204 BOTANICON SsINICUM. 
descriptions in the P. likewise refer doubtlessly to Casata. 
At Peking wang kiang nan [I suspect the same as kiang man 
in ancient works] is the common name for Cassia Sophera, L. 
Lour., Fl. cochin., 324 :—Cassta sophera. Sinice xy tsi 
tau, kiue mim tsu. 
Tarar., Cat.. 5:—Ts‘ao kue ming. Semina Cassie 
Tore. [As we have seen, the P. admits ts‘ao kile ming only 
as a name for Celosia].—Hanz., Sc. pap., 231 :—Kiie ming 
tsz‘. Received from Shang hai. Seeds of Cassia Tora. 
They are of a cylindrical form, from two to three lines long, 
pointed at one extremity, rounded at the other, of a dark 
brown colour, ete.—P. Smrru, 54. 
Parker, Chinese Names of Canton Plants, 54 :—Cassia 
occidentalis, Fy | | shi hite ming, also ye (wild) pien tou. 
The shan pien tou given by Li Sut-cHeEn as a synonym 
for the kiang mang hile ming is figured in the Kiu huang 
[LVII, 3]. A rude drawing. It seems Cassia mimosoides, L., 
is intended. Comp. also Ch., II, 10. 
Cust. Med., p. 372 (429):—Ts‘ao hie ming exported 
1885 from Canton 17 piculs,—p. 164 (370), from Shang hai 
7.72 piculs,—p. 302 (433), from Amoy 0.35 picul. 
So moku, VIII, 2:—ye WY Cassia Tora, L. Leaflets 
broadest at the top. According to Miqurt [resp. S1eBoLD] 
introduced into Japan from China. 
Ibid.. 3:—2E yt RB Cassia occidentalis, L. Leaflets 
pointed at the top. 
Ibid., TI, 39 :—IL] fig Cassia mimosoides, L. Japonice 
kawara kets mei.—SIEB., Gcon., 297 :—Sooja nomame, oF 
jawara kets mai. Sinice {Ij jig 42. Plante sponte crescentis 
folia adhue tenera pro potu Thex colliguntur, The first 
Japanese name seems to be a mistake, for it means the 
Soy-bean, but jawara kets mai is the Japanese name for Cassia 
mimosoides, 
