. PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. ie 
Shi king, 272:—In the hills of the north (in Chou) is 
the lai, 823, 365:—The country is overgrown with lai 
(useless plants). : 
_ Lu xt:—Zai is the name’ of a weed. It is also ealled lz 
[see the next]. The leaves may be eaten. The people of 
%§ }h| Yen chou (South-western Shantung) eat them cooked, 
In the Chou li we have the term [iF H# ten lai (a fallow 
field). Wruutams [Dict., 499] thinks that Jaz is the sow- 
thistle (Sonchus). But it is more probable that it is a 
synonym for li (Chenopodium). [See the neat. | : 
RB hung sin hui tao. Chenopodium with a red heart. 
In ancient times they called this plant pe: ag ho. This 
term is used in the Huai nan tse‘ and in CHUANG tsz’. The 
Young leaves may be eaten. as 
So moku, IV, 40, and Phon zo, L, 7, 3% or 9a Cheno-— 
podium album, L. fo 
In the above name hui t‘iao, the character t‘iao is a general - 
name for Chenopodium [v. Rh ya, 11]; Je means ashes, 
and refers to the white meal with which the leaves of some 
Species are covered. The young shoots and spikes often 
assume a reddish colour. at Ae 
_ Fa Hey, when he returned, in A.D. 414, by sea 
from his long journey to the Buddhist countries, landed | 
I the Province of Shantung. In the Fo kuo ki (see 
Beau's § yu ki, Introduction, LXXXII] it is stated — 
that on seeing the #i fig 3¢ Li ho vegetable again, ‘the . 
traveller was confident that this was indeed the land of Han 
(China), I have no doubt that the first two characters, not 
