PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS, 231 
B® BB, VM. crrulea, Lam., and MW. arvensis. The latter 
Chinese name is taken from the Aju huang [LVIIL, 20] 
where a rude figure of a trifoliate plant is given. 
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408.—%@ Yii was the name of a fragrant plant which was 
mixed with the sacrificial wine called BY ch‘ang [v. supra, 
Chou li, 1, 465 :—Officier des plantes aromatiques yo (#8). 
Lorsqu’on -doit faire des libations dans les sacrifices et aux 
receptions des visiteurs étrangers, il effectue le mélange des - 
_plantes yo et du yin odorant (Hl). [Comm. B.] :—C’est la 
~plante aromatique yo kin. On Vemploie pour aromatiser le 
Yin des sacrifices. 
Crene Hian’s commentary says %# 4 # Bi yd kin hiang 
‘sao. (Bror reads yi kin, a fragrant herb). But it may also 
be translated. the plant yi kin hiang, Yi kin and yii hin 
iang are two different plants. 
— Li ki, 1, 141:—The mortar for the fragrant herbs (yi) 
in making sacrificial spirits ( ch‘ang) was made of eypress 
wood [}% see the Rh ya, 225] and the pestle of Dryandra [HE 
which is Stereulia, l.c,, 283, 516]. The ladle (for lifting out 
the flesh) was of mulberry wood. 
S _Tubers received from China under the name of yit kin are 
figured in Hannury’s Science Papers [254]. He found that 
they belonged to a species of Curcuma or Turmeric. They 
had an aromatic odour. ; 
ay XIV>, 52:—Yu kin. The description given of this 
Plant by several ancient authors agrees with Curcuma. 
Yellow root ; it is plainly stated that it is not fragrant. The 
. plant resembles ginger, grows in Shu (Sz‘ch‘uan). The root 
18 used for dyeing women’s clothes. Drawing, Ch., XXY, 
37 (only leaves), 
‘Stun, Syn. plant. acon. jap., 100 :—Cureuma longa, | 
had &. ukon. Radix tinctoria, in provinciis meridionalibus 
Japonize colitur. E China introducta, peepee 
