378 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
at Peking distinguish two sorts of [it sheng oa é 
black and the white. Both were examined about 10 7 
ago by the late Maximowrcz. The first kn : 
triangular black seeds—seemed to belong to a Nigella, 4 
though no species of this genus of Ranunculacee has hitherto - 
been observed in China by our botanists. The white ) 
(yellowish) seeds seemed to belong to Jweris or Mulgedium : 
(Composite). ; 
217.—X Hii ta ma. P., XXII, 11. T., XXXIX. e 
Comp. Rh ya, 104, 140,—- Classics, 388. | . 
Pen king:—Ta ma (great hemp). The flowers when ; 
they burst [when the pollen is scattered] are called 5 a 
ma fen or Ji 2} ma pu. The best time for gathering 7c 
7th day of the 7th month. The seeds are gathered in 7 
9th month. The seeds which have entered the soil ate : 
injurious to man.*! It grows in T‘ai shan [in Shan ee a 
App. 322]. The flowers, the fruit (seed) and the leave a 
officinal. The leaves and the fruit are said to be poisonous, 7 
but not the flowers and the kernels of the seeds. a a 
T‘ao Hunc-xKing :—The ma fen is the male hemp, bg e 
does not bear seed. The people use the fibres for making . 
cloth and shoes, : 
Su Kune [7th cent.]:—The jen is the seed of the - : 
not the flower [as the Pen king states]. The author 
to the Rh ya and the Classics, hich . 
Ca‘zn Ts‘ana-x't [8th cent.]:—The hemp (ma) whid : 
is sown early in spring is called spring hemp. The ring 
are small and poisonous. That which is sown late in Ba ‘ 
is called autumn hemp. Its seeds are used in aa ape 
and oil is expressed from them. 
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