MATERIA MEDICA OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE. 9 
To avoid complicated and frequently repeated explana- 
tions in the text of our translations from the Pen is‘ao kang 
mu, and to save space, it has been considered advisable to 
omit all Chinese characters referring to geographical names 
and to consign the geographical identifications to the Appendix. 
TITLES OF SOME CHINESE, JAPANESE AND 
BUROPEAN BOOKS QUOTED IN MY 
RESEARCHES BY ABBREVIATED 
REFERENCES. 
P.= Pen ts‘ao kang mu, the great Chinese Materia 
Medica and Natural History by Lr Sui-cugy [second half 
of the 16th century. See Botanicon sinicum, I, p, 54). 
L.= Tu shu tsi ch‘eng, the great Chinese Cyclopedia, 
published in 1726. [See Botanicon sinicum. Ip 71.) “My 
quotations refer to the chapters of the Botanical Section. 
Ch.==Chi wu ming shi tu kao, a Chinese Botany 
illustrated by woodcuts, published in 1848, [See Botanicon 
sinicum, I, p. 73.] My quotations refer to the drawings. 
The quotations from the Ah ya and the Classivs refer to 
Botunicon sinicum, Part UL. 
Kiu huang = Kin huang Pen ts‘ao, a treatise on plants 
which can be used for food ; accompanied with woodcuts 
dating from the end of the 14th century. [See Botanicon 
sinicum, I, p. 49-53.] 
App. = Appendix fo the present volume on ancient 
Chinese geographical names. 
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