king grass, and do not collect enough to fill my hands. 
282 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Fap., 2020, Scirpus Eriophorum, Michx., var. bs Fr. &S, 
2024, Scirpus ii tatieed L., #) = fe. 
wees; Ss mucronatus, L., var. subleiocarpus, Et. 
» 2028, ,, plantagineus, Retz. [v. supra, 59]. 
461.—% Li, name of a plant mentioned in the Shi king. 
Legge terms it “king grass.” The character is more 
correctly written #. 411:—All the morning I gather the 
The Rh ya [10] writes # ‘la, same as FE 3 wang hu 
(king grass). This name occurs in the Li sao. iS the 
quotation under 421, supra.] 
Lu x1:—The li plant resembles the bamboo ; it grows to 
the height of five or six feet. The people living on the 
#£ K‘i river (a tributary of the Wei, in the north-east of 
Honan) call it # f li chu (la bamboo) for the stem and 
the leaves are like the bamboo and of a dark green colour. 
The Rh ya i says that the Pen ts‘ao identifies the la plant 
of the Shi with the #8 ¥f tsin ts‘ao. This latter plant 
treated of in P. [XVI, 86]. It is said there that itis 
called huang ts‘ao (yellow grass), for the plant affords ay 
dye (it is not stated whether the leaves or the root). ™ 
ancient times the people were obliged to collect this tinctorial 
plant for the king’s stores, whence the name “ king’s gr 
Ch. [XI, 72] figures under ésin ts‘ao the leaves of a grass. 
Amen, exot., 899 :—3#E dsin, vulgo karrias, kakkina, ara 
Gramen arundinaceum minus, Tab. Gramen arundina 
spicatum, C.B.P. J udging from K &MPFER’S references, 
would be Phalaris arundinacea, L. [See also THUNB! 
Flora japon., 44, and supra, 454 and 459 at the end.] Sis? 
visi at that karias is the name of an obscure tinctorial Pl 
in Japan. As far as I know, Ph. ar mundinacea is 00) 
tinetorial plant. But the plant is common in China as ell 
