250 BR BOTANICON SINICUM. 
those of the #8 fit 4u ma (Sesamum orientale), are of a 
reddish purple colour. In the eighth month the plant 
produces long pods pointed at the end like horns. It is also 
called Fi 3 #& ma sin hao. 
Under the name & 36 # ma sien hao with the 
above synonyms, wei, mou hao, Ch. [XI, 41] figures the 
Incarvillea sinensis, Juss., a beautiful plant of Northern 
China, order Bignoniacee, with large, scarlet flowers. 
Lv x1’s description agrees with this identification. The same 
plant is represented in the Kiu huang [XLVI, 33] under the 
names of # 3F 36 chu ya ts‘ai (pig’s tooth vegetable) or 
kiie hao (horned Artemisia). These names refer to the long, 
curved capsules, 
But other authors take the wei or mou hao (male southern- . 
wood) to be an Artemisia, and Ch. [XIV, 9] figures under 
these names an Artemisia. The drawing agrees with that 
found in the So moku [XVI, 20] under @& %, which — 
» represents A, japonica, THunBERG. [See also P. XV, 23.) 
Fap., 1581, Pedicularis resupinata, L., B FG we: 
433.—M@ Fan. This is likewise an Artemisia. MAO 
explains the character by 4 if pai hao (white Artemisia). 
Shi king, 22:—She gathers the white southernwood (fan), 
228 [“ Life in Pin”] :—The young women take their deep 
baskets and go along the small paths, looking for the tender 
leaves of the mulberry tree; as the spring days lengthen 
out, they gather in crowds the white southernwood (fan). : 
264 :—Our wives go in crowds to gather the white southern- 
wood (fan). : 
Cuou Hr says that the leaves of the fan were used both 
in sacrifices and to feed the young silkworms which were 
later in being hatched. More correctly Sit Kuang-KI say° 
that the eggs are washed with a decoction from the leaves  - 
assist their hatching [Luaer]. : : 
