【摘要】 对４０部书刊中引用的我国薏苡属植物学名、名称及特征进行了归纳分析，认为我国薏苡属有１种及１变种，分别为川谷（Ｃｏｉｘ ｌａｃｒｙｍａ－和ｊｏｂｉＬ。）其果实总苞球形、坚硬、壳厚、光亮有珐琅质，米质粳性；薏苡（Ｃｏｉｘ ｌａｃｒｙｌｎａ－ｊｏｂｉＬ。ｖａｒｆｒｕｍｅｎｔａｃｅａ Ｍａｋｉｎｏ），果实总苞椭圆形，壳薄、易碎、无珐琅质，米质糯性。更多还原

【Abstract】 The scientific names,names and characters of Coix L。 in 40 chinese books and maga-zines were concluded and analysed.Most authors thought that there was a species and a vari-ety in Coix L,in China,One was Coix lacrym a-jobi L.The fruit bud was round and hard。The shell was thick,smooth,bright and it also had enamel.The seed quality was nongluti。nous, The other one was Coix lacryma-jobi L。var frumentacea Makino。The fruit bud waselliptical,the shell was thin,easily broken and it had no Coix L,enamel.The seed quality wasglutinous。更多还原