EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 101 
209.82 E Piao hii (fu) ; HE Tu. 
Ke HE Piao p'iao; Fy Tsiao. 
_ Kuo P‘o:—Other names for Z# tu and fiao, T*u and 
tao have the same meaning. 
Hine Pine refers to the Shi king [Leace, 234, v. infra, 
365). 
_ Comp. above 48, and infra, 210. The above names all 
refer to rushes or sedges.—Horrm & Scuuntss, 537, J #4 
Scirpus articulatus, L. 
210.—3E Wei ; BR FY Chiou tao. 
Kuo P‘0.—This is $f 3§ t‘iao siu, the tao in seed. 
Hine Prive explains wei by J & RR, the lu [see 213, reed] 
in grain. The Shuo wen explains 3H tao by FE RE wei 
flowers, 
Wei, same as Iu, [213] is the common reed, Arundo 
phragmites, L. V. infra, 455. 
E., 109, family J figure of a large Graminea. 
S., IV, 38; C., 768, Sen, 17%, : 
H., 253, Phragmites Roxburghii, Kth. ap., 1610, Phr. com- 
munis, Tr, 
— 211 Kia ; He HTua, 
Kuo P‘o :—Same as the jf lu [v. 213]. 
212.3% Kien ; Fé Lien. 
— Kvo P‘o :—It resembles the ZE Awan (a reed, ev. infra, 
— 455) but is smaller, several feet high. In Kiang tung the 
_ ‘Rame kien is usual. 
-Hine Pine writes 3% J kien ti (second character same 
88: HK v. infra, 455). z 
1B Kia; Lu. 
R00 YO Same ay wei [210]. 
Wei and lw both denote Arundo phragmites [v. infra, 455]. 
