224 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
sented under these names in Ch. XVIII, 5, is no doubt duek- 
weed, Lemna. At Peking Lemna minor is called fou ping. 
Amen, exot., 900, #3 fe, vulgo ukingusa, t.e., herba natans, 
Lenticula palustris vulgaris. Phon zo, XXXIV, 1, Fe # 
_Spirodela (Lemna) polyrhiza, SCHLELD. 
V. supra, 113, 114. The figures of £. do not agree with those 
of P.,. XIX... 
Fap., 1241, Lemna minor, L., YF #4. This name also for 
Salvinia naians in Szechuan. 
» 1242, Lemna trisulca, L., fin He PR. 
< 1i73. Hydrocharis asiatica, Miq., ak ae . 
» 2133, Spirodela polyrhiza, Schi., aR Fy iF if. 
»  I§01, Nuphar Japonicum, DC., aA xe #. : 
401.—The character #z tsao occurs frequently in the | 
Classics. Lace translates it by pond-weed, _tussel-pond 
weed or Ruppia rostellata, sometimes by duck-weed. Comp. — 
also WD, 953, Valisneria, Hippuris. This character means 
also elegant fine composition, because the leaves of the ¢sao — 
plant are fine and pretty. a 
da ki, U, 34:~—'The capitals of the pillars in the grand 
temple with hills carved on them, and the pond-weed ( tsao) - 
carving on the small pillars. The same see Cox. Anal., 43. 
Shi king, 25 :—She gathers the pond-weed (tsao) in those 
pools left by the flood. 400:—The fishes among the pond- 
weed [title of an ode]. 617 :—-Pleasant is the semi-circular 
water (surrounding the college), and we will gather the 
kin [v. 370], the tsao and the mallows [v. 898] about. o 
Shu king, 80:— Tsao, a water-plant, duck-weed, one of the : 
emblematic figures of the lower sacrificial robe of the 
_ Emperor. a 
| Lu x1 :—The tsao isa water-plant. It grows at the bottom 
_ of the water. There are two kinds. One of them has leaves 
_like those of the @ %# Ai su:(a labiate plant). The stem is 
_ asthick as a quill, from four to five feet long. The stem of 
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