222 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Han Pao-sHene [10th cent.] enumerates seven kinds of 
liao, viz. :— 
. ip — these two have thin leaves. 
2. hiang liao 
r Both have large, broad leaves 
covered with black spots. 
The flowers of the ta liao are 
4 red and white. The seeds 
resemble Sesam-seeds, are of 
a brown colour, flattened and 
Lpointed. [Comp. 125.] 
both have small, narrow leaves. 
3. 7K | shut (water) liao. 
4. § | ma (horse) liao, 
also called K [ ta 
(large) liao. 
5, tsz‘ (purple) liao 
6. AR | cht (red) liao J 
7. AC | mu (tree) liao, also called FE | tien liao. A 
creeper or twiner. Its leaves resemble the leaves of the che 
(Cudrania triloba). Flowers yellowish white. 
The above names refer to various species of Polygonum. 
For further particulars see Bot. sin., II, 366.. 
The 3 liao seems to be Polygonum hydropiper.. Ch. 
XI, 57.—Amen. exot., 891.—So moku, VII, 57. But accord- — 
ing to Lour. [Fl. cochin., 296], leao wi (shi) at Cantonis 
Pol. barbatum, L.—Stes., Qcon., 104:— Polygonum barbatum, sa 
sinice 38 Herba edulis. a 
The 7k | shui liao is represented Ch., XIV, 19. So 
moku, VII, 62:—Polygonum, not determined. Horr™. i 
Scutr., 451 (resp. Smppoup), refer the above Chinese name 
to Polygonum perfoliatum, L.—Lovr., Fl. cochin., 295 :— 
Polygonum hydropiper. Sinice: auei leao (shui liao). Virtus 
acris, stimulans, urens. Habitat in paludibus et infra ripas 
fluminum in Cochinchina et China, ubi ex illo formantur 
sepes ad olera aquatica continenda. a 
FB | ma liao, Ch., XI, 59. So moku, VIL, 63, under 
this Chinese name, Polygonum persicaria, L. | 
