60 BOTANICON SINICUM, 
IV. 3} Kuo pu. Fruits. 
1. FH Wu kuo. The five fruits.® Cultivated or garden 
fruits. 16 species. 
Plum, Chestnut. i 
Apricot. Zizyphus vulgaris, 
Peach. 
2. [Ul] 3% Shan kuo. Mountain fruits. 86 species. 
Pyrus sinensis, Citrus japonica, 
P. baccata. Eriobotrya japonica. 
P. spectabilis, Myrica sapida, 
Cydonia sinensis. Prunus pseudocerasus, 
Crategus — Pr. tomentosa, 
Diospyros kaki. Salisburia adiantifolia, 
D. lotus. Walnut. 
Punica granatum. Corylus. _ 
Various Oranges. Quercus chinensis, 
Pumelo, Other species of Quercus, 
Citrus digitata, 
3. He HL Thkuo. Foreign fruits.” 40 species. 
Nephelium litchi, Cocos nucifera. 5 
N. longan, .  Borassus flabelliformis (Palm-wine), 
Canarium album. Persian Dates, 
C, pimela. Caryota urens, 
Phyllanthus emblica. Artocarpus integrifolia, 
Averrhoa carambola, Ficus carica, 
Torreya nucifera. Various other Fi 
Pinus koraénsis (Seeds). Nephelium lappaceam, 
Areca catechu. : Hovenia dulcis, 
4. IK 9 Weil. Aromatics. 17 species. 
Zanthoxylum Bungei, Daphnidium cubebarum, 
Z. $c sae and other spec, Rhus semialata. 
Black Pepper, Tea shrub, 
5. itt 44 Zo lei. Plants producing their fruits on (or near) 
the ground. 10 species. : 
nag - Wild Vine, 
ater-melons, Sugar-cane. 
Grapes, 
19 According to Li Shi chen the term wu ku, the five (principal, cultivated) fruits 
of China occurs first in the S$ ffl] Su wen, the oldest medical treatise attributed to 
Emperor Huang ti. 
20 At first sight it would seem singular that Lichi’s and Lungans, Canarium album 
and C, pimela and other species, growing exclusively in China and not found else- 
where, are classed among foreign fruits. But this arrangement dates evidently from 
an early time, when the southern provinces of modern China were first conquered (3rd 
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