PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 241 
shells used for coin in many parts of Southern Asia and 
_ Africa under the name of cowry (Cyprea moneta). 
Henry [l.c., 366] states that the plant which occurs on 
the mountains of the Patung district, and the bulbs of which 
are sold as a drug, is a new species of Pleione (an orchid). 
He thinks that the pei mu of Sz‘ch‘uan is not from the 
same plant. 
V. supra, 75. Fap., 974, Lritill. Thunbergii, Miq., B He. 
C., 993, Frit. Roylei, Hk. 
By Uvularia cirrhosa, Thbg. Sm., 112, 225, Hermodactyle ; 
Coularia grandifiora, A., XV, 136, Thalictrum sinense, Lour. 
Szechuan, Omei, Rohdea Japonica, Roth. ? 
 =424.—B BS Haan ts‘ao, the plant of forgetfulness, Shi 
king, 106 :—~ 
How shall I get the plant of forgetfulness? 
I would plant it on the north of my house; 
Longingly I think of my husband, 
And my heart is made to ache. 
Mao explains the name by A> A. E& (causes one to forget). 
_ Cuexe Hiéian says that the plant is properly called # hian. 
: The Shuo wen writes the name %@ or # and explains that 
this plant causes one to forget his sorrows. | 
At Peking the name # #5 haan ts‘uo is applied to Hemero- 
eallis fulva, L., and HH. graminea, Andr., species with orange 
and yellow flowers, both having long narrow leaves. They 
_ 4f€ Common in the Peking mountains, and are more generally — 
Known by the name BE huang hua or yellow flower. 
4, fulea is also much cultivated at Peking as well as in 
other parts of China. Its dried flowers are largely consumed 
es food by the Chinese and go also under the name & $i % 
mn chen tsai (gold needle vegetable). These are the Lily 
3 Chinese Maritime Customs Reports. [See also 
MOUREIRO, Flora cochin., 254. ] 
