44 - -BOTANICON SINICUM. 
So moku, VI, 3 zi, Polygonatum vulgare, All. 
E., 130, family ke #, the figure seems to indicate a climber, - 
with two stems from a rhizome, alternate, penni nerved, entire, 
acuminate, almost sessile leaves. Flowers in a simple spike from 
the axil of an upper leaf. 
Yung and Mei are both quoted from the Rh ya. 
Es 142, family Zz He, the figure is a Polygonatum, if not 
Disporum pullum, Salisb. 
The same passages are quoted from the RA ya as in 130. There 
are 18 names enumerated, one is ine Ze. 
S,, I, 12, has two figures of different plants, one is a Po/ygonatum. 
Fap.,® 1685, P. vulgare, Desf. 
£., 152, family me #§> figures 11 different plants, among which 
are Polygonatum, Disporum, and perhaps Galium. Wei sui is one 
of the 21 names. P, 12, 32. 
Determinations are:—C., 514, Polygonatum canaliculatum, Pursch. 
[ Fap., 1682]. 
A., XV, 156, Galium tuberosum, Lour., cult. 
#5 Polygonatum sibiricum, Red, 
{in Peking}. 
B., Vitex cannabifolia, S. & Z. 
Sm., §1, Caragana flava, 
T have nothing to say in favour of the last two identifications. 
53.—}ij 6 2%. Unknown to the Chinese commentators. 
as 
54.—ff Fe Chu pien; % Chu. 
Kuo P*o :—It resembles a Ay 3% small li ( Chenopodium) ; 
red stem and joints; abundant by waysides, edible, kills 
insects. 
Hive Pine :—T*ao Hone-x1e, in explaining the Pen ts‘ao, 
calls this plant #§ ff pien chu. He says it is found every- 
where, covering the ground. Small green flowers. 
P., XVI, 85, sub. Pien chu. Figured Ch., XI, 73, and 
Kiu huang, P. XLVI, 6, rough drawings, Polygonum? TaTA- 
RINOY, Cat. med. sin., 9, refers the above name to Polygonum 
Sete memes 
‘Jap. = 3. Mavsomura, Nomenclature of Japanese Plants 
