PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS, 187 
presented to the Son of Heaven. It was one of the five 
salted preparations [see 376, note]. Buror cails it “ pieds de | 
jone pris au fond de eau.” Commentator A. (CHENG Sz‘ 
Nong) :—On prend l’espdce de jone appelée pow lorsqu’elle : 
commence & pousser au fond de Peau. The character shen 
means deep. 
Shi king, 213:—By the shores of that marsh there are 
rushes (p‘w) and lotus plants. 401:—The fishes are among 
the pond-weed, sheltered by the rushes (p‘w). 
In the Chow li [I1, 270, 271] the p‘u (Brot translates 
jonc) is mentioned as produced in the Provinces of Ts‘ing 
chou and Yen chou (Honan, Shantung). 
_ The p‘u was also used for making mats. See the 7 hi, U, 
e 185, [Mourning Rites] :—The body of a great officer was laid 
ona mat of typha grass (jf JR). 
an. XIX, 15, the psu of the Classics is identified with 
the # Hj hiang p‘u (fragrant p‘w), which is the common 
name for the reed-mace Typha latifolia, L.., the young shoots 
of which are eaten, and the leaves used for making mats. 
} The mace, or rather the pollen, is jj $f p‘u huang. Rude 
figures of the plant in the Kiw huang, LIU, 12, and in 
: Ch., XVIII, 4. In Southern China, where typha is 
unknown, the name piu is applied to a Cyperacea, the 
Lepivosia mucronata, Rich., [v. infra, 455]. 
Ameen. exot., 900, 7 fo, vulgo kamma, Gramen eyperinum 
palustre, 
_ STEBOLD, Syn. plant. acon. jap., 7, same Chinese character = 
‘Typha angustifolia. Japonice gama. Usus pro fomite, Phon 
20, XXXII, 18-20, # Hit Typha angustifolia. sae’ 
Regarding the term Jif Pi) p‘u liu Lv. infra, 525]. ; 
In Lecee’s translation of the Li ki (IL, 387] we read 2 
During the mourning rites for a mother, the son occupied : 
the unplastered chamber, sleeping on typha rushes, -_ : 
