TXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 67 
fig Pine :—#, 3€ Hien ts‘ai, a vegetable, with ared stem. 
cording to P., XXVIL, 9, B hien is a general name 
for r Several species of Amarantus. At Peking it is applied to 
mavantes Blitum, L. Figured under hien in Kiu huang, 
LVI, 25, and Ch., ILI, 9. 
Ste. Plant. econ. japon., 124, BW, Amarantus oleraceus, L., 
(a) caule folrisque viridibus, (b) caule foliisque purpurascentilus, 
Phon zo, XLVIII, 17-19, B Amarantus mangostanus, qin, 
and same Chinese name applied to Lurolus viridis, Mogq, 
(Amarantus Buitum in Tape. Flora japon, 57). Ibidem, 
20, Ip BH, A. melancholicus, L., also A. oe L, and 
A. tricolor, L., all with purplish foliage. 
So moku, XX, sy. ts, Amarantus melancholicus. Ubidem, | 
23, BP BH Luxolus viridis. 
£., 61, family A. Two figures, one representing an Amaran- 
tus, the other Portulacca oleracea, L. S.,X, 4. A. XV, 106, 168, 
- Ree tricolor, L.; FE A. polygamus, L. W. D., Cheno- 
podium (Spinacia). Sm., 59, Ch. rubrum. 
108.3 BE Ts‘iang mei (mi); BE & men tung. 
Kuo P‘o :—According to the Pen ts‘ao this is the Py x 
men tung or Yq A man tung. 
_ -Hine Pine quotes the Shan hai king. Now the Pen 
ts‘ao writes the name 3K PY 4& tien men tung, also if By 
tien le, BE py 4 mai men tung. In & Ts‘in (Hastern Kansu 
and Shensi) it is called 36 4E yang kiu (sheep’s Allium), in 
#¢ Ts‘ (Northern Shantung) g& 9B ai hiv, in $8 Ch'u 
s (Hukuang) it is 3 4E ma ku (horse’s Allium), in # Yue 
 (Chekiang) it is A  y yang shi. Other names are oR 
yi kia and Be HB ya yi Liang. 
€ commentators of the Rh ya here confound under the 
above names two plants which are kept apart in the Pen ts‘ao 
kang mu, 
ANS 
cultivated at. 
men tung, P., XVIII, a, 47. The plant 
ing under this name is Asparagus lucidus, 
