PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 2h3 
Rh ya, 196 and 119, The s’uo is mentioned in the Li sao. 
[See quotation, supra, 429.] oe ae 
Lv k1:—The s/uo is now called 3K $f t hao, also 4 BF 
‘wu wei hao (ox tail’s southernwood). It resembles the pa/ 
hao (r. 433], has white (downy) leaves. It can be used for 
torches. Owing to its fragrance it is employed in sacrifices 
and burned with the fat of the victims. 
P. does not notice this plant. Ch. [XII, 23] figures 
under niu wei hao or siao two plants which may be Artemisia. 
~The character 7k t/ properly denotes a reed or rush 
t. Mfra, 455). I may observe that the Rh ya [196} writes 
K ts‘iu, which latter name, according to Horr. & ScHULTES 
[50] in Japan is applied to Antennaria (Gnaphalium) 
margaritacea, R. Br. 
Jap., 1037, Guaphalium yedoense, Fr. & S., Fk . 
436.—There is finally the character 3€ p‘eng in the Si, 
which Lecce refers to A rtemisia, on the authority of the 
Shuo wen, where peng is explained by hao. [See also the 
Rh ya, 15] - 
Shi king, 36 :—Strong and abundant grows the Artemisia 
(p‘eng). 105 :—Since my husband went to the east, my 
head has been like the flying (pappus) of the Artemisia 
CRE HE fei peng), : 
“Tn the Li ki [I, 257] Leece translates p‘eng by darnel ; 
‘ee the quotation under 431}. nee 
_ #. (XXVI, 54] identifies the #€ $f p‘eng hao with the 
a 5 tung hao which is Chrysanthemum coronarium, L. 
Drawings, Ch. 1V, 35, Kiu hnang, LVI, 31, So moku, 
XVII, 13, = : Ameer 
Cav Hi in explaining the term fei p‘eng in the Shi king — 
* that the p‘eng has flowers like the catkins of the willow, — 
which fly about in the wind like hair. But other authors 
ring p‘eng, the whole plant is meant, which is rooted up by — : 
the Pi ya, and W.D., 661] say that by fei p'eng, or 
