PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 957 
rather refers to Rumew). The plant is eaten boiled ; it is 
_ very mucilaginous. . 
P., XVI, 54 :—Ch‘e ts‘en. Under the same name Plan- 
tago is figured in the Kiw huang [XLVI, 11] and Ch. 
[XL, 28]. 
~ Amen. exot., 912, Hi Ff sjaden, vulgo obacko, Plantago - 
major vulgaris latifolia. So moku, 11, 27, same Chinese name, 
Plantago -major var. asiatica. The plantain of Northern 
China belongs to the same variety. There is at Peking also 
the var. japonica, which is characterised by its enormous size ; 
the stalks with the spike several feet long ; large leaves. 
3 Fap., 1647, Plantago asiatica, L., ii W- 
440.—38 Chu, Luace says it is the dock (Iumer) and, 
translating its common Chinese name, calls it sheep’s foot. 
Shi king, 302 :—I travelled through the country gathering 
the sheep’s foot. : 
Mao explains chu by BE 3% (bad vegetable). CHENG Han 
calls it 4 $4 niu t‘uz. [See the Rh ya, 117.] 
Lv x1:—Chu or niu t‘ui. The people of # JH Yang chou 
(Anhui, Chekiang) call it 3 JR yang ti (sheep’s foot). It is 
(the root is meant, it seems) like the J Wm lu fu 
The plant may be eaten cooked. It is mucilaginous and 
wholesome. In Yu chou (Northern Chili) they call it chu. 
oy RIX: 4 :—Yang ti, also called 4 FF mu she (0x- 
tongue), which latter is the common name at Peking for 
Rume japonicus, Meissn., and R. crispus, L. The first 
cultivated as a vegetable. : : 
The rude drawings of the yang ti in the Kiu huang 
(LIL, 21] and Ch. [XVILI, 8] may be intended for Rumec. 
-Huyay, /, e., 308 :—In Hupei niu she t‘ou is Rumew acetosa, L. 
Ameen, exot., 911 :—2e BR jo tei, communiter s?. Thlaspt 
— Majus, foliis Lapathi, caulibus in  spicas excurrentibus, | 
[the Radish, see the Rh ya, 39]. The stem is of a red colour. 
