216 - BOTANICON SINICUM. 
2.—The BF t‘o lu (Bior reads hi liu). KD. 
writes #3 J so lv. These names are not found in P. 
3.—The AC FH shi show (pig’s head). This is men- 
tioned in the Rh ya [85] where perhaps Carpesium 
abrotanoides is intended. But that is not a tinctorial_ 
plant. 
4,— 3% Fi tz‘ lie. [Comp. the Rh ya, 142}. This 
Lithospermum erythrorhizon, 8. & Z. 
To these four names other commentators add two more, Viz :— 
5.—E lan (Bror writes lien), Indigo plants Lv Seprey. 
392]. . 
6.—The & 3 3 tsao siang tou, used for dyeing a 
black colour. These are cupules of the acorns of oaks 
[v. infra, 534), 
Vi— Water Plants. 
395.—The beautiful Lietiiy plant, the Nelumbium speciosa, 
WI1tp., is spoken of in the Shi king. Compare regarding its 
ancient names and names for various parts of the ep ee 
Rh ya, 99, 100, 191. 
Shi king, 137 :—In the marshes is the Lotus flower if # 
ho hua, 213 :—By the shores of that marsh there are 
rushes and Lotus flowers (ho). In the same ode, farther on, _ 
we have Lotus flowers BY lan tan [Lecce explain 
unopened flowers of the Lotus]. 
Lu x1 gives the following account of the plant [for _ 
Chinese characters see above, 99, 100, RA ya] :-— : 
The ho is also called fu kit. The former name is usual iW 
Kiangtung. Its stem is called kia, the leaves héa, the part 
of the plant below the leaves is i BY pai jo, the unopened 
flower han tan, the expanded flower fu ha. Its fruit is lien 
The green skin of the seed receptacle is 3 U/. The lcs 
