EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 65 
101.—FE HR $B. Its root is ou. 
HE ef fj. The seed is called ti. [Comp. also 191.] 
fj + 3%. The centre of the t is called i. 
Kuo P‘o explains that by ti the seeds inside the lien, or 
receptacle, are meant, and that 7 is the bitter heart (of the 
seed), the cotyledons. 
Hine Pine :—Li Siw says that all the above terms 
(99-101) refer to the 3E 38 fu kt and its stem, leaves, flowers, 
fruit and root. The people in Kiang tung call the flowers 
_ of the ho plant KB fu yung. In Northern China the root 
(ou) is called ho, and the term ho is also applied to the lien or 
receptacle. In Shu (Sz ch‘uan) they call the root jj ‘ia. 
The Rh ya gives under the above names two quite 
exact drawings of Melumbium speciosum. It is also figured 
in Kiu huang, LVIII, 22, Ch., XXXII, 9, and So moku, 
X, 9, 10. Description in P., XXXII, 16. [V. also 
infra 395.) 
102.47 Hung ; #8 & Lung ku; Ht Je H HF that of large 
Size is called kéui, 
VO P4G Php “oomition” unt’ is #L FH Aung ts‘ao, also 
HE BR lung ku. 
Hine Prive :—Sux sex gives the names hung and #— 
: lung ku. Inthe Shi ki ng it is termed Hf fe yu lung (and Bg liao). 
Hee” 
VY. infra, 426, Polygonum orientale. 
The drawing in the Rh ya agrees. 
£., 58, family B¥, with two figures, of which one is not a 
Polygon. 
S., IT, 38. P., 16, 79, with a good figure, 
- 
: 103.38 Tso , HE EF the fruit of the tsi. 
Kuo Po explains :—the seeds of the ts’ plant. 
_ Hive Piya :—The Pen ts‘ao says the ts¢ is of a sweet taste. 
A soup can be made by boiling the leaves. Mentioned in 
the Shi king, 
_V. infra, 367, Capsella bursa pastoris. 
