PLANTS MENTIONED IN @LASSICAL WORKS. 283 
as in Japan. The # in the Phon zo [XX, 14, 15] is not 
Phalaris. 
Fap., 232, Arthraxon ciliare, Beauv., #€ B. 
462.—% Lang. Lace calls it wolf’s-tail grass, a kind 
of weed, or darnel. : 
Shi: king, 224 :—Cold come the waters down from that spring 
and overflow the bushy wolf’s-tail grass. 380 :—Picture 
of husbandry, growth of the grain described :— 
It ears and the fruit lies soft in the sheath, 
It hardens and is of good quality, 
There is no wolf’s-tail grass, no darnel [yu, see the next]. 
Rh ya, 189, lang, same'as H YE t*wng liang. 
Carne Hitan explains :—Grain that flourishes, but does not 
form seeds is called t‘ung Liang (blasted ears of grain). 
Lv Kt repeats the above explanation and then says that 
now the people call the plant mentioned in the Shi, 74 FA a 
Su tien weng or "EF show tien. In the Wai chéuan 
[Wytir’s Notes, p. 6] it is stated that horses are fond of the 
lang and the yu [see the neat]. i 
The Rh! ya i says that the lang plant is a bad weed 
growing in corn-fields among cultivated grain. But it affords 
a valuable food for cattle. 
P., XXIII, 14, 3 BH lang wei ts‘ao (wolf’s-tail grass). 
_ It is said to be the same as the plant lang of the She king 
and of the Rh ya [189], and as the meng or lang wet (wolf’s 
_ tail) of the Rh ya [20]. Lx Sui-cHen states that the plant 
resembles the su (Setaria italica), but its ears are of a 
_ Yellowish purple colour and provided with bristles. In tim 
_ Of scarcity it supplies food. Ch., XIII, 25. “ 
_ The drawing in the Phon zo [XLI, 15, 16] under @ % BH 
Seems to represent Gymnothrix japonica, Kth., figured in 
THuneERa’s Flora japon. [p. 48, tab. 9] under the name of 
_ Panicum hordeiforme, It is also the same as his Cenchrus 
