40 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
E., 70, family ¥¢ ZH, four different plants are figured, among | 
them Raphanus sativus, a Crucifera and Daucus carota, an Umbelli- 
Jera. The third plate is doubtful. H., 251, says that Shan /o fo is 
a common name for Phytolacca acinosa, Rox, The figure, showing 
a turnip-like root and large digitate leaves, must be intended for 
something else. There are 20 synonyms enumerated. 
Pr., 88. C., 688and 751. 
A., XV, 137, Sm,, 223. 
40.—j@ #2 unknown to the Chinese commentators. 
ALBA Sin ; 3 Chi. 
Kuo P°0:—The chi flowers three times in one year. It is 
a felicitous plant. J 
Hine Pine :—The Lun heng [first century] says that the 
chi grows in the ground and absorbs the vapours of the earth. 
It is therefore considered a felicitous plant. The ji Li 
says, “‘when the ruler is charitable, then the chi grows.” 
I have not been able to find Hine Prxe’s quotation in 
Li classics, but a similar sentence is found in the Shut 
t‘u ki [6th century] quoted in the K.D. The Shuo wen defin 
= by i HS, “divine herb.” Wiiztams, in his Di ct 
811, makes siu chi to be one name, designating a gynan 
plant. The text of the Rh ya, however, gives siu 
synonym of chi, regarding which Wiu1ams, 53, co 
states that it is a Fungus. The corresponding figure 
Rh ya seems to represent a branching Fungus, the § 
ling chi, or felicitous chi, which is sold in the Peking 
thecary shops. It is orange coloured, of a ligneous stn 
and branched. The ling chi has been figured and 
by Father Cisor under the name of Agaric ramifi 
Mémoires conc, les Chinois, IV, p- 500. [See also @ 
la Chine, III, 256.] | ce 
The P., XXVILI, 35, identifies the ling chi with t 
shi rh (stone mushroom) but gives no details about 
