ie BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Menctus says [Lecoz, 297] :—Of all the seeds the best 
are the wu ku, the five kinds of grain. IJbidem, 318 1 ; 
Mih (barbarian tribes in the north) not all the five kinds of = 
corn are grown. It only produces the millet, shu. 
We find the term wu ku again in the Li ki, 1, 272 
Leage translates :—the five esculent plants. bidem, 1, 121:—_ ‘ 
Luace translates the same term wu ku by “the five kinds of a 
_ grain,” and, I, 291, by “different grain.” / bidem, 1, 307:— 
Lrece has “the five grains.” In this case the Chinese text 
of the Li ki has 3 #$ wu chung, the five seeds. The same 
_ term is found in the Chow li, I, 269 [Bror’s translation] :— a 
_ Province de #@ }}] Yu tcheou (Honan). Les cultures qu 
lui conviennent sont les cing espéces de semences Ht a "3 
ff. 
The ancient Chinese term “the five kinds of grain” 
: is also usual in Japan. - We read in Amen. exot., 834, under 
A :—come, Oryza in genere: quinque grana Japoniis go 
kokf secundum excellentiam dicuntur: come, Oryza; 0 muggi, 
Hordeum ; ko muggi, Triticum ; daidsu, Phaseoli facie Lupint 
(Soja hispida) ; sjodsu seu adsuki, Phaseoli vulgaribus similes A 
Phaseolus radiatus), 
In the Chow li other classifications of the cereals also 2 
occur. We read in Brort’s translation, I, 70 :— 
io r - 
Vintendant des mets du palais (Jp Je) est prepose a* 
substances végétales, boissons, viandes assaisonnées, ete. « + + ** : 
a8 Pour les substances yégétales on emploie les six sortes de 
grains 5 BY (lie ku), 
Commeniaire A. (Cuene Sz‘ nune@) :-— 
? 1—#R le riz [v. infra, 837]. 
2.—% le millet, chou [v. infra, 341]. 
3.—8 le millet, tsi [v. infra, 343]. 
4.—& le gros millet, liang, Holeus [v- infra, si a 
Setaria italica). 
5.— BE le blé, me [v. infra, 339]. 
