EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 43 
49.—}% Pi (po); gy WF Pai kin (x), white Kin. 
Kuo P‘o refers the reader to 5, g.v. 
50.—JE Fei; 25 Wu. 
Kuo Po:—Same as + J& t‘u kua (earth melon or — 
gourd). 
Hine Prva :—Sun Yew says it is a kind of —§ fu [see the 
next]. Mentioned in the Shi king, [v. infra, 363.] In 
another place the Rh ya states [v. 106] that JE fei is the same 
as , 3, but that is a different plant. 
E., 104, family J, without figure. 
Fei is found in the Shi king and Wu in the Rh ya. 
Si ts‘ai and “u kua (Rh ya] are mentioned as synonyms. 
The name fei also occurs, Z., 64, as asy mgny m of 3. [infra, 440.] 
D1.— BB Fu; B Fu. 
Kuo P‘o as 7 has large leaves, white flowers. The edible 
root is like a finger, white. The figure given in the Rh ya 
3 resembles a rape. . ; 
: Hine Pine quotes the Shi king. [v. infra, 442, Calystegia ?.] 
Compare also 72, where fu denotes another plant. 
£., 111, family = % with a good figure of Calystegia heteracea, 
Wall, 
Li nan, huo to, tung to mu, (ung ts‘ao and 14 other names are - 
mentioned as synonyms, which somewhat modifies infra, 82. 
52.—# Yung; BF Wei wei. 
Kuo P‘o :—A medicinal plant. The leaves resemble those 
of the bamboo ; they are as long as an arrow shaft, and narrow. 
The stem has joints. The outer skin is white, the inner green. 
Large root resembling a finger, 3 feet long, edible. 
Hive Pine:—Other names of this plant, given in the 
Pen ts‘ao, are H FE nit wei, F x wei jui. 
P., XII a, 35, sub. Wei jui. The figure of this ‘plint, 
Ch., VII, 14, borrowed from the Kiu huang, LI, 3, represents 
a Polygonatum, which seems also to be ces in the Saws 
of the Rh ya. 
