| ns BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Sm, 129, Laminaria includes one of the names given here as : 
a synonym. It is possible that some Chinese apply the terms to — 
sea-weeds [v. infra, 197] and other water-plants. | 
Fap., 1742, Potamogeton oxyphyllus. Mig., Fy th. [Comp, supra, | 
85.] " 
112. — 38 B Chu shang ; KH FH Ma wei (horse’s tail). 
Kuo P‘o:—The Kuang ya has BB Ma wei or if 
Shang lu. The Pen tsao writes $% Shang. The same name 
is in use in Kuan si (Southern Shensi). In Kiang tung t 
people call it % p& Tung lu. 
Hive Pine :—The Pen ts‘uo gives also the names Bf 
Shang ken, % WR Ye hu, & & Pai ch‘ang. 
In P., XVIla, 8, the Shang lu is described as a plant 
with large, thick leaves, resembling the 46 7% Vin she ( Rumer, 
the root resembles that of the. radish. There are two: 
one with white flowers and a white root, the other with pu 
flowers and purple root. The latter is said to be injurious 
men. The plant is much cultivated in gardens. Roots 
leaves are cooked and eaten, The root is also used in medi 
At Peking Shang lu is Phytolacca acinosa, Roxbg,, W 
is also found in India, According to Roxpuran, in Indi 
leaves are eaten after boiling, as is the ease with Ph. de 
the Pokeweed of N. America, the root of which is é 
and cathartic. . 
; Ch. XXIV, 8, Shang lu, good drawing of P. hyto 
It is represented also in Kiu huang LI, 3. Z 
: Ameen. evot., 828, TA hb sjooriku, vulgo jamma 
( Cumicone). Planta sylvestris radice rapacea eduli ..+ 
a Lapathi, ete. This is Ph, acinosa. So moku, VU, 99; 
Chinese name, PA. acinosa. : 
Z., 131, family Rf BB, with a good figure of Phytolacea. 
The term /y {v. Z hing). 
ne aes adh » 25, with two bad figures, C., 1111, Sm, 17 
