68 ; BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Lindl. Ch., XXII, 9, figures s.n. a plant with tuberous roots, 
linear leaves (Asparagus). See also Kiu huang, LI, 4. — 
Hansury, Science Papers, 257, describes the tubers of the 
Chinese t‘ien men tung, received from Shanghai, supposing 
that they belong to Louretro’s Méelanthium cochinchinense, — 
Flor. Cochin, 268, tien muen tum. See BENTHAM’s note on — 
this plant in Flora Hongk., 371, sub. Asparagus lucidus. so 
Henry, Chinese Names of Plants, 463, Ttien men tung in— 
Hupei is Asparagus lucidus. 
So moku, VII, 7, FR FY & Asparagus lucidus, Lindl. 
The other Men tung is the BE PY 2 Mai men tung. This 
plant, much cultivated at Peking, is the Ophiopogon spicatus, é 
Gawl. It is described mai, 165 good drawings of the . 
plant are found in the Kin huang, LL, 6, and Ch., XI, 10. @ 
Hanpury, Science Papers, 256, figures the tubers of the 
Mai men tung. Amen exot., 823, FY Ophiopogon japonicus. 
Gawl., with figure. So moku, VI, 46, Jv HE BE PY & 
(mai men tung with small leaves) is Oph. japonicus, and, 45 
K KB PY B (the large leaves) is Oph. spicatus. 
It cannot be decided whether the men tung in the Rh yar is 
intended for Asparagus or Ophiopogon. The men —~ is 
repeatedly noticed in the Shan hai king. 
£., 173, family FR FY %, with seven figures, of which five may — 
represent species of Asparagus, the first being a good figure of 
A. lucidus. [V. supra, 92.] 
S., I, 5, represents two kinds. Py., 206. A., XV, 179- 
C., 1301, Asp. filicinus, Ham. ; 1302, also A. Jucidus. 
£., 174, family BE FY <>, with three figures, apparently o 
Ophiopogon. 
S., I, 15. 4., XV, 179, according to LouretRo, Aneilems 
medica, R. Br. ie 
Sm., 17, Aneilema medica ; 162, Ophiopog. jap. ; 194, Scorzoné 
Both names of the Rh ya are heading Z.,173 and #.174- 
109, i 4F z Unknown to the Chinese sonnets 
