98 =~ BOTANTCON SINICUM. 
(St Petersburg) proved to belong to Sargasswm siliquastrum 
Agardh. According to Hepsurn, Japan Dict., Yip He 0 
funori, in Japan, is a kind of sea-weed used for glazing an 
- starching. 
E., 66, family #& [v. supra, 111]. 
S., III, 13. Sm., 5, Agar-agar. 
+ 198. —f Chang chu; Bk RE Yao (tao) 7. he 
 Kvo Pto:—It is now called 26 Hk yang tao (sheep’ 
; Laps also §% Hk kui tao (devil’s peach). The leaves 
- resemble those of the peach tree ; white flowers ; seeds lik 
_ wheat ; (the fruit ?) resembles a peach. 
i “ infra, 4983, , Actinidia. } 
a: ISI, Baily #3 38. Figure may mean Actinidia. 
Jap 51, 52, differ. 48h HE BK ana ARK BE for Actin. 
199. = Ling ; 4, HF Ta ku (great bitter). 
Kuo Po:—It is now called ff BE han ts‘ao (sw 
herb) ; 3 it isa creeping plant, leaves like those of the 
(Nelumbium), greenish yellow ; the stem is red, has Jo 
: Some say that the ling resembles the t/ huang (Rehmannia) 
The kan ts‘ao is Liquorice, Glycyrrhiza, [V. infra, 42 
«7 P*o’s account is absurd, but the ancient aut 
quoted ine P, » rap 1, = a correct descrip 
bw od, Chis: Vu, 6, kan tsao, aauals a Glyey 
ith echinate legumes. Gl. glabra and Gl. glanduli 
ch in Burope yield Liquorice, have both been revo 
rom North China by our botanists (Zndew Flora si 
\ , 1-2, HW Si figures a Glycyrrhiza with gle 
Bt mes, As: far as I know, no Glye yrrhiee has” 
thered by European botanists in Japan. 
“fee family” He, with three figures of a 
cach roots, 
