EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 51 
The labiate plant, cultivated at Peking under the name of 
Su (vulgo sw tsz‘) for the oil expressed from its seeds, is 
_ Perilla ocimoides. This plant has an unpleasant, powerful 
smell. 
According to Henry, Chinese Names of Plants, 395 and 
512, P. ocimoides is much cultivated for its oil in Hu pei, 
and is called there Su ma (su hemp). A variety with red 
flowers is Tsz‘ su. 
The 7 ff Shui su, mentioned by a commentator on the 
Rh ya, is likewise a Labiate, but I am not prepared to say 
to what genus it belongs. See P., XIVd, 97. Ch, XXV, 
14, Phon zo, XII, 14. ; 
E., 58, family $f, contains 4 figures and 25 names, 
The first figure, 3 jig, is Perilla ocimoides, L., in Fap., 1 588, 
P. arguta, Bth. The figure for 7K fag» if meant for a Labiate, is 
not a success ; it may be a Scrophularinea or an Acanthacea. The 
figure of # may indicate another Perilla, In Jap, 1589, 
P. ocimoides. 
C., 1199, 1202, 1203. S., X, 15. 
65.—#E Se; Bt BE Yu liao. 
Kuo P‘o:—Same as the # 8 Tse liao (Marsh Polygonum). 
____- Hine Pine refers to the Shi king 3 BE Tu liao [v. infra, 
865] which Mao explains by 9k #& Shui ts‘ao (water-plant). 
_ The drawing in the Rh ya may well be intended for a 
2 P. olygonum. 
a Vl, 78, WK BE Shui liao (Water Polygonum), where 
the sbize names of the Rh ya are given as synonyms. Ch., 
= XIV, 19, Shui liao, Polygonum. 
_ Lovremo, F1. cochin., 295, kuei liao, the Chinese name for 
— Polygonum hydropiper, L.  [v. infra, 366. ] 
_ According to Horr. & Scuuures, 451, 7 BE in Japan 
is Polygonum perfoliatum. Same Chinese name, So moku, — 
a 62, and Phon zo, XX, 3, Polygonum figured, not 
