58 _ BOTANICON SINICUM. 
This plant is not noticed in the Pen ts‘ao kang mu. 
E., 143, family wie JS [v. supra, 45], vin fen occurs as a 
synonym. 
85.—pR Yu; BF Man yi. ; 
Kvo P‘o :—This is a water-plant, also called #f Hien 
yd In Kiang tung they call it yu. a 
P., XVI, 85, and Ch., XIV, 33, consider the yw ‘plant: of 
the Rh ya to be the same as the #§ yu, which ancient authors 
describe as a marsh or water-plant like silk floss ; long leaves 
which are eaten by horses; stem with joints. It has a fetid 
smell, Wiuiams, Dictionary, 1118, thinks that it may bea 
Potamogeton. 
The Shuo wen keeps the two characters yu distinct. 
According to this dictionary #4 is another term for JR (to 
strain spirits) and § (a plant growing by the edge of the 
water). ee 
The stinking plant yu is il ae in the Tso chuan, LL 
[B.C. 655], in an oracular passage, saying :—there is & 
fragrant herb and a noisome one, and ten years: hence the 
noisomeness will continue (— i — 7 -+ 4E fy i H SE): 
Stepoup, Jeon. jap., ined., V1, 9 Phanoides japon 
(Clerodendron). [See also Phon 20, XX, 13.] 
£., 108, family His. The figure seems to indicate a Potamogelat 
Sap., 627, Clerodendron divaricatum, 8. & Z., may caution us not 
to accept Japanese identifications without guarantee from Chinese 
sources, . 
86.—fj Lu; FET s‘u. 
me Po :—A Bisa used for making shoes: 
87. HER Chu fu; ik Yao ch‘e. 
_ Kuo Po:—A trailing plant with small leaves, viol 
_ flowers, edible. The people now call” it oA i 
ey ch'e, 
‘ Kejalta 448, Vien hirsuta 
