384 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
pa mao. In the 5th or 6th month it sends up the stem” 
which bears the flowers, and afterwards the fruit. There are 
two kinds. That which sticks to the teeth [v. supra], and has 
a pointed fruit with a thin shell is the 7. The kernel is white 
like glutinous rice. Gruel can be made of it It is 
also ground into flour and used for food or for fermenting 
liquors. The other sort is globular [the fruit] and has 4 
thick, hard shell. This is called 38 #3 #- p‘u 4% tse [name 
of the beads in Buddhist rosaries ]. It furnishes but little — 
flour. This is the heng kan [mentioned by Ler Hiso]. lt 
is used for the beads of rosaries and is therefore also called 
is HR nien chu (prayers bead). Its root is white, as large as 
the handle of a spoon, contorted, and of a sweet taste. The 
Kiu huang Pen ts‘ao terms this plant [the seeds] [a] [i] * 
Hui hui mi (rice of the Mohammedans), also pi 2 Bi # 
Si fan shu shu (Si fan Sorgho. Si fan==N.W. Sz ch‘uan); 
also BE PF FF ts‘ao chu rh (vegetable bead). The leaf is called 
EBB wu tan. 
Ch., I, 5:—Ii or EE Gi ts‘ao tse‘ rh. Good drawing 
representing Job’s-tears (Coix Lachryma, 1.). This plants 
commonly cultivated at Peking under the name of ts‘ao tsz‘ th. 
It has large, round, hard fruits. The hard covering of the 
farinaceous seed is the ossified calyx. There are two varieties 
at Peking with white or grayish covering of the fruit. 1 have , 
also seen in the druggist’s shops a variety (or species) wit 
small, oblong pointed fruit. 
In the Kix huang [LII, 7, sub Ji| BY Ch‘uan hu (Gs 
ch‘uan corn)] a Coiz with small fruit is represented. See the 
same, Ch., II, 9, ; 
Lour., Fi. cochin., 673 :—Coix Lachryma. Sinice: yy g™ 
Tatar, Cat. 29:—38 9% f- i mi jen, Coin exaltate 
a) $ in Japan Zrianthus japonicus, 
