188 : BOTANICON SINICUM. 
character translated by typha rushes is 4§ hu. The Chinese 
commentator explains it by jf 3 p‘u ping and says they 
made jij mats of it. But in the Rh ya [180] hu is given as” 
a synonym for ff 3 té huang, Rehmannia glutinosa. 
E., 68, v. supra, 98. For Be Ff read Hf BE. The figure of © 
Typha bears the name jy FH. Ba 
S. 1,42. C., 1054. A., XV, 181, Zypha latifolia, L. Sit, 224. 
Jap., 2253, Typha japonica, Migq., Bay (iH. Comp., Yap, 2113, 
Sparganium longifolium, Trcz., ME = fe. : o 
376.—Among the vegetable dishes furnished for the table — 
of the Son of Heaven, as mentioned in the Chou li [I, 109 — 
111] there is one called #% AC ch‘ang pen (root of the ch‘ang) 
which the Commentator A. (Cuenca Sz‘-nuna) defines by a 
ii ch‘ang p‘u and Bror translates by Galanga. ie < 
The character ® ch‘ang is applied in China and Japan 2 
to Acorus, of which several species, including the common 
sweet flag (A. calamus) are found in Eastern Asia. —— 
P., XTX, 8 and 13, #4 if chiang pu, A Hj she chiang 
pu, BY pai ch‘ang, names for yarious species of Acorus. 
Corresponding drawings Kin huang, 1, 9, and C. he, XVUL, 3; : 
Lourriro, Flora coch., 259, Acorus calamus (LOUREIRO S — 
plant is A, terrestris, Rumphius) sinice: we cham pu- Thidem, - 
258, Orontium cochinchinense (Acorus cochinchinensis, Kth.) 
sinice : «ui cham pu. : 
Amen, exot., 900, *§ sju, vulgo soobu. Herba arundinaces a 
palustris, foliis liliaceis, ob pulchritudinem in hortis o 
cisternis recepta; cujus tres habentur species foliorum - 
magnitudine differentes : soo, foliis longissimis ; ajam, medio- = 
. cribus ; et siki soba parvulis, quae in fictilibus asseryatlie: 
THunsere [ Flora japon. 83] refers Kxmpren’s plant to Js 
versicolor (i.e. I. levigata, Fisch.) But he is, it seem — 
mistaken, for Kamprer, judging from the Japanese names — 
he gives, speaks of Acorus, 2 
