BOTANICON SINICUM. 
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“VIL —Various Tlerbaceous Plants. 
492.—3 Hw, in the Classics, is a general name oy hele 
ceous plants, [See the RA ya, 30.] 
Shi king, 264, 266 :—The plants and trees (jf 76 inch mu) 
grow full of verdure. 357 :—The autumn days become cold 
and the plants all (Ff FF po hui) decay. 
Shu king, 108 [Tribute of Ya] :—The wild ‘nla 
the island brought garments of grass (IF J hu! fu). 
‘403.—A] BE Sho yo, a plant mentioned in the Shi hi 
148 :—Gentlemen and ladies presenting one another with 
small peonies (sho yo). Mao explains, that it is a fragraml 
plant. 
The sho yo is also mentioned in the Shan hai king. K 
Po identifies it erroneously with the 3 HE sin ’, which is 
tree (Magnolia). The Kuang ya gives % 98 Iwan i as 
synonym for sho 4 Yo. 
Lu K1:—The sho yo is a medicinal plant, not fr ig 
Iti is mentioned in the poems of Sz‘ ma Srane su [2nd cen 
B.C. J and Yaye Hrwne [Ist century B.C.] 
The sho yo, or, as the name is pronounced in the 1 
shao yao, is still the name for Pwonia albiflora, Pa 
common plant i in the mountains of North China, also m 
cultivated in gardens. The root is in great repute | 
‘medicine, The first character of the name is now gener 
written 24. 
a XIVa, 18. Ch., XXV, 16, good drawing. 
— Amen. evot., 862, Aj BE saku jaku, item hkawn junku a 
Peeonia communis seu foemina, trifolio ramoso, flore sang | 
es -simplici, ‘Kamrrer notices two varieties, SIEBOLD, * 
: ees won, Hp. 289, Pwonia albiflora FY ae “ 
