EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 71 
113.— ZF Ping; HE Pring. 
Kuo P‘o :—This is a water-plant, called also #P #4 fou p‘ing 
(floating p‘ing). In Kiang tung it is called }# p‘iao 
The drawing of the RA ya represents duck weed, Lemna. 
LV. infra, 400.] 
E., 67, family #8. The figure, a copy of S., III, 9, is not of 
Lemna, but of Monochoria Korsahkowii, Regl. B., gives ad ji 8 
for Lemna, Azolla. [ Fap., 313, Azolla pinnata, R. Br. 14 iL AL. | 
114.—AE Fg # 4. A larger kind (of the p%n. This is 
Marsilea. [V. infra, 400.] 
_E., 67, family JH, with a good figure of Marsilea. 
Fap., 1499, gives M. guadrifolia, L., with this Chinese name. 
(11S. — 3 Hi; %% HE Tu kui (hare’s mallow). 
Kuo P‘o :—The plant resembles the kui (mallow) but it is 
smaller. In shape the leaves resemble the leaves of the # U2 
(Chenopodium). The plant is covered with hairs. It can be 
eaten, is mucilaginous. 
P., XVI, 28, tu kui. Vague, confused description. “The 
corresponding drawing Ch., LI, 7, seems to refer to a Mallow. 
Horem. & Scuutres, 42, % 3€ Anemone altaica, Fish. The 
sume Chinese name is applied in the Phon zo, XVII, 19, to 
Anemone flaccida, Schm., in the So moku, X, 35, to Eranthis 
keiskii, Franchet, (Ranunculacee). 
E., 85, family J [v. supra, 76]. The figure of fu kui is not 
of a mallow. 
P., XVI, 28, figure indicates a Malva. 
Jap., 882, Evanthis pinnatifida, Max. 
16. FE Kin; 3 HB BE Ch‘u k‘ui (mallow of Ch‘u [Hukuang ]). 
Kuo P* :—Commonly called FE 32 Kin ts‘ai, It is an 
— aquatic vegetable. 
: Hine Pine :—The Pen ts‘ao calls it Ik FF Shui k*in or oe 
Shui ying. Tso Huxa-K1ne states that in the second or third 
month the young leaves are eaten, after cooking, or salted. 
Another kind, which is called 4 FE chu k‘in can be pee raw. 
