EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 77 
The #4 K@ is the Chrysanthemum sinense, Sab. See P., 
XV, i, Ch., XI, 1, 2, So moku XVIL, 17, 18, 19. 
- Regarding the Av in the Classics, v. infra, 404. 
The corresponding drawing in the Rh ya is Chrysanthemum. 
As to the A‘u ¢ it is noticed in P., XV, 5. It is also 
called BF Yj Ye ka (wild Chrysanthemum). This latter name, 
in So moku, XVII, 22, is applied to Pyrethrum seticuspe. 
Maxim. | 
fi; 87, family Fi, with five figures. 
Ss XII, 45 -A., 88; C.,.227;. Pr. 59, 
— Jap., 1809, Pyrethrum (= Chrysanthemum) indicum, Cass, (L.) 
TF 3. 
131—E Tang; 3 Meng; te HE Nilo; HH Tu sx 
(rabbit’s silk). Comp. also 181. _ 
This is the Dodder, Cuscuta, [v. infra, 450]. This plant is 
also intended in the corresponding drawing of the Rh ya. 
£., 169, family $a. Figure is the same S., I, 9, and 
P., XVII, 1. ‘ 
C., 1382-3, Cuscuta chinensis, Lam. Sym., 87. 
£., 150, family FAS ¥#, without figure, repeats all the names of 
£., 169, but includes #4 _E ZF 4E, a parasite on pine trees. 
— Fap., 721, Cuscuta japonica, Chois. 
132, 4%. Unknown to the Chinese commentators. 
oa 133, Kwai ; ik Ze K ‘ite p‘en. | 
Keo P‘o:—Same as the 35% Fu p‘en. The fruit re- 
sembles the #% Mei, but is smaller. It is eaten. , 
a Hixe Ping :—Other names found in the Pen ts‘ao are 
re x Y Peng lei, tu Ling lei, Re ¥ Yin lei. The name of 
* the fruit is i BF Fu pten tsz’. An author of the T‘ang 
: Period says that in a rich soil. the plant produces large, 
_ SWeet berries, but in a poor soil the fruit is small and sour. 
Under the above names, given as synonyms, Hixe Pixe 
— confounds several species of Rubus, kept distinct in the 
Pen ts‘ao kang mu. 
