190 BOTANICON SINICUM. — 
millet (black), and the salt in the form of a tiger @ BH 
é —— Fap., 46, Acorus Calamus, L., Ik ES yH- [V. Sm, 4.] 
» 47, 5 gramineus, Ait., Ay s ji. 
» 48,  ,,  pusillus, Sieb., $8 iH- 
» 49, 4, spurius, Schott, =} Hy. 
877.—The B& hie and the #% we’, two plants mentioned in 
the Shi king, and twice together, are, according to Lne@es, 
two ferns. He terms the first “turtle-foot fern” and the 
other “ thorn fern.” 
Shi_hing, 23, 24 :—I ascended the hill in the south and 
gathered the turtle fern and the thorn fern. Also 358, 359. : 
The hiie, also called pie, is mentioned in the Rh ya [185]. 
Lu kt: The hie is also called § pie. It is a mountain 
vegetable. In J8} Chou and # Ts‘in (Southern Shensi and 
Eastern Kansu) they call it kite, in Hi Ts and %% Lu (both 
in Shantung) it is pre. When it first begins to grow it 
resembles the foot of the turtle called pie, whence the name. — 
Its stem is of a dark purple colour. The plant is eaten like — 
the kui or mallow, Me 
P., XXVU, 25:—The hae is described as a common : 
mountain plant. The young leaves are rolled up and 
resemble a child’s fist. When expanded they resemble the — 
tail of a phonix. The stalks are cooked for food. The root 
is of a purple colour outside and contains within a white flour 
which can be eaten, F | 
The figure under hie in Ch, IV, 17, represents a fern, it 
seems Ptepzs aquilina, L,., the ¢ 
Heyry, [1. ¢., 
arrowroot 
ommon brake. According to 
91] hie in Hupei is Pteris aquilina, An- 
is prepared from the rhizome. Pt. aquilina is a 
common mountain plant all over China and Japan. s ; 
_ Amen, evot., Sie ketz, vulgo waribi. Filix in genere, et " 
— Specie Filix ramosa major, pinnulis obtusis non dentatis. 
—OB.P, Scapi novelli ejus inter olera recipiuntur. This 1s 
