PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WoRxKS. 207 
to the Rre‘nus plant, the book name of which is FE Wik 
pt ma. Hemp in Northern China is also called oa 
sien ma, The first character means cord, lines. 
Aman. exot. [897] Jie ba and ma, vulgo asa, Cannabis 
sutiva. So moku [XX, 52] Se fi, Cannabis sativa. Stesorn, 
Syn. plant. acon. jap. [176] fit asa, Cannabis sativa, var. 
indica. Liber pro lintea ac funibus, semina pro cibo usitata, 
£., 39, family fifi, contains besides the K Slik [v. 140] — 
ait Hit the figure bad. Fap., 1293, Linum perenne, L., var. 
sibirica. ‘ 
# ik , Ricinus. 1 Sik Abutilon Avicenne [v. 389]. Jap. 8. 
*? dik, Bochmeria nivea, Akr, & A. [e. 391]. Jap 358. 
I fk, with bad figure. Jap., 2262, Urtica Thunbergiana, 
S. & Z. : 
Jap., 671, Corchoropsis crenata, S. & Z., FA bie Si 
» 672, Corchorus capsularis, L., Be Wik: 
» 2074, Sesamum indicum, L.., rai I - 
— 889.—H Kung is the name of a textile plant mentioned 
in the Zi ki, UI, 150 (Mourning Attires ”]:—A_ girdle 
made of the kiung hemp. en ee 
Chou li, I, 379:—The text speaks of textile plants 
= cultivated in damp ground. Cnena Sz‘-Nune remarks that 
the plants ung [Bror writes king] and chu [tchow, see 391) 
are meant. 
s The Rh ya é [12th century] says that this is the same as 
Aung ma. Another name is a% king, of which the 
— Shuo wen states that it is a kind of hemp. = 
_ These names are now applied to the Abutilon Avicennw, 
| Gerin., (Sida tilivfolia, Fish.) a common plant in Northern 
= China, wild and cultivated. Cord is made of its fibres. 
ie lt has broad leaves, a tall stalk, yellow flowers. : 
_ ‘Henry [1c 267] 5 We ts‘ing ma or BS Be or i Mik 
— Abutiton Avicenne, The hemp exported from Sz‘ch‘uan is 
from this plant. pe 
