222 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
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rather more than an inch in diameter. Its flower is yellow 
It is very like the shun [see the preceding] which Mepnurst 
ealls the marsh mallow, but its leaves are not so round, being | 
a little pointed. 
This plant is mentioned in the Rh ya [47] hing or tsie yite 
Lv «1 :—The hing or tsie ya has a white stalk. The leaves _ 
are of a purplish red colour, they are orbicular (peltate), — 
more than an inch in diameter. They float on the surface 
of the water; the root is at the bottom, short or Jong 
according to the depth of the water. The upper part is 
green, the inferior part white. The people eat the white 
stalks, They are also steeped in bitter wine. | 
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At Peking hang ts‘ai is Limnanthemum nymphoides, Link., : 
an aquatic Gentianacea with sub-orbicular floating leaves and 
yellow flowers. ke 
P. XIX, 23, hang ts‘ai.. Some ancient authors identify it~ 
with the ju kui [see the preceding]. Figured in the 
Kiu huang, LIL, 25, and C L, XVIIL 15. Peat : 
Amen, enol, kjoo and koo, vulgo ASasd, N ymphea 
folia Thore yaldensis. So moku, IV, 15, @e HE atsa dsa 
Limnanthemum nymphoides. 2 
V. supra, 47. Fap., 1283. 
400.—The $@ p‘in is another aquatic plant mentioned in the 
Shi king. Lecce says it belongs to the same species © 
aquatic plants as the hang ts‘ai. The Pen ts‘ao says :-—There 
are three varieties of it, the large called p‘in the small ve OH 
Se ou p*ing and the middle hang ts‘at. Mao makes the pe 
the large variety, while Cau Hr and some others make it 
the third, The pin may be eaten, says Yrn TsAn, but no 
the fou pting. Pein is probably Lemna trisulea [Lecce]. 
She king, 25 [Ode devoted to the pin} :—She gathers 
_ the large duck-weed (ptin). See the Rh ya, 113, 114, # 
or }} p‘ing the smaller, p‘in the larger kind, a 
