EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 53 
Hine Pine :—This double-kernelled millet was used in 
olden time for making the spirits offered in the ancestral 
worship of princes, it being regarded as an unusual thing. 
V. infra, 342. 
71.—#R Tu; #8 Tao. 
Kuo P‘o :—Nowadays in iff BY P‘ei kuo (northern part 
of present An hui Province) the people use the term ff (to 
designate Rice). 
© Hine Pine quotes the Shi hing, Li ki, Shuo wen and the 
Tsz‘ lin [8rd century]. The latter states #§% No is the name 
for the $5 #3 Nien tao (glutinous rice) and fj, Keng is the 
_ [common] rice without the glutinous quality. In the Pen 
____ts‘ao these two kinds are called $f 3% keng mi and f§ HK 
P : tao mi, 
The Rh ya makes t‘u and tao to be the same we as does 
_ also the Shuo wen. But tao is nowadays a general term 
_ for rice, whilst tu, according to the dictionary Tsi yan 
: - [11th century] is the same as no or glutinous rice. [v. injra, 
887, 838, about Rice mentioned in the Classics.] The terms 
tao and t‘u occur also in the Shan hai king, #§ 9K tao mi 
and #& 4 tu mé, used for the sacrifices Stfered ‘to the 
mountain spirits. 
£25, family #§. 
P., 22,29. Sm, 185, 
tf Fu; @ 3 K‘iung mao. [Comp. also 51.] 
kind with yellow or white flowers is called 38 3% Ling t‘iao. 
The name ling t‘iao is not found in Chinese botanical 
works, The character ling is a name for the water caltrop, 
‘rapa, and this plant is represented in the corresponding 
figure of the Rh ya. This identification is no doubt 
roneous, K' ‘tung mao is a- 1 magic herb mentioned in the 
$a0. [v. infra, 416.) ES “ 
See note to $1. Calystegia heteracea, 
~ Kvo Po :—That with red flowers is called k*tung; another 
