406 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
and black. The purple Aien has a purple stem and lea 
The people of Wu [Kiang su, App. 389] use it for dy 
their nails. The red hien is also called 76 ] Aua ( 
or coloured) hien. Stem and leaves are of a dark red colour. 
The root and the stem are preserved for food and are. 
agreeable pungent taste. The wu se (five colours) hienis no 
rarely used. The si (small) Aien is also called BF | ye (wild) 
hien or $f | chu (pig) hien. It is good for feeding pigs. 
Ii Sui-cnen :—All sorts of hien are sown in the 
month. After the 6th month the plant cannot be eaten. i 
old plants attain the height of a man. The small flowers 
appear in spikes. The seeds are small, black and shinin 
as the seeds of the ts‘ing siang tsz‘ [ Celosia argentea. See 8 
and the ki kuan ts‘ [ Celosia cristata]. The seeds are gather 
in the 9th month. The si hien is the wild Aien. The north 
people call it k‘ang hien. It has a soft, weak stem an 
leaves. The taste is more pleasant than that of the cu 
hien. 
Ch., III, 9:—Hien, hien ts* al, Amarantus Blitum, 
Good drawing. See also Kiu huang, LVIL, 25. 3 
At Pebiins hien ts‘ai is Amarantus Blitum, a C n 
weed, also cnltivated as a pot-herb. : 
Ch., III, 11 :—Jen hien, and [9] verso, ye hiem, sp 
of Dovetunias: : 
Lour., Fi, cochin., 685 :—Amarantus tricolor, is 
hum (i.e. hung, red) hien. Ibid.:—A. polygamus, L. ®! 
pe (pai, white) hien. Habitat in Cochinchina et China 
cultus quam spontaneus. Ex omnibus Amaranti ' 
que in India edi solent, heec est salubrior et suaviors P 
que pre aliis usitatior.—P, Smirn, 59, sub Chenopoiliur. 
ParkeEr., Canton pl. 12, 107 :—f | J kia (ps 
hien ts‘ai, Amarantus spinosus, also [usolus vir dis, 
Tend. This plant is common in N. China, and in its ae 
*ppearance bears a strong resemblance to A, Blitum 
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