202 BOLTANICON siNicUM. 
plant is spoken of, which Cuonxa Hian supposes to be the 
same as the E wang fu of the Hia Calendar. #3 Yui 
the name ofa weed. But the Chinese commentator on the [Hi ! 
Calendar is right in assuming that yu is a mistake for Z¥ sin 
(to flourish). 
Later commentators identify Canna Hiiay’s pi kie with the 
plant #8 $f pa kia of the Pen ts‘ao, which seems to be 
Smilaw China, L. P., XVIII/, 3. Root used in medicine. 
The drawing of the pa ka in Ch, XXII, 53, agrees well 
with the figure given by Kamprer in cAman. evot. [782] 
and with the above Chinese characters added. The plan 
represented there is Smilax China, L. oe 
Other Chinese commentators refer, with respect to the 
wang kua, to the Ith ya [84 and 152]. The name seems to be 
applied to several plants, a j 
The plant described in P., XVIIIa, 40, under the name 
E M& wang ua, also called Dp %& ch‘i pao, and figured Ch., _ 
XXII, 30, is Thladiantha dubia, Bge., a beautiful cucurbita- 
ceous climber of North China. It produces in summer a 
profusion of yellow flowers which are followed by small 
_ oblong red. fruits. The name ch‘; pao, U at Pekin 
means.“ tedhaytétone,”:- The tuberous roof of.the plant is 
Mealy and used in medicine, . I suspect this was the royal 
melon of the Classics, 
In Japan, where, it seems, the genus Thludiantha is not 
tepresented, the Chinese name XE J is applied to Tricho- 
santhes cucumeroides, Ser, [See So moku, XX, 34]. : 
£., 146, family ea 34, with two figures of Smilax. = Mh ih 
Js a synonym, Jap., 2096. : ere 
£..,-133, family jaz is [v. 194] Polygala, E a is mentioned 
a8 a synonym, ges 
887. — IK Ku kua, bitter gourd, 
Shi king, 237 :—The bitter gourds hanging down from th 
chestnut tree, | | : 
