588 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Tsin: Aien. Now: Kan su, Ping liang fu, Ku yiian 
chou. 
According to Bior [p. 215] Si ch‘uan in the T’ang 
period was a name for Ch‘eng tu fu in Sz ch‘nan. 
297.—P Ff Si fang. Su Kune [ Med. plants, 133}. 
Si fang means “ Western Regions.” It is not clear — 
whether Western China or Tibet is meant. | 
298.— PW Ye Si hai. Pre lu. 
Si hai means “ Western Sea.” Name applied in various 
times to various localities. The famous Chinese general 
Crane K‘ten, who in the 2nd cent. B.C. first visited the 
countries of Western Asia, calls the Mediterranean Sea 
“Si hai.” 
Later Han, Si hai: Aien. Now: Shan tung, I chou fu, 
Ji chao hien. 
Tsin : kin. Now: Kan su, prefecture of Kan chou fu.— 
Sui: him. Near the Ts‘ing hai or Kukonor lake.—In the 
T‘ang period there was a district Si hai near present Turfan. 
299.— Di i] Sihu. Su Kune [ Med. plants, 54}. 
Si hu= Western Lake, Probably the lake of this name 
near Hang chou fu in Che kiang is meant. 
300.—p 56 Si (western) Kang or 3 K‘iang. T‘ao 
Hune-xine, Sc Kune and Li Sur-cuen, 
Ancient name [Han period] for the Tangut tribes living 
in North-east Tibet and Kukonor. 
301.—Pq 28 Si ling. Pie lu. | 
Si ling, or Western mountain range, was, according to — 
T‘ao Hune-Kine [ Med. plants, 47], near ancient Ch‘ang an 
(Si an fu, Shen si), 
302.—pij BH Si yang. T+so Hune-xine. 
Tsin : kin. Now: Hu pei, Huang chou fu. 
303.— GH [ly Si shan. Shui king chou [5th cent. ]. | 
Si shan mountains in Wei hing [Shen si, Hing an fu. 
V. infra, 884}. See also Med. plants, 79. pes 
