EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 69 
110.—P Lo ; BE fe Kuan Chung. 
Kuo P‘o :—Leaves round and pointed. Stem black, covered 
with hairs. It covers the ground; does not die in winter. 
Another name is $€ #2 Kuan ka. The Kuang ya calls it 
A ff Luan tsie. ; 
__ -Hine Pine :—The Pen ts‘ao gives the names § §A Po t‘ou 
KB Hu kian, $e 4% [v. 109], (4 HE Po p'ing, HH 
Yo tsao, \&§ BA Ch‘i t‘ou (owl’s head). T‘ao Hune-Krne 
says, the leaves of this plant resemble those of the Je fim 
_ ta kite (a fern), are covered with hairs, and resemble the head 
of an owl [probably the young unexpanded leaves]. 
Kuan chung is a fern. P., XII b, 18. Root said to be 
poisonous. Ch., VIII, 16, represents under kuan chung, a 
fern with pinnate fronds. 
Phon zo, VI, 3, 4, #¥ H, a fern, according to Francner, 
— Lomaria japonica, Kunze. According to Fauven [A Naturalist 
in the Far East, 11) | the above nies name is applied 
in Shantung to Aspidium faleatum, Hance. Henry, Chinese 
Names of Plants, 199, kuan chung in Hupei a large fern, the 
_ thizome of which is used as a drug, Woodwardia radicans, Sm. 
. — Tbidem, 200, 3% Bf Mao knan chung (hairy kuan chung) 
Onoelea orientalis, Hook., and Nephrodium apc mas, Rich., 7 
_ 0Ur common male fern. 
£., 133, family Ef 3. The figure is a copy of S., IV, 21, and 
Nearer to Aspidium falcatum than toa Woodwardia. ‘The figure 
in P., XII, differs, being dipinnate. 
Fap., 253, gives the name for Asp. falcatum, Sw. 
. C., 647, Woodwardia and perhaps other large Ferns. 
IL 3 Kiin ; 4 3 Niu tsao. 
_ Kvo Po :—It resembles the HE Tsao [v. infra, 401]. The 
ome in Kiang tung call it B }% Ma ts‘ao. 
Vi infra, 401, Potamogeton. 
£., 66, family #, with two figures, ome may be intended for 
. Potamogeton or a Najas, 
