88 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
kiin grows on trees. The Shuo wen explains #% Sin by 3 
Sang rh (mushrooms on the mulberry tree). There is also 
.a mushroom called $i % 77 sin or Hy PA 70 hin. 
All the above names [161, 162] refer to mushrooms, 
probably species of Agaricus. See P., XXVIII, 32. 
In 1877, I forwarded to the Botanic Garden, St. PETERS- 
BURG, a collection of the dried mushrooms sold in the Peking 
- markets. They have been examined by Messrs. KALCHBREN- 
ner and Tatmey (Vienna) and proved to belong, for the 
greater part, to the genus Agaricus. The 9 #¥ Liang sin, 
or fragrant s/n, a large mushroom, was found to be new and 
has been named A. Bretschneideri. 
The ¥ is mentioned in the Aman. evot., 832, tan vulgo 
taki, Fungus vulgaris, esculentus, albidus, etc. THUNBERG, 
Flora japon., 347, refers it to Agaricus. 
Agaricus deliciosus, L., v. A., AV,4184, 
163.—3 7p #. Unknown to the Chinese commentators. 
164. — 2B OT tao ; BE Ling tiao. : 
Kvo Po :—It is also called BE A Ling shi in the Pen ts‘ao. 
E., 106, family :-# Good figure of Zzcoma grandifiora, Delaun. 
 Fap., 2081, oe Be is among the synonyms. SF 
S,, XI, 30. C., 733, Gt HE and 3% TE HE. Pr, 246. 
A., XV, 165. Sm., 38. 
— *:165.— RE “ that with yellow flowers is called piao. 
BE that with white flowers is called p'et (po): 
Kvo P%o :—Tiao flowers, variously coloured. 
Hina Ping (referring to 164 and 165), the tao with 
‘Yellow flowers is piao, that with white flowers pret (po) 7 
= Mentioned in the Shi king. Cuexe Hiian, in his commentary, 
= Says the ling t‘ao has purple flowers. 
: : . V. infra, 448, Bignonia grandi ra. 
