Chapter 13: Explaining Grasses

{艹遬}，牡茅。

Su cao (遬草, the character written in the base text with the grass radical over "su") is the mu mao (牡茅).

菤耳，苓耳。

Juan er (菤耳) is the ling er (苓耳), cocklebur.

蕨，{艹鱉}。

Jue (蕨) is the bie (鳖, in the base text written with the grass radical over "bie").

蕎，邛鉅。

Qiao (荞) is the qiong ju (邛钜).

繁，由胡。

Fan (繁) is the you hu (由胡).

莣，杜榮。

Wang (莣) is the du rong (杜荣).

稂，童粱。

Lang (稂) is the tong liang (童粱).

藨，麃。

Biao (藨) is the pao (麃).

的，薂。

Di (的) is the xi (薂).

購，蔏蔞。

Gou (购) is the shang lou (蔏蒌).

茢，勃茢。

Lie (茢) is the bo lie (勃茢).

葽繞，蕀{艹冤}。

Yao rao (葽绕) is the ji yuan (蕀冤, the latter character written in the base text with the grass radical over "yuan").

茦，刺。

Ci (茦) is the ci (刺), thorn.

蕭，萩。

Xiao (萧) is the qiu (萩).

蕁，海藻。

Xun (荨) is the hai zao (海藻), seaweed.

長楚，銚芅。

Chang chu (长楚) is the yao yi (铫芅).

蘦，大苦。

Ling (蘦) is the da ku (大苦).

芣苡，馬舄。馬舄，車前。

Fu yi (芣苡) is the ma xi (马舄). Ma xi is the che qian (车前), plantain.

綸似綸，組似組，東海有之。

"Lun resembling lun" is the zu resembling zu; it is found in the Eastern Sea.

帛似帛，布似布，華山有之。

"Silk resembling silk" is the cloth resembling cloth; it is found on Mount Hua.

苀，東蠡。

Chu (苀) is the dong li (东蠡).

綿馬，羊齒。

Mian ma (绵马) is the yang chi (羊齿), sheep's tooth fern.

萿，麋舌。

Wu (萿) is the mi she (麋舌), elk's tongue.

搴，櫃朐。

Qian (搴) is the ju qu (柜朐).

蘩之醜，秋為蒿。

"The worst of the fan" is the qiu wei hao (秋为蒿), autumn mugwort.

芺薊，其實荂。

Ao ji (芺蓟), its fruit is called hu (荂).

蔈、荂，荼。

Biao (蔈) and hu (荂) are tu (荼), the flowering reed.

猋、藨、芀。

Biao (猋), biao (藨) and diao (芀) belong to the same kind.

葦醜，芀。葭，華。

The reed kind is called diao (芀). Jia (葭) is hua (华), the flower of the reed.

蒹、薕；葭，蘆；菼，薍，其萌虇。

Jian (蒹) is lian (薕); jia (葭) is lu (芦), reed; tan (菼) is luan (薍); their sprouts are called hui (虇).

萮、芛、葟，華榮。

Xiu (萮), wen (芛) and huang (葟) mean the blossom (hua rong, 华荣).

卷施草，拔心不死。

Juan shi cao (卷施草) is the one that does not die even when its heart is pulled out.

荺，茭。

Yun (荺) is jiao (茭).

荄，根。

Gai (荄) means root.

攫，橐含。

Jue (攫) is the tuo han (橐含).

華，荂也。華荂，榮也。

Hua (华) is hu (荂). Hua and hu both mean "bloom" (rong, 荣).

木謂之華，草謂之榮。

What blooms on a tree is called hua; what blooms on a plant is called rong.

不榮而實者謂之秀，榮而不實者謂之英。

What bears fruit without blossoming is called xiu; what blossoms without bearing fruit is called ying.

槄，山榎。

Tiao (槄) is the shan jia (山榎), mountain catalpa.

栲，山樗。

Kao (栲) is the shan chu (山樗), mountain tree of heaven.

柏，椈。

Bai (柏) is ju (椈), the cypress.

髡，梱。

Kun (髡) is kun (梱).

椵，柂。

Jia (椵) is yi (柂).

梅，柟。

Mei (梅) is nan (柟).

柀，煔。

Bi (柀) is shan (煔).

櫠，椵。

Zhi (櫠) is jia (椵).

杻檍。

Niu (杻) is yi (檍).

楙，木瓜。

Mao (楙) is the mu gua (木瓜), flowering quince.

椋，即來。

Liang (椋) is ji lai (即来).

栵，栭。

Lie (栵) is er (栭).

檴，落。

Huo (檴) is luo (落).

柚，條。

You (柚) is tiao (条).

時，英梅。

Shi (时) is the ying mei (英梅).

楥，櫃枊。

Yuan (楥) is the ju zhi (柜枊).

栩，杼。

Xu (栩) is zhu (杼), the oak.

味，荎著。

Wei (味) is the chi zhu (荎著).

藲荎。

Zhi (藲) is chi (荎).

杜，甘棠。

Du (杜) is the gan tang (甘棠), sweet pear.

狄，臧槔。

Di (狄) is the zang gao (臧槔).

貢，綦。

Gong (贡) is qi (綦).