ba Regarding the bamboos see also below, 563, 564. 
90 --- BOTANICON SINICUM. 
169.—3#§ Mang; & fj Shu tste (many joints). 
Kuo P‘o:—A kind of 7f Chu or bamboo with its joints 
close together. - ! 
E., 186-196, family 7/f, with a good figure of Bamboo. 
Many local names taken from geographical works are mentioned 
in Z., 189, p. 11-17. i 
170.—k #&% Tsao chi (peach tree branch). [4 wf A Hi 
(the joints four inches apart). A Bamboo. 
Kuo P‘o:—A distance of four inches between the joints. 
(Comp. infra, 456.] 
171.—BK Lin; BE of (solid centre). 
Kvo P'o :—A bamboo with a solid centre (not hollow). 
172,—8§ Min ; BE fa Tw chung. 
Kuo P‘o :—Bamboo with a hollow stem. 
173.—fft $ Chung wu; 8 Kang. 
Kuo P‘o :—A kind of bamboo. 
 VA-S Tai; & Wj Tsien meng (sprouts of the tsien 
Kuo P'o:—A. kind of #j Sun (bamboo sprout). The 
Chou Ui quoted, [V. infra, 374.) 
a3 Siao ; Be Tsien (Bamboo. See also above, 42, 43). 
| Hive Prvc (referring to 169-174) :—The above names ref 
ees various kinds of bamboos, with their joints close togethe 
or far apart. The #% Siao is mentioned in the Shu king: 
. According to Caene Hiian and K‘ung Aw xvo the pk 
Was used for making mats, ie 
5H Ee i. BE. All unknown to the Chine 
