132 BOTANICON SINICUM, 
China is very rich in orchids. In our days one of the 
most favorite of them among the Chinese in the south is the 
His BA 7 tao (suspended) lan hua, called also jm | feng 
(air) lan, the Aérides odorata of Loureiro, Fl. cochin, 
642.—Bripem., Chin. Chrest., p- 452 (5).—Amen. evot., 
864 :—Fu ran, cum icone. [V. tnfra, sub 202]. 
The Cust. Med. [p. 160 (319)] notices 30 piculs of 
BA 7E 2K lan hua mi, classed among seeds, as imported to 
Shang hai. 
Ibid., p. 152 (201) :—ffi, BH BE pet lan ye (lan leaves 
worn on the girdle) exported from Shang hai 1.15 picul. 
Said to come from Sz ch‘uan. Ibid., p. 194 (163) :—The 
same imported to Ning po 1.10 picul. 
Lbid., 860 (283) :— Tse lan exported 1885 from Canton 
22 piculs,—p. 288 (222), from Amoy 5 piculs. 
The figures of the lan ts‘ao and the tse lan ts‘ao, in the - 
Ch. [XV, i and 13], seem both to be intended for species of a 
Eupatorium, order of Composite. Dr. Hance states that 
in 8. China Eupatorium stechadosmum is cultivated on 
account of the fragrance of its flowers. See Ind. Fl. sity 
I, 405. . 
In Japan the Chinese names BA Be and }# By HE are 
both applied to Lupatorium. For particulars see Bot. SiMe 
II, 405. 
63.—3 HE hiang ju. fe RIve, OL 7, Ok 
Pie lu :—Only the name hiang (fragrant) ju and medical : 
properties noticed. It seems the leaves are officinal. 
T‘ao Hune-x1ne :—It is commonly eaten raw as 
vegetable. It is also gathered in the 10th month and dried. 
The Shi liao Pen ts‘ao [7th cent.] calls it SE hiang jm 
and # EF hiang jung, 
