eae BOTANICON SINICUM. 
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into China, in the second century B.C., by the famous general 
Crane K4tgn, 
Figare of the jung shu in the Rh ya a leguminous plant. 
z, 36, 12, family B. 
Both Jung shu and Hu tou are given as synonyms of 99 B.- 
W.D., 1038, says, “probably the Jablab? The figure points toa 
Vicia, Sm., 172, Pisum arvense. 
E., 35, 12, family H, speaks of 7 H, the figure if meant 
for Soja hispida, Moench, (now Glycine hispida, Max.] is disfigured. 
A OB, of Parker, 46, is distinguished in Z., 36, 11, as a synonym 
of @% Hi, comp. P,, 24, 5, and 24,17. Sm., 88, 
In Japan Hu tou is Indigofera decora, Ldl.; Wan tou, Pisum 
sativum, L.; Ta tou, Glycine hispida, Max. 
80.—F} Hui ; Be Ts‘ao. | 
Kvo P says it is a general name for herbaceous plants. 
Hine Ping:—The term Ff po hui occurs in the Shi king. 
(v. tara, 402.) 
31.—F5 Ff. Unknown to the Chinese commentators. 
382.—¥9 Yo $8 BE Tsio mai (bird wheat). 
Kuo P'o:—Same as #6 3 Yen mai (swallow wheat). 
Hine Prve :—According to the Pen ts‘ao it grows in waste 
places and forests, The plant resembles wheat but is more 
slender. The grain resembles the te BE kung mai (naked 
barley) but is smaller, 
P., XXII, 26. Figured Ch., I, 31. Kiu huang, LI, 1. 
Phon zo, XL, 10, 11 sub. € 2 represents various gramineous 
plants, 
£., 32, 20, 21, family 2, 
The figures given of Tsio mai and of Yen mai are distinct species. 
. Fip., 380, determines the first as Bromus japonicus, Thog., and 
the other, 371, as Brachypodium sylvaticum, Roem. & Schult. 
eS Sah, TS7, Oat.; differs fro 
: : m the figures, but I received this nam 
for Avena fatua, L,, from Ningpo, 
