- 284 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
purpurascens, and a common plant in Japan. and China, 
The long spike is conspicuous by the numerous. purplish 
awnlike bristles that. almost conceal the flower. This agrees 
with the Chinese deseription of the wolt’s-tail grass. 
463.—3§ Yu. This is another gramineous weed in corm 
fields, repeatedly mentioned in the Classics. Leaen translat 
the name by weeds injurious to grain, darnel, fescue. 
Shi king, 157:—Do not try to cultivate fields too larg 
the weeds (3) will only grow luxuriantly. 380:—See the 
quotation supra in 462:—No wolf’s-tail grass, no darnel (yu) 
Li ki, 1, 256, yu translated by darnel. See the quotati 
under 431. wa 
The character yw occurs thrice in the Hia Calendar [56, 
58, 80], but it seems that it stands there for FH su s 
flourish). 
Mencius, 377 :—Mencius said, L hate the darnel (yx) | let 
it be confounded with the corn (#§). 
The Chinese commentators say the lang [see the preceding) 
and the yw are plants injurious to the grain (Bi). +” 
Shuo wen says the yu is a plant which grows among gral 
Not mentioned in the Rh ya. 
P., XVI, 63, fy BB kow wei ts‘ao dog *setail grass): 
It is said to be the same as the yx of the Classics. Ia Sa 
CHEN says it isa common grass, resembling the sw (Seta 
italica), but is smaller. Ch. XU, 4, yu or how wet t 
The figure seems to be intended for Setaria viridis, Bea : 
as also the drawing under the same names, Avw Anan 
Lil, 8. At Peking even nowadays the classical name ye 
applied to Seturia viridis, a very common grass. The peo 
term it generally # 3 FF ku yu tse‘ (the yu of the grain 
EL HL. Parxer, Chinese Names of Plants :—The name 
wei ts‘ao in §z ch‘nan is applied to Gymnothria hordeifo 
