PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 233 
fia Calendar, 16:—First month is picked the rue. 
89 :—Second month, beautiful is the rue. | 
Li ki, 1, 304 [ Yee ling] :—Second month of winter. Rice 
(yin) begins to grow. The Chinese commentator explains 
yén in this passage by fragrant plant. I cannot understand 
why Leger makes it to be rice. 
The Rh ya 7 says regarding the yiin:—It is a kind of pea 
(wan tow) ; its leaves are very fragrant. In autumn they 
are mealy white. The people in the south put the yin plant 
under their mats and in books to drive away insects. Now 
it is called + OZ ts‘ Li hiang (seven l fragrance). 
[Comp. also the Rh ya, 146.] 
410.—7E Chi. A fragrant plant growing in deep valleys, 
mentioned in the Li sao [4, 10, 55]. The Chinese in ancient 
times used to wear this, together with other odoriferous plants, 
in their girdles. The name of a plant #4 yo occurs several - 
times in the Shan hai king. Kuo P‘o says itis the & iE 
pai chi; the Kuang ya says the leaves of the pai chi. In 
W.D. [1116] this character (yo) is given as an equivalent for 
_ #& (medicinal herb). 
According to P. [XIVa, 14] chi is the same as the plant 
: _ Rew called 4 YE pai chi (white chi), mentioned as a fragrant — 
- Medicinal plant in the Pen ts‘ao king. It is also called 
. 
: 3B fang hiang. The very white aromatic root is used as 
_ & medicine, 
ee ps Ch. [XXV, 8] figures under pai chi a large umbelliferous 
_ Plant. Parker [ China Rev., X, 299] states that the pai chi 
's widely cultivated in Sz‘ch‘uan. Porrer Surri [Chinese 
: Materia Medica, 120] identifies it erroneously with Jrs 
Horentina, as also does WILLIAMS. 2s 
_ Stesoxp, Syn. plant. econ. jap., 253 :— & JE or bidjakusi. 
. Selinea? Colitur in usum officinarum. [Compare drawing 
