182 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
phan supra; 76,115 = 136, 148. ¥ap., 1392, Malva pulchella (= 
M. verticillata, L.) EE, Fap., 1394, M. sylvestris, L., ga R. 
V. next number. 
369.—%% Kao, a plant once Pe in the Shi hing. 
“Lecce says :—This is, according to Mepuurst, the “thorny 
mallow,” which is a translation of the Chinese synonym i x 
king kui, Tn the Japanese plates it is a hollyhock. ; 
Shi king, 207:—A gentleman of a party addresses a 
lady: “I look on you as the flower of the thorny mallow 
(k‘iao).” : : 
Rh ya, 76, where pt fou is given as a synonym for k% jo, 
Lu «1:—The kao is also called JE 3% pi fou and i x 
king k'ui. 
The plant buat bes the wu tsing (turnip) [v. supra, 3611, 
is edible and slightly bitter. Its flowers are greenish violet. 
_ This plant is, according to A.K.F-.P., XLVI, 23, the 
same as the ai 3 kin kéur or Malva s sylvestris, Li also 
common plant in North China, Good drawings of 1 
Ch, Il, 6, and the So moku, XII, 57, under the above 
Chinese name. | 
Mepavest and Leas are mistaken in translating king Kua 
by “thorny mallow.” $j king is the name of a plant 
(Vitew) but its original meaning is that of one of the 1 
ancient divisions of (hina (Hunan and Hupei), and in this 
sense the king is here to be taken. Malva sylvestris has no 
thorns. Wiitams [ Dict., 374] commits a double erro 
defining kao as a thorny kind of sun-flower. 
Fap., 93, 124, Alcea (Alihea) rosea, L. (Cav.) 3 Be 
» 1043, Gossypium indicum, Lam., ¥ ffi. 
» 1085, Hibiscus Hamabo, S. & Z., HR FE- 
» 1086, ,, Manihot, a ria Fat e. 
» 1087, »  mutabilis, Li, AR HE ®. 
» 1088,  ,, —_vosa-sinensis, L., Pe F- 
» 1089, ,, — syriacus, L., FR FE [v. supra, 6 136)- 
» 1090, ,, vernatus, Cav., BF yi TA 
