266 i BOTANICON SINICUM. 
are C, chinensis, Lam. [the whole plant is yellow], and 
C. japonica, Chois. [which is of a purple colour]. 
woe tae, fy tu. az... Ch.,, S&1I, 1-3. 
Phon zo, XXV, 2, Cuscuta japonica. 
V. supra, 131. 
451.— Fé T'ang. This character occurs once in the Shi hing. 
Lecce says the Japanese plates leave no doubt as to the 
_ plant being the dodder ( Cuscuta). . 
Shi king, 78:—I am going to gather the dodder (¢ ‘ang) : 
in the fields of # Mei (north of Honan), : 
In the Rh ya [131] we have BE $F ttany meng, a sy nonym 
for ni lo and t‘u sz‘ (Cuscuta). Lecce says that Mao calls — 
t‘ang improperly the 3% meng vegetable, and that the dodder 
plant is not eaten as food in China. The f‘u sz‘ is, however, 
mentioned in the Kix huang [XLIX, 9] among the edible 
plants eaten in time of scarcity. The seed is used in medicine. ‘ 
452.—$§ i Ko lei. This plant is thrice mentioned in the 
Shi king. Laan calls it dolichos creeper. Lei, accordin, 
to the Kuang ya, has the same meaning as Jf t‘eng, f 
[v. supra, 255]. 
Shi king, 10:—In the south are the trees with ‘curved 
drooping branches, with the dolichos creepers clinging i 
them. 119:—Ko lei, title of an ode. Thickly they sp 
about, the dolichos creepers on the borders of the i Ho 
(Yellow River). 446 :—Tuxuriant are the dolichos creep 
clinging to the branches : and stems. 
Lu x1:—The ko lei is also called BK hi bids 
resembles the jee Kh , yen. yit (a wild. vine with edible fra 
lt is a creeper with whitish leaves resembling those of the 
XX ai (Artemisia vulgaris). Its fruit is edible, — but s 
not very pleasant. In iy Jf Yu chou (Northern an ‘ 
call this plant 7 BE tui (chut) let. 
