172 i" BOTANICON SINICUM. 
by “ail mariné.” I, 111, the kéu was one of the seven 
vegetable pickles [v. 376, note]. 
Shi king, 232 [“ Life in Pin” ] :—They offered in sacrifice 
a lamb with scallions (Ain), 
The kin is repeatedly mentioned in the Shan hai hing. 
860.—A fourth species of Allixm is mentioned in the Classics 
under the name of $§ hia’. According to W./)., 188, it is 
the shallot or scallion, Allium ascalonicum. Luar. translates 
hiai by chives or scallions. 
Li ki, I, 462 [Diet of the Ancient Chinese’ ] With 
fat they used chives (Aiai). I 463:—Onions and. scallion | 
(hia) were mixed with the brine. 
The hiai is repeatedly mentioned in the Shan hai tae 
The Rh ya writes the character hiai %%, and, besides the 
cultivated plant [63] mentions [3] the mountain hii, 
otherwise called hing. 
Tit Bes wen says the hiai is a vegetable; its leaves 
resemble those of the hiv. 
P., XXVI, 15, Drawing, Ch., LIT, 35. 
Amen, ewot., 831, Hie kei vulgo 06 nira. Porrum sectivam 
latifolium, So moku, VI, 37, same Chinese name, Allium 
Bakeri, Rgl. This. species has been observed in a wild state 
In Japan and Middle China. Fae 
The Chinese plant Aiai is unknown to me. It is be 
cultivated i in the neighborhood of Peking. : 
—_— 98, Allium Bakeri, Reg., Hk - 
— 2» 99, esculentum, i, ZS Me . 
5, TOO, »  fistulosum, L., BR. 
» japonicum, Reg., {I aE: 
e Ledebourianum, Schult., Es oa HE. 
ek nipponicum, Tr. & S., il I . 
Pie 10S, odorum, L , we. 
»  porrum, L., PR A. 
