EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 79 
Kuo P‘o :—It is now called 3) 3€ Shu k‘wi (mallow from 
Sz‘ch‘uan). Its flowers resemble those of the A FE Mu kin 
(Hibiscus syriacus). 
Hine Ping:—The characters 7% and 4} have the same 
meaning (designate the same country). 
Shu kui is the common name for Althea rosed, Uav., 
a common Chinese garden plant. ., XVI, 26. Good 
drawings in the 2 ya, and in Ch., LLL, 5, So moku, XI, 58, 
% 3 Althea rosea. ; 
£., 85, family cB 3 [v. supra, 76, 85]. ; 
There are 39 names enumerated, among them 7 from the X/ ya. 
Jap., 124. Sm., 10. [Comp., 113, Hibiscus rosa sinensis, L., 
Which is found in £., 295, family KK &, synonym th &. 
P., XXXVI, 65.] 
137.98 Ki; Hy FE Kou tu (dog’s poison). 
Kuo P‘o :—Fan Kuane states :—There is a popular pro- 
verbial saying, “as bitter as the ki? : 
£., 108, family til [v. 8, 62, 159, 208] Cynaroider. 
(188.—3 Jk HE. Unknown to the Chinese commentators. 
«1B Fu; Be Tao keng. 
Kuo P‘o:—Same as We FE Siian fu. Tt resembles the 
ki (Aster or Chrysanthemum). 
___ Hine Piye :—Other names found in the Pen ts‘ao are 
RH Lai shen, & iif BE Kin fei ts‘ao, BR HE Sheng shen. 
: T‘ao Hunw-kine says :—It grows by waysides in low, damp — 
Places ; resembles the ki hua (Chrysanthemum). — . 
PS XV, 85, Saan fu hua, a composite plant with yellow 
flowers described. The drawings s.n. Kiu huang, XLVI, 16, 
_ and Ch., XI, 68, represent an Inula. So moku, XVI, 5, 
3 Te # Inula japonica, Thbg. This is a common plant in 
North China, — 
: E., 120, family > $8 FE. 
C., 475, Inula Britannica, L. Index Fl. S., 428. 
Sm., 119. Fap., 1150. 
