272 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Li Sut-cuen {in P., lc.], in accordance with Kune. 
Yine-ra’s classification of the reeds, distinguishes three 
kinds, viz. :— 
1.—Culm more than 10 feet high, hollow inside ; skin” 
thin, of a whitish colour. It is called ka, wel 
and lu. This is the common reed already spoke : 
of. (Comp. Henry, lc, 253.) 2 
2.—Culm shorter and smaller than that of the wez or lu, 
hollow inside ; skin thick, of a dark green colour. 
‘This is called tan, wan, #K t/ or FE huan. 
3.—The kien, a small reed with a solid stem (not hollo 
inside). 
I am not prepared to say what reeds or reed-like a 
were denoted by #7, alias (an, wan, and by kien in the Classics. 
The name #/ is still used in China for a peculiar kind of small 
reed. [Compare an article by a contributor to Notes and 
Queries on China and Japan, 1869, p. 97, on the “ Reeds of 
the Yang tsz‘.” The author of this interesting paper states 
from his own observation it seems, that the immense r 
grown along the banks of the Great River are of two ki 
one called the Iu, the other the i. The former is said 
grow towards the mouth of the river, near Nanking and 
Chinkiang, the latter higher up, in the vicinity of Anking, 
Where there is a river known as the J 7 Ti kiang, after 
the reeds produced along its banks, Outwardly there is 
difference in the appearance of these reeds; the emet 
distinction is that the lu are hollow, and the ¢ pithy inside. 
Perhaps the ti is a plant well known to botanists, but wh 
has not yet been identified with the Chinese name, whi 
sometimes also written 7 t/. : 
The Phon zo figures [XVI, 11, 13] under #{ two gramincos 
plants, not identified by Francuer. In Srepoun’s °Y 
plant. won jap. [89] ¥% appears as one of the Chinese names 
