EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 55 
18.—K Tien ; EE Ting li. 
Kuo P‘o :—Leaves and fruit resemble those of the #f Kie 
(Mustard). Another name is Jj #§ Kou tsi. 
Hine Pine :—The Kuang ya calls it hou tsi. In the Pen 
ts‘ao there are the names Jf Ting li; 4H Tai shi; 
X ii Ta ti. Tao Hune-xine says, the plant is found by 
waysides. Seeds small, yellow, bitter. 
. P., XVI, 51, and Ch., XI, 63, describe and figure under 
: ting li, a cruciferous plant. Tararrov, Catal. med. sin., 56, 
Ting li, Semina Sisymbrit. Four species of Sisymbrium, 
including our common S. Sophia, are known from Northern 
China [See Index Flore sin., 1, 45]. Lourgrro, FI. cochin., 
479, gives Tim li as the Chinese name for Lepidium petreum, 
but according to the Index Flore sin., 41, Louretrro’s plant 
_ is Nasturtium palustre, D.C. 
_ In Japan the above Chinese name, Ting li, is applied to 
several cruciferous plants. Phon zo, XIX, 2, B jis Nastur- — 
— tium palustre, D.C., also Arabis perfoliata, Lam. In Horem. 
_ & Sc, 219, same Chinese name, Draba nemoralis, L. 
: So moku, XII, 4, the same plant 2% RR (bitter ting li). 
oh £., 141, family 38 fi, with three figures of Cruciferae. 
aes Hi of the Zi d¢ is also referred to this. Jaf., 825, Draba nem. 
FF Fu; $4 B Kui mu (devil’s eye). 
i S00-P'o :-—Thore is now in Kiang tung a plant kui mu. 
Its stem resembles that of the $ Ko (Pachyrhizus) ; its 
_ Heaves are orbicular and covered with hairs, the fruit is 
shaped like an ear-ring. It is of a reddish colour. The 
Plant grows in a bushy manner. © ae 
_ The P., XVIII, 5, 31, identifies the kui mu of the Rh ya 
with the & % Pai ying, a climbing plant with 5 lobed 
tomentose leaves ; fruit globular, resembling that of the 
fi % Lung kui (Solanum nigrum), but of a dark red colour. 
The figure of the pai ying in Ch XXII, 18, represents 
* Solanum with lobed leaves. 7 
