PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 273 
applied to Erianthus japonicus [v. supra, 188]. The So moku 
(XVI, 35] gives # as the Chinese. name for Gnaphalium 
margaritaceum, L. But this may be a mistake, for Horrm. 
& Scuunres [50] apply the character #% [pronounced ts‘éu 
in Chinese, W.D., 1001] to the same plant. 
With respect to the 2 Awan, a rush, of which in ancient times 
mats were made, I may notice that in Horr. & ScHULTES 
[308] Juncus effusus, L., appears with the Chinese names 
K€ 1D) Hi (lamp-wick grass), J3 BE (grass for making mats) 
and 32. The pith of this rush is largely used in China for 
lamp-wicks. Mats are also made of Juncus effusus, as 
Henry [l.c., 450] reports. [See also P., XV, 91, and Ch, 
ney, 87. | 
Very fine mats, said to be manufactured in the interior of 
China, are sold at Peking under the name of jf 3 Vis 
: lung sit si (dragon’s whisker mats). The lung st plant, also 
called 4 fe 23 shi lung ch‘u and #R 3B hiian huan, is spoken 
of in P. [XV, 90] as a plant of which mats are woven. 
[Comp. Rh ya, 16, 176 ; Ch., XI, 39.] 
 Phon co, XVI, 21, F fif $3, figured as a fine-leaved grass. 
In an interesting article on the sources of China matting, 
published in the Journal of Botany, 1879, p. 99, the late Dr. 
Hance noticed the Lepironia mucronata, Rich., ( Cyperacea) 
and the | Cyperus tegetiformis, Roxbg., as furnishing the 
- Inaterial for mats at Canton. | 
SIEBOLD, Syn plant. weon. jap., 42 :—Zizania palustris, 
Aojosi, Hg. Culmi pro munimento ad imbres adhibentur. | 
Stesoip’s Zizania palustris is Hydropirum latifolium, Griseb. 
Le. supra, 350). 5 
Vi supra, 210. Fap., 1610, Phragmitis communis, Trin., gD 
eee Phragmitis communis, Trin., var. /on- 
_ givalvis, Miq., Ik 4 if. ine 
» 1611, Phragmitis japonica, Stend., 4 
