76 : BOTANICON SINICUM. 
and Shi king. From the passages quoted it appears that 
Hrxe Prye identifies the plant in question with the kin 
or violet [e. infra, 371]. But P., XVITb, 50, refers the 
hitter kin of Rh ya to the # BE PG Shi lung ju’, a poisonous 
plant, which according to the drawings sn. Ch, XXIV, 41 
and So moku, X, 55, is Ranunculus sceleratus, L., a comm 
plant in North China. . 
£., 59, family BH. The two figures show no resemblance 
Viola nor to Ranunculus. 
The second figure is a copy of S., II, 33. 
Fap., 1857, has Ran. sceleratus, with the name FA BE PR 
129.—7@ Tan; # FH Shi i (stone clothes). 
Kuo P‘o:—Same as 48 3 Shui tai (water moss), also 
called Fy §% Shi fa (stone hairs). The plant is eaten mm 
Kiang tung. The leaves resemble the %e [Tiai (Allium), b 
are larger. It grows at the bottom of the water. 
Hine Pine :—This is the i HE Hai tsao (seaweed) of 
the Pen ts‘ao. . — 
In P., XXI, i, the above names are referred to the 
MG fi Chi li, called also IK $j Shui mien (water filaments), 
kind of water-moss growing on stones in ditches. See « 
Ch., XVIIL., 10, . 
At Peking shui mien is a Conferva. 
E., 74, family #§ ZB. with a bad figure resembling sea- -weed. 
130.—3H Ku ; % ¥B Chi ts lang. : 
Kuo P‘o :—This is the $k ¥€ ey Tsu hua kit or Cy 
themum, which flowers in autumn. 
Hine Pina quotes the Yue ling. Pen ts‘ao writes 
Ki hua and if #8 Tsie hua. Tao Hune-Kixe says | 
are two kinds of this plant. One of. them, proper! 
called, has a violet stem, is fragrant, and of a sweet t 
The leaves can be boiled into soup. The other kind has 
green stem, is larger, of a bitter taste, not oa 
also called EF Kui, 
