224 A NATURALIST IN WESTERN CHINA 



Rhizomys vestitus, ii. 190 

 Rhizotomoi, ancient Greece, ii. 36 

 Rhododendron, wealth of, ii. 6 



adenopodum, i. 51 



Augustinii, i. 39 



calophytum, i. 126 



discolor, i. 59 



Fargesii, i. 49, 51 



Fortunei, ii. 3 



Hanceanum, i. 241 



indicum, i. 17, 19, 40, 46, 56 



maculiferum, i. 51, 53 



Mariesii, i. 40, 59 



Przewalskii, i. 199 



sutchuenense, i. 37, 51 



yanthinum, i. 247 

 Rhubarb, medicinal, cultivated, i. 52, 

 60 ; ii. 38 



wild, i. 49 

 Rhus Cotinus, i. 19 



javanica, i. 20 ; ii. 73, 87 



orientalis, i. 247 



Potaninii, ii. 73 



Toxicodendron, ii. 71 



verniciflua, fatty seeds of, i. 45, 

 123, 130 ; ii. 68 ; varnish from, 

 69 ; oil from fruit, 71 

 Ribes alpestre, var. giganteum, i. 

 203 ; ii. 31 



laurifolium, i. 250 



longeracemosum, ii. 31 



longeracemosum, var. Davidii, i. 

 248 



longeracemosum, var.Wilsonii, i. 44 

 Rice, importance of, ii. 49 ; cultiva- 

 tion, 51 ; varieties of, 51, 52 ; 

 straw, 83 

 Rice-wheat, ii. 53 

 Richthofen, Baron, i. 64 ; ii. 199 

 Rifle stocks of walnut wood, i. 35 

 River, Fou Ho, i. 128 



Kialing, i. 8, 99 



Kien kiang, i. 7 



Min, i. 9 



the Paoning, i. 99, loi 



the Tung, i. 9 



the Ya, ii. 140, 141 



Yalung, i. 10 



Yangtsze, i. 3 ; navigation on, 4 ; 

 depth, 6 ; names of, 6 ; tribu- 

 taries, 7 

 Road, the Great Salt, i. 57 ; diffi- 

 culties of, 193, 195 

 Rodgersia sesculifolia, i. 44, 124, 174 ; 



pinnata, var. alba, i. 247 

 Romi Chan go, town of, i. 190 

 Rosa Banksiae, i. 18, 33 ; form of, 36 ; 

 root-bark, use of, ii. 87 



indica, i. 89, 118 ; ii. 46, 90 



laevigata, i. 18 ; ii. 5 



Rosa microcarpa, i. 18, 29 ; ii. 



5 

 microphylla, i. 173 ; ii. 11 

 moschata, i. 18, 31, 36, 154 

 multibracteata, i. 154 

 multiflora, i. 18, 31, 36 

 omeiensis, i. 227 

 sericea, i. 38, 56, 154, 248 ; ii. 11 

 Soulieana, i. 154, 184, 189 

 Willmottiae, i. 154 

 Rose: Banksian, i. 18, 89 



Lady Banks's, root-bark, use of, i. 



35 



Musk, i. 18, 36 



Rambler, i. 31, 36 



the Tea, i. 89, 118, 120, 123 

 Roses, i. 18 



Rostratula capensis, ii. 130 

 Rubber tree. Hardy, i. 36, 45 

 Rubus amabilis, ii.31 



biflorus, var. quinqueflorus, ii. 31 



corchorifolius, i. 32 ; ii. 31 



flosculosus, ii. 31 



Fockeanus, i. 248 



ichangensis, ii. 31 



innominatus, ii. 31 



omeiense, ii. 31 



parvifolius, i. 19 ; ii. 31 



pileatus, ii. 31 



tricolor, i. 250 



xanthocarpus, i. 144 ; ii. 31 

 Rye, ii. 53 



Saccharum ofi&cinarum, ii. 85 



officinarum, var. rubricaule, ii. 85 

 ofi&cinarum, var. sinense, ii. 85 



Saftiower, ii. 86 



Sagittaria sagittifolia, ii. 59 



Salix babylonica, i. 20 ; ii. 98 

 Fargesii, i. 41 

 magnifica, i. 175 

 variegata, i. 19 



Sallowthorn, i. 131, 177, 196 



Salt, i. 26, 69 



Salvia Przewalskii, i. 156 



Salvinia natans, i. 21 



Sambar, the Szechuan, ii. 163 



Sambucus adnata, i. 250 

 Schweriniana, i. 132 



Sanai, i. 211 



San-chia pi, i. 109 



San-chia-tsze, hostel of, i. 137 ; 

 vegetation around, 138 ; fauna, 



139 

 Sang shu, ii. 77 



San-tsze-yeh, hamlet of, i. 135 

 San-yu-tung, i. 28 

 Sapindus mukorossi, i. 20, 73, 153 ; 



fruits, use of, ii. 72 

 Sapium sebiferum, i. 20 ; ii. 67 



