But Dr. Williams (Middle Kingdom I p. 
278) says : “ The Rattan has been said to 
be a native of China but this requires proof ; 
all that used at Canton for manufacturing 
purposes is brought, together with the Betel- 
nut from Borneo and the Archipelago.” 
According to Bridgman’s Chrestom. the 
Rattan is called Sha-Ieng (sand 
liana) at Canton. The character T'eng cor- 
responds with the European term “ liana,” 
for it is used by Chinese writers for many 
coarse climbing plants. The Kuang-kiin- 
fang-pu (Chap. 81) and also the Pen-t‘sao 
( Chap. X V II I /J , Twining plants) mention 
about 50 kinds of Reng. But the Sha-t'eng 
is not treated of. I cannot find in the Ch. 
W. a drawing, which could he referred to a 
Rattan. — Dr. Ilance observed three kinds 
of Calamus in the island of Hongkong (Cf. 
Bentham’s Flora Hongkongensis .) 
In concluding, I have undertaken to illus- 
trate my notes on Chinese Botany by several 
Chinese woodcuts, representing plants, treat- 
ed of in the foregoing paper. They are 
cut by a Peking artist after drawings from 
the Ch i -wu- ruing -.shi-fu- k 'ao and printed on 
Chinese paper and according to the Chinese 
method. Although they do not stand high 
as specimens of art, they will give at least 
an idea to the reader of the drawings in the 
best Chinese pictorial work of this class. I 
have chosen the following representations. 
1. -|ji| Shu-shu. Sorghum 
I. 44. 
2 Liang. 
vulgare 
Setaria italica. I. 18. 
Shu-yu.. Dioscoraea Batatas. 
tC 
Sida tiliaefolia. 
Txing-ma. 
3. ft 
4 
XIV. 14. 
5. |^j gi Sluing-lu . Phytolacca. XXIV. 3. 
Fo-shou-kan. Citrus 
sarcodactylus XXXI. 24. 
$ "5S -p* Ye-tsu. Cocoa-nut. XXXI 18. 
T'ie-shu-huo. Cycas. 
XXXVI. 43. 
J 
ADDENDA. 
_ Fed Rice. — In treating of the different 
kinds of Rice known at Peking I omitted to 
mention a singular variety of rice, called 
Yu-tao-mi (Imperial Rice) or 
$t-i yfv Siang-tao-mi (fragrant Rice) or 
|I i||| Hung-tao-mi (red Rice.) This 
Rice is mentioned in the Memoirs of Em- 
peror Iianghi, 1662-1725 ( g[g jjf[J 
<: i uofc( -^ ™ t ^ e | Shou*shi-Fung-k l ao, 
Chap. 20. The Emperor states, that he once, 
discovered, while walking among the rice fields 
in the neighbourhood of his summer palace, 
a singular rice plant, which was ripe much 
earlier, than the other rice and bore a very 
beautiful corn of a red colour and pleasant 
odour. Kanghi gave orders to have this 
corn sown in his gardens. Its culture’pvas 
very successful and this rice was afterwards 
used for the Imperial table because of its 
very pleasant taste. As it ripens early it 
can be cultivated also beyond the great wall 
(in Mongolia,) where the frost begins very 
early and ceases very late. The Emperor 
sent also this rice for cultivation to Che- 
kiang and Kiang-nan, where two crop; year- 
ly can be obtained from it. I am not aware 
whether the Yu-tao-mi is now generally 
cultivated in China Bat in the neighbour- 
hood of Yuan-ming-yuan (the Imperial sum- 
mer palace) its cultivation is still continued. 
The corn of this .kind of rice is o ': tree 
pletely red, as the Emperor states, but of a 
pale carnation colour with brown spots. 
When boiled it becomes very pleasant to 
the taste. 
I have expressed some doubt whether Rye 
occurs in the Chinese dominions. Since 
writing this I read an article of Mr. Simon 
(Journal of the North China Branch of the 
Royal Asiatic Society New series No. 4, 
Carte agricole d. 1. Chine), in which he states 
that Rye is cultivated in the province of 
Shensi. Mr. S. does not say whether he 
speaks from his own observation ; he does 
not give tlxe Chinese name of the plant. It 
was in vain that I looked through Chinese 
works to make out a cereal, which could 
be identified with Rye. But perhaps the 
jpjlt y~jp Hei-lung-Mang-mai 
(wheat from the Amur River,) mentioned 
in the Memoirs of Emperor Kanghi (quoted 
in the Shou-shi-t‘ung-k‘ao, Chap. 26 p. 10) 
refers to Rye. It is there said that this 
kind of corn was brought from : 
pcro 
/h 
Ao-lo-ssu (Russia). Rye is largely cultivated 
in Siberia. 
The Chinese Oats 
P3 
T l sing-ko * 
in Chinese books is not, as 1 stated above, 
identical with our common Oats (Avena sat- 
* The character pj T l sing, which is met 
with very often in Chinese descriptions of 
plants is one of the ambiguous characters, in 
which the Chinese language is so rich. Mor- 
rison 'translates it by “light green colour,” de 
Guig'acsby “blue,” Seliottt (Chinese Sprach* 
