PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 287 
EB wang ts‘ao and § FE shu mang (rat’s many). It is 
identified with the plant wei or ch‘un ts‘ao [Rh ya, 147). 
From the ancient authors: quoted in P. regarding the 
mang ts‘ao we learn that this plant is not uncommon in 
 Sz‘ch‘uan and Central China. Some say it is a twining 
plant, others a tree. It is poisonous and employed by the 
people to poison fish and rats. Ch., XXIV, 52 represents 
under mang ts‘ao a plant with serrate leaves and flowers not 
unlike those of Aconite. 
~ In Japan the Chinese character mang is applied to Llictum 
religiosum, Sieb., a small tree held sacred by the Japanese, 
and found also in Southern China. Its seeds and leaves 
possess poisonous properties. But the Chinese poisonous 
plant mang is quite different. 
— — Amen. exot., 880, 881, Sl FE, skimmé, with figure, is Llliccum 
_— religiosum. Step. & Zuce., Flora japon. 1, 5, tab. 1, and 
ae Phon zo, XXIV, 5, ZF BE, Lilicium religiosum. [Fap. 1141,] 
465,—3& Yuan. A plant mentioned in the Shan hai king. 
Kuo Po says a medicinal plant. The Rh ya [258] writes 
KE yian ; another name ffi, BE yi tu or fish-poison, 
The ancient dictionary A? tsiu pien [Ist century B.C.] 
States that the 3E yian flowers when boiled and thrown 
: : into water kill fish. The Shuo wen explains yian by 
ee fish-poison.” 
iby 5 VII, 42, yilan hua, Poisonous plant. A small tree 
. : With violet flowers ; another sort has yellow flowers. Flowers, 
leaves, and bark of the root used in medicine. Ch. [XXIV, 
2 ot | represents under yiian hua a daphne. Henry [/.c., 281] 
. thinks it is Daphne genkwa, 8. & Z. se a 
ae : Sigs. & Zuce. Flora japon., 1, 187, tab. 75, and SIEB., 
: Teon, ined., VI, Fé HE, Daphne genkwa. Violet flowers. 
Flowers and bark used in medicine. The plant is said to 
have been introduced into Jupan from China. 
