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It appears this song has no other aim than to put together the greatest number of flowers and plants names. 石榴花 shih$2$ liu$2$ hua$1$, pomegranate flowers. 茉莉花 muo$4$ li$4$ hua$1$, Arabian jasmine (lat. Jasminum SambæJasminum Sambac [sic]), 芙蓉花 fu$1$ jung$2$ hua$1$, the Hibiscus mutabilis. 繡花 hsiou$4$ hua$1$, flowers embroidered by hand. 蘭芝花 lan$2$ chih$1$ hua$1$, and also 蘭花 lan$2$ hua$1$, the Cymbidium ensifolium. 綉球花 hsiou$4$ ch'iu$1$ hua$1$, sort of geranium (lat. geranium zonale). 鬧囔囔 nao$4$ jang$1$ jang$1$, to be noisy, here perhaps to be in confusion, to be meddled together. 秋菊 ch'iu$1$ chü$2$, autumn chrysanthemum. 海棠 hai$3$ t'ang$2$, pyrus spectabilis, cultivated for its flowers and fruits. 虞美人 yü$2$ mei$2$ jen$2$, papaver rhoeas, a double variety of the poppy. 桂花 kuei$4$ hua$1$, the Cassia flower ( lat. Cinnamomum Cassia). 官粉 kuan$1$ fen$3$, sort of good white cosmetic powder which ladies rub on their cheeks 玉簪花 yü$4$ tsan$1$ hua$1$, Funkia subcordata. 下地 hsia$4$-ti$4$, to reach the ground. 羅裙 luo$2$ ch'ün$2$, a long petticoat, made with a sort of silk called 羅 luo$2$. 拖落 t'uo$1$ lo$4$, is said of the dresses when they are too long and the skirts sweep the ground. 松花 sung$1$ hua$1$,