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Fap., 1948, Rubus Tokkura, Sieb., is Fe F. 
: » 967, Fragaria indica, Andr., RE EE. 
437.—%§ Su or, as the Rh ya [118] calls it, 4 HR niw shun, 
oxlip. — ey 
Shi king, 165:—There along the bend of the Hwun (#} 
Fen, a river in Shansi) they gather the oxlips (su). 
Mao calls it Je 4 shui si, as also does the Shuo wen. 
Lu x1:—The su is now called #@ $y tse si. Its leaves” 
resemble those of the Hit #if ch‘e ts‘ien (Plantago). They are 
large, and also in taste they resemble that plant. In #& JH 
) Suchou, in the district of J 6 Kuang ling (Northern 
Kiangsu) the people use them for food. ; ; 
_ The plant intended by Lu xt is Alisma plantago, L., men- 
tioned under its present name in the Rh ya [v. supra, 95]. 
. It is therefore improbable that the sw or niu shun [Rh ya, 
118] should denote the same plant. 
3 Fap., 96, Alisma Plantago, L., IK # 1B - 
-438.— He Kuan rh. This is the name of a plant which 
‘Lecer calls the mouse’s ear, and which is the title of an od 
in the Shi king [8] :— r ; 
— I was gathering and gathering the mouse’s ear. 
Mao calls it 4 ling rh, as does also the Rh ya [184]. 
. Lu k1:—The kian r 1, called also #& Hf si rh and wz 
hu si, _ The leaves are of a light green colour and resemble 
those of the J BR hu sui (Coriandrum sativum). It has a 
debile stem, white flowers. The plant is eaten cooked, it is 
mucilaginous. In the 4th month it is in fruit, The fruit 
resembles a lady’s ear-pendent, wherefore the plant is also 
lled HH rh tang ts‘ao (ear-pendents herb). The 
People of KJ] Yuchou (Northern Chili) call it # tsio rh. 
: Lecce makes Cuu Hr say that the leaves of the ‘wan rh 
bass like a mouse’s ear and that it grows in bunchy patches. 
But Cau does not refer to the leaves, he only says it 
