INTO THE FLORA OF CHINA. 
115 
317. Siuu. Chinese Truffles are carried for-sale in the streets 
of Canton. Osh- 312. 
Jp- sun is a general term for Mushrooms. Comp. Loureiro 849. 
Agaricus deliciosus. 
318. Byssns flos aquae. Linn. (Forster Flora sin.) 
319. Fucus Tendo- Linn. China. 
Dubious Chinese plants mentioned by Osbech. 
Cry'ptanthus chinensis. Small hushes bearing a great resem¬ 
blance to Blackberry bushes. Leaves opposite, as large as those 
of the Eosemallow, eordated, obtuse ; their margin is un¬ 
equally serrated, they are somewhat rough at the top, but 
smooth below and have at leask 8 pretty large veins. The 
flowers are white, double and grow in bunches at the top of 
the branches. Near Canton. Osb. 345. 
There is no Linnae.au genus CryptaniJius and the genus of this 
name proposed by Nuttal (Salsolaceae) is even not mentioned 
in the Gen. Plant. 
For the food of gold and silver fishes a species of plant is 
put into the water, the leaves of which resemble Ceratophyllum 
demersum and Pisiia stratioides. They call it Siu yan gai. 
Osb. 208. 
Large high trees called leean see. Canton. Osb. 325. 
Laan-fa a tree with yellow corymbose flowers and pinnated 
leaves. Canton gardens. Osb. 14. 
Ka tong qua, & shrub, which twists round other plants. 
Leaves heart-shaped, thick. Corolla 4 fid, 4 filaments, 1 pistil. 
Danes isl. Osb. 374. 
Kay in. Leaves lanceolate and woolly on the under side. 
Flowers blue. 4 filaments. Pistil longer than the filaments. 
Danes isl. Osb. 374. 
Ko su or Yam Ico sna is the name, which the Chinese give to 
the great trees, which grow near the plantations. Osb. 9. 
Pa lamm is the name of the leaves with which they cover 
their fruit baskets. Osb. 9. 
Ka toa is a long climbing plant with round leaves and red 
flowers. Danes isl. Osb. 394. 
TOBEESM, Chaplain of the Gothic Lion, a 
Swedish East India man, visited Canton at the same time, 
when Osbeck was there. The Gothic Lion anchored at 
Whampoa on the 7. July 1751 and left the 4. Janr. 1752. 
Toreen presented to Linnaeus, his instructor, a collection of 
Indian plants, chiefly from Suratte, where he had made a stay 
