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6.—Fit le grain de la plante aquatique, kou [v. infra, 
: 350, Hydropyrum |. 
In another chapter of the Chou li, I, 26, we have Ju # 
kiu ku, the nine kinds of grain :-— | 
Les cultivateurs des trois genres produisent les neuf 
espéces de grains. 
_ Commentaire A. (CHENG Sz‘ NUNG) :— 
1.— le millet chou, Milium globosum [the shu is 
Panicum miliaceum, var. glutinosa, v. infra, 341]. 
2.—## le millet tsi, Holeus sorghum [the tsi 1s the 
common Panicum miliaceum, v. infra, 343). 
3. riz qui produit une liqueur fermentescible 
[this is a glutinous variety of Setaria italica, 
but sometimes this character refers to glutinous 
rice, v. infra, 348]. 
4.—§ tao, le riz en général. 
5.—hjit le chanvre. 
6.—k BH le grand teou, Dolichos [this is the soy 
bean, v. infra, 355]. 
7.—iv B le petit teow, pois [ Phaseolus radiatus, 
Ph, Mungo, v. infra, 356}. 
8.— Fy HE le grand me, lorge. 
9.—iy BE le petit me, le blé. 
The Commentator B. (Cuena Hian) substitutes for (3) 
_ the character YE (Setaria italica) and for (8) the character 
AK (Aydropyrum). 
: E., 23, 24, FR I, treat of Cereals in general. 
E., 25-28, family #@ of rice [v. supra, 71}. £., 29, family 
BR, Setaria italica, and family fe, with figure probably of 
Panicum glaucum [v. supra, 27]. £., 3% family %e, Panicum 
miliaceum. E, 31, family ME [v. infra, 347], and family 3 
[v. supra, 28]. £., 32-34, family aE Triticum and Hordeum, — 
Family 4E HE (v. supra, 32] to which are appended He BE [v. 
supra, 32, 151] Brachypodium sylvaticum, and 3 BE, Fagopyrum. 
Fap., 1098, Hordeum vulgare, ) Kk 2K. : 
