48 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Its root resembles the end of a finger, is of a black colour, 
and edible. 
Hixe Pine :—The people boil it. 
In the P., XXXIII, 29, the above names are identified 
with the & 3 Wu ya (black taro) which is also called 
Hi Bt 7 li (ground chestnut) and By Mf Pr tsi. The 
latter name at Peking is applied to the black tubers of the 
Scirpus tuberosus, Roxb., (Eleocharis tuberosa) which is 
extensively cultivated all over China. Only the covering 
of the tuber is black ; it is white and mealy inside. A good 
drawing of the plant Ch., XX XI, 39. ; 
Amen. exot., 827, Bh WF Bossai vulgo Quai. Juncus 
aquaticus vradice densa Jibrosa, sobole tuberosa, crebro geniculata, — 
castanearum facie, eduli. Figured Phon zo, LXXVI, 6,7 
S1epoip, Syn. plant. econ. jap., 49, B 3 Kurokuwai, Juncus : 
articulatus, Thbg. (Tuunsere has Scirpus articulatus). Radix — 
edulis, 
£., 114, family Bs We. The figure represents Scirpus tuberosus. — 
A., XV, 10; Sm., 92. Fap., 2028, Scirpus plantagineus, Retz. 
60.—3q Lei; WIE 7: ing tung. 
Kuo P‘o: pe resembles the #— P‘u (rush) but is allege 
Hine Pine :—It is fit for making shoes and twisting cords. 
61.—#% T% ; 3B Tie. 
Kvo P‘o :—It resembles the ## Pai. It is a weed which 
covers the ground. . 
V3 oe 352. Genes, Panicum. 
62.—m) Kou ; 38 Yao. [Comp. 208. ] 
Kuo P‘o hie is [the stem, it seems] as thick as the middle 
finger, empty inside, At the end of the stem is a head 
[of flowers] like that of the a ki (thistle). The young 
plant can be eaten, 
