EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 73 
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Sm., 64, Cirsium lanceolatum (probably a Cnicus). 
The two terms are not mentioned in the Rh ya. 
119.—FE PYing ; $8 WF Lai siao. 
Kuo P‘o :—It is now called 3 #§ Lai hao (Artemisia). 
When young the leaves can be eaten. [V. infra, 372, 
Artemisia. | 
E., 104, family FE, without figure. 
120.— $& Lien ; 5& #4 T kino. 
Kvo P‘o :—Another name is 3 2% Lien tiao. According 
to the Pen ts‘uo it is also called i #8 Lien ts‘ao. 
Hine Pine :—Other names for this plant are fj #¢ Lan hua, 
Pi Bk Che ken and #4 Chi. The commentator on the Tang 
Pen ts‘ao states that there are two kinds of this plant, the 
K *H or great kiao and the sr #4 or little k‘iao. The first 
has long, narrow leaves like the Ik BE Shui su (v. 64), beautiful 
yellow flowers, The fruit is a capsule, resembling that of the 
R ch‘un (Cedrela). Ut grows in low, damp_ places. The 
little kiao grows on high mountains. It resembles the former, 
but the leaves and flowers are smaller. 
P., XVI, 65, $f $I Lien kiao. Described as an herbaceous 
plant growing in damp places. Yellow flowers, fruit a capsule, 
resembling the fruit of Cedrela. Ch., XI, 61, sm. bad 
drawing ; 62, Lien k‘iuo, from Hunan and Yiinnan, seems to 
represent a Hypericum. Large yellow flowers. But the drug — 
sold at Peking under the name of len kiao is the capsules 
of a shrub, the Forsythia suspensa, Vahl, Hansury received 
: the same under the Chinese name lien kiao from Shanghai 
[Science Papers, 245]. 
_ Phon zo, X1X, 12, 13, 3g 24{ Hypericum aseyron, L., and 
other species. So moku, XIV, 30, 32, Jv 3 $M UU. erectum, 
a Thbg., and japonicum, Thbg. But in Japan likewise the 
_ ‘hame 3H $4 is applied also to Forsythia suspensa. Kwa wi, 
109. Stezoxp, Zcones. ined., V. : 
