218 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
V. supra, 99. JFap., 1490, N. speciosum, Willd., ii. 
Jap., 1302, Nymphea tetragona, Georg., Ff i, “Pp i. 
» 1501, Nuphar japonicum, DC., #i¥e BE. [Comp. supra, 
113.] ze 
596,—Another interesting and conspicuous plant of the order 
of Water-lilies, the Euryale ferow, Salisb., has, like the Lotus, 
been cultivated throughout China from remote antiquity. — 
Its farinaceous seeds are used as food by the natives. The 
whole plant is covered with prickles ; large leaves with 
prominent spiny veins. The popular Chinese name of the 
plant is 3 BA Li tow (cock’s head). ‘This name is very 
fitting ; the long, thin, persistent, closely cohering segments 
of the calyx enclosing the ovary, indeed resemble a cock’s 
head. The classical name of the plant is FR kien. It 
appears only once in the Chou Li [I, 108] :—Offerings. Les” 
paniers supplémentaires sont remplis avec des chfataignes : 
Weau, des fruits de la plante kien, ete. CHEne Sz‘-NUNG- 
comments 47 tou (cock’s head). ae 
The en is not mentioned in the Rh ya, but is noticed in 
the Fung yen [ Ist century B.C.] ~The common Chinese 
names are given there as k‘ien and ki t‘ou. In qe He Pei yen 
(Northern Chili) it is also called 7 or #. These characters 
are not found in A.D), but are probably the same as 7% wel 
or yi given.in the Kj wang ya as a synonym for ken. 4 
P., XXXIV, 27, kien. Figured in the Avu huang, LVUI, 
~ 
23, and in Ch., XXXII, 10, (tolerably well represented). 
Euryale Jerow is also cultivated in Japan, Amen, evol, 
900, HE ken vulgo midsubaki. Nymphiea folio Populaginis, 
_ longis villis hirsuto ; fructu surrecto magno turbinato, instar 
strobuli squamato et villoso. Phon zo, LXXVI, », we St : 
(the second character means fruit). Euryale Jfero—[See 
also Horrm, & Scu., 236,] | ‘ 
£., 99, family Ae, with good figure of Zuryade and 11 name 
S., XI, 23. Sm. 95. Fap., 929. bs. 
