230 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
it is the same as HE hin. The term hw is met with five tin : 
in the Li sao [6, 10, 15, 30, 55]. The Kuang ya identifies 
the jw and the hin. : 
The Rh ya i says the hw’ resembles the lan, it grows in the 
mountain forests, flowers in spring, earlier than the lan, bears 
from five to six flowers on the same stem. According to the 
Kuang chi [5th century] this plant has purple flowers. The 
Kmperor Wu v1 of the Wei dynasty [5th century] used this 
fragrant plant for burning. My 
The hué was probably also an orchid. [See W./)., 264]. : 
£., 84, family HK, with bad figure, apparently of a Labiate. 
The names of 407 are given here as synonyms. Melifoius 
Lv. supra, 354]. : 
407.—The #€ Ain is mentioned in the Shan hai king, where 
it is said that it is a fragrant plant resembling in smell the 
mé wu, [see 89]. Its leaves resemble the leaves of hemp; 
square stem, dark red flowers. This plant worn ina girdle 
expels noxious influences. See also the quotation from the 
Tso chuan, regarding the character hin [supra, 85]. 
In P., XIV), 72, this plant is noticed under the nat 
% BE hin ts‘ao or A BEB ling ling hiang (Ling ling= 
present Yungchou-fu in Southern Hunanj. Lr S#si-cHEy 
says that this was the fragrant plant the ancients used to 
burn, to make the spirits descend. No conclusion can be 
- drawn from the vague descriptions of the plant as given by 
Chinese authors. ; ae 
Ch, XXV, 60, figures under the above names a labiate 
plant. The author of that work says that this plant at 
_ Peking is known by the name of $& HE ai kang. But the 
latter is there the common name of Ocimum basilicum, Me 
Basilic, the leaves of which have a strong but pleasant 
aromatic smell, es 
The Phon zo [XI, 11] figures under #¢ #4 or FH Be 
— Melilotus arvensis, Wallr., and the So moku [XIV, 16, 1 
