248 - BOTANICON SINICUM. 
430.—# Lou. Luaae calls it southernwood, a species of 
Artemisia. 
Shi king, 17:—Many are the bundles of firewood. I 
would cut down the southernwood (low) to form more. 
Comp. the Rh ya [192]. Shuo wen:—The lou isa plant 
which is cooked with fish. Hide: 
Lu x1:—The low is also called HE iB low hao (lou Artemisia). 
Its leaves resemble those of the ai (Artemisia vulgaris), are 
several inches long, of a white colour (downy). The plan 
grows to the height of more than 10 feet, by the edges ol 
water or in marshy ground. In the first month the young 
white shoots, which are soft and fragrant, may be eaten raw, 
The leaves are eaten cooked. 
Ch., XII, 6, figures under the name low hao an Artemisia — 
with large, deeply cleft leaves, resembling the plant in the 
So moku, XVI, 17, under the same Chinese name, which is a— 
variety of A. vulgaris, a 
ay AN, 80. conbidars the lou to be the same as f 
% & pai hao or white Artemisia, : 
. The text of the Shi king seems to imply that the low was 
used for fuel, [| may observe that among the Northern 
Chinese species of Artemisia, A. campestris answers best this 
purpose, for it is a shrub attaining considerable dimensions. 
It is very cominon in the Peking mountains and in Mongolia. 
The Mongols call it sharaldji and, according to PRzEWwALskY. 
employ it largely for fuel. : 
431.—3 Hao. Leccr says it is the male southernwot 
but this term the Chinese authors apply to the next. | 
Shi king, 246 :—With pleased sounds the deer call ty 
one another, eating the southernwood (hao) of the fields. 
890 :—Large and long grow the ngo [v. 434]. It is not the 
_ ngo but the hao, ? 
