PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 181 
Amun. evot., 897, #& sei vulgo nadsuna. Bursa pastoris 
major, folio sinuato, C. Bauh, P. See also Srepoup, Syn. 
plant won. jup., 284, Capsellu b. past., same Chinese name. 
Japonice natsna; Herba edulis. So moku, XII, 2. 
E., 60, family 98, with figure of Capsella. 
S.,X, 41. Fap., 444. ; : y 
568.—3§ A‘ui, This plant is mentioned in the Shi king, 
251 [Life in Pin ”]:—In the seventh month they cook the 
Kui, Lmaar, 1. ¢.:—Cau Hi simply says that kui is a 
vegetable. One name of it is #3 chung kui which 
Mepuvrst says is Alsine or Pimpernel. 
Chou li, 1, 110 :—Food prepared for the Son of Heaven, or 
offered in sacrifices. Les terrines de V’offrande des aliments 
sont remplies avec des mauves (ku/) confites, ete. I, 111, 
Caena Hijan explains that /wi was one of the 4B if (seven 
Vegetable pickles) [v. znfra, 3876, note}. 
Kui is a general name for certain malyaceous plants, 
— Malva, Althea, Hibisens, ete, The k‘wi mentioned in the 
She king and Chou li is probably the Malva verticillata, Ly’ 
common plant throughout China. It possesses an abundance 
of mucilage, and the Chinese use it as a pot-herb. 
 P., XVI, 22 :— Kui, also & HE tung kui (winter-mallow) 
and FR 3 hua ts‘ai (mucilaginous vegetable). The plant 
figured under these names in Ch., LI, 1, is M. verticillata. 
_ See also the Kiu huang, LVUL, 32, and Henry, l. ¢., 156. 
— Amen, exot., 858 :—# Ki, vulgo avoi, in specie bara ancoi 
dicta. Malva hortensis sive rosea, vulgo Malra arborescens. 
TuUNeERG Flora japon. [271] refers Kmprer’s names to 
Malva mauritiana, La. | . 
— So mokn, XII, 56 :—4 38 Malva pulchella, Bernh. 
As to the chung k‘ui, erroneously identified by Cau Hi with 
the kui, . this is. mentioiied in the Rh ya [148], perhaps 
Basella, . ae 
