380 BOTANICON SINICUM, 
718.—/y BF siao mai. Wheat. P., XXII, 17. 1, XXXIL 
Comp. Classics, 839. P. Surrn, 230, ce. 
It is noticed in the Pie lu ; only the name and medical 
virtues. No explanation by T‘ao Huna-xKra. sites 
The following are used in medicine : 3 fy mai miao (the ; 
young plants), #§ mien (flour), 2E BE mai fu (the bran of 
Wheat), ?R 3s fou mai (floating wheat,—unknown to me) 
and 25 I mai nu, the latter being described by Kou “ 
Tsune-sur as “black spots appearing on the ripe ears of 
wheat” [produced probably by a small parasitical fungus]. 3 
The # 38 is mentioned in the Cust. Med. [p. 292 (288), ¢ 
Amoy,—p. 366 (855), Canton]. toe 
219.— BS ta mai. Barley. P., XXII, 23, 1, XXX 
Comp. Classics, 340, mee 
The Pie lw notices only the name and the medical vie 
Tao Huna-xing :—The ta mai is also called  ¥ = 
ko mai [see W.D., 425] and 4 3E mou mai. It resembles 
the kung mai [see the neat] but its husk is thinner. = 
The young plants and 3 BE mai ye (malt) are both used = 
in medicine. Lt Sut-cuzy explains the character ye bY 
“barley steeped in water and made to germinate.” The X ca S 
M ta mai nu also is officinal. [Comp. 218]. P. Sura, 33. 
220.— Bi BE kung mai. P., XXII, 25. KXKiw 
The Pie lu notices only the name and the medical beer oo 
T‘ao Hune-xina :—The kung mai is used for fe os 
horses. It is also, like wheat and barley, a nourishing a” 
strengthening food for man. 
Further particulars regarding the kung mai will be found 
