Ae see Botan, 
114 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
The /ei is also mentioned in the Shan hai king. The 
character is there written #. Kuo Po explains it by feng, i 
and adds that it is a kind of BE HL hu ton [see the next] or — 
{8 F Ui tou. . : 
P., XXIV, 25, @ B li tou or Be i hu tou, a cultivated — 
leguminous plant. Drawing, Ch, I, 36. The # @ in 
Japan is Mucuna capitata, Wight. See So moku, XIII, 24. 
But this does not agree with the drawin g in Ch. 
Hu lta, family je. with fourteen figures and 70 names. 
E., 37, 6, family H, sub-family # BH, with figure probably 
of Mucuna. Jap., 1462, M. capitata, Wight. : 
The figure to P, XXIV, 25, differs. 
256.—HE She (che) ; 2 He Hu lei. 
Kvo P‘ :—It is now called BE HE hu tou (tiger’s bean). 
It climbs on trees; its pods are covered with hairs and 
prickles. In Kiang tung they call it HR tag la she. . : 
Hine Pixe :—It is a kind of #§ ko (Pachyrhizus). Large’ 
leaves, The - seeds resemble those of the RH la tow 
(Phaseolus Mungo), 
In P, 
[v. 255]. 
2 ees 37, ©, & synonym. [V. supra, 
elem," Ku; Hy He Kou ki, ; 
| avo 0 -—It is now called Hy FB how ki’. 
LV. infra, 526, Lycium,] 
aA ¢, this is likewise identified with the [/ to 
255.] 
258. — ft Vian ; HE Va tu (fish poison), : 
? Kuo Po :— Yan is the name applied to the fruit (or the 
ay a large tree (KR F ta mu ts2‘; perhaps this is te 
name of the tree). It resembles the chestnut, grows in the 
pentane: countries, The bark (peel) is thick, contains a red 
2 hy which is used to preserve eggs and fruit. 
2 gm Wee is Mentioned i the Wu tu ju [8rd cent 
sn, 1, 656]. oe #% Li Suay [7th century] wh 
