roxb. 
£& ; 3 P. ttalicum, L. YR; P. Germanicum, Trin. X 3 P. milia- 
ceum, L. #3 P. sanguinale, L. By fe; P. viride, L. Hi A BR. 
29.— 3% A Jung shu is the same as FE FX Jen shu. 
Kvo P‘o :—This is the plant called #] GH //u tou (foreign 
bean). 
Hine Pina :—Fan Kuane as well as Sux sen and La Stn 
all explain the above names of the RA ya by hu tou. But — 
they were mistaken. As jung is likewise a term for foreigners 
[western barbarians] they concluded that jung shu and hu tou 
are the same. Caena Hiian and Son Yen identified the 
3 jung shu correctly with the 4H ta tow or great bean. 
[Comp. znfra, 855, Shi king.] 
The ta tou is the Soja hispida, Meench, or soy bean. The 
hu tou, or foreign bean, is the Faba sativa, or common bean, 
one of the cultivated plants introduced from Western Asia 
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