262 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
found in A.D., are intended for 3g #2 li ho, and that Fa 
Hien saw the Chenopodium album, a very common weed in 
Northern China. 
Fap., 574, Chenopodium album, L., 34. 
» 575, iy ambrosioides, L., + Hi) se 
Compare Jap., 323, Basella rubra, L., ” 35, supra, 148. 
» 337, Beta vulgaris, L., Zis Se. 
» 2117, Spinacia oleracea, Mill, J jz Bs 
447.—2E Kn. Lacan, on the authority of WiLiAMs 
[Dict., 403], says that the k‘in was a Salsola, but that from 
the Japanese plates it appears to be a Panic grass. 
Shi king, 246 :—With pleased sounds the deer pally to. one 
another, eating the salsola of the fields. : 
Lu k1:—The stem of the k‘in plant is as thick as a hie 
pin; the leaves are like bamboo-leaves. It creeps on the 
ground in marshes and low grounds impregnated with sal 
Cattle are very fond of it. 
It is unknown what plant the kin was. The name #: 
huang in in China, as well as in Japan, is applied | 
Scutellaria, a 
TATARINOY [ Catal. med. sin., 10]: :—The drug huang Kw 
Radix Seutellarie viscidule, Bge. (probably only a vari | 
of Se. macrantha). P., XIII, 19, Cha Vi 
So (ey XI, 48, 3 2, Sc. macrantha, Fisch, * 
E., 153, family . 2 3, The bad figure is a copy of S., I, 
Jap., 2037, Scutellaria macrantha, Fisch. ,i ae. 
» 2036, = indica, L., var. jap., Fr. & S., jy B. 
C., 513. Sm., 194, Scutellaria whistle: Bge. 
4Z,, 141, Berberis nepalensis, Spr., sometimes termed huang 
Fap., 334, Berberis vulgaris, L, KR i. 
448.—3¥ T‘iao. This character in the Shi king is app 
as the Chinese commentators agree, to two different p 
One of them, according to Lage, who relies on the Japal 
plates, i Is a pea or Lathyrus maritimus, 
