EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 99 
200.—F B fou i; BB Masi; Hi Wii Chie ts‘ien. 
Kuo P‘o :—The ch‘e ts‘ien has large leaves and long flower 
spikes. It grows by waysides, In Kiang tung the people 
: call it We $e FE hia ma i (frog’s coat). 
V. infra, 439, Plantago, which plant is represented in the 
corresponding drawing of the A ya. The character means 
the sole of a shoe, and as the leaf of the Plantago resembles 
a sole, the plant received the above name. Written also 
si, This explanation is given in 2., XVI, 54. 
Ay 162, family Hi WW, figure bad, whereas S., I, 18, has a 
good one. ; 
Si... 172. Pr., 181. fT, 20. 
201. — #5 W) Ht Lun sz lun (Jun similar to lun). 
M #1 WA #L Vsu s2* tsw (tsu similar to ‘tsu). 
Wi He FY. It is found in the Eastern Sea. ! 
_ Kvo Po :—Lwun is a silken girdle worn by certain officers, 
tswis a ribbon. The plant grows in the sea, is variegated, 
Whence the name. 
XIX, 24. Li Sut-cuen refers this plant to the BB i 
hun pu ov $f ae lun pu, a large seaweed first mentioned 
in the Pie lu, and produced in the Eastern sea, near the 
oast of Corea, Drawing’ Ch. XVUL12, 9 = 
Amen. exot., 833 EB ii Firome et Konbu. Fucus marinus 
linceatee form, orgia longior, margine dentato. Rupibus 
adnascens in maris superficie fluctuat, totus genti- post 
reparationen esculentus, quanquam  coriaces substantize. 
“ceording to Tuunnere, Flora jap. 346, this is the Fucus 
sacch nus, L. or Laminaria saccharina, Lam. This” sea- 
eed, which attains an immense size, is brought in large 
uantities from the Manchurian coast to China, where it is 
tgely used for food. Its popular name is jf 3€ hat tsar 
by 74, family #2 if, with figure of a large-leaved sea-weed. ae 
