PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 289 
E., 165, family & i. names of supra, 36, are syn. 
Fap., 1160, Tris ensata, Thbg., var. chinensis, Max., 5 ij. # it. 
,, japonica, Thbg., th ie tE.- 
» 1163, ,, Jevigata, Fisch., iee + 4E.- 
1164, ,, levigata, var. Kem)feri, Sieb., ae We 4. 
» 1167, ,, sibirica, L., var. orientalis, Thbg., PEN HR. 
» 1168, ,, dectorum, Max., E E- 
468.—3 Wf Huan lan, name of a plant and title of an ode 
in the Shi king [103]. Lecce calls it the sparrow-gourd and 
thinks it may be a Tylophora. 
See the Rh ya [93], kuan or huan lan. Kvo P‘o explains :— 
A creeping plant, the stalks of which, when broken, exude a 
white juice. Edible. 
Lu xt:—Auan lan or ME lomo. In wy PH Yu chou the 
people call it 92 Sf ts’o p‘iao or sparrow-gourd. The plant 
creeps on the ground while the stem is weak, but when it 
‘Meets with a support it climbs. 
P., XVII), 32, lo mo. Tsao Huye-xine [5th century] 
describes it as a climbing plant, the stalks of which, when 
broken, exude a white juice. It is much cultivated. The 
_leayes are thick and large, they may be eaten both raw and 
cooked. Li Sat-cuen-adds :—It has small light violet flowers 
-Tesembling little bells. The fruit is green, from two to 
four inches long, pointed at the lower end. Inside it is 
filled with white, silky hairs (coma of the seeds). The plant 
described is the Metaplexis Stauntoni, Reem. & Schult. An 
Asclepiadea, common in North China, wild and cultivated. 
Drawings Ch., XXII, 69, and Kiu huang, L, 22. In the 
latter work it is called 2% $§ HE yang kio ts‘ai (ram’s horn 
Vegetable), on account of the shape of the fruit. 
é V. supra, 93. Fap., 1432, Metaplexis Stauntoni, Roem. & 
eB 1162; 
Schult., 
E., 73, family & te, 3, with bad figure perhaps of Gynan- 
dropsis pentaphylla, DC. : 
