EXPLANATION-OF NAMES OF TREES. 105 
Ch, XXXIV, 21. The kia tree is mentioned by T*ao 
-Hoye-xine [5th century] who in his note regarding Ginseng 
. quotes a Corean poem in praise of the Ginseng, saying 
that the kia tree and the Ginseng have mutual sympathy. 
T'ao adds that the kia is a tree resembling the ff t‘ung 
(Paulownia), growing very high and giving an extensive 
Shade. [See P., XIla, 11, article A 2 Jen shen}. 
Reference is made to the kia tree in Groster’s La Chine, 
‘IL, 289. It is described in K.KF.P., UXXXI, 19, as a tree 
with large leaves collected together like a fan, the bark of 
_ which furnishes textile fibres fit for making fishing nets. 
The Cheng te fu chi reports the same with regard to the tuan 
tree or tilia. It seems that authors frequently confound 
the characters kia and tuan. 
The above character (é I is also written #j and also read 
- fF. [Bee W.D., 911.] 
227.— He Mei ; fp Nan. 4 
Kuo P‘o :—It resembles the Az hing (Apricot) ; is an acid 
‘fruit. a pe 
Hine Pixe :—Sun Yen says :—In $f) Jp] King chou (Hupei) | 
they call it mei, whilst in $3 HY] Yang chou (Anhui, Chekiang) 
- they say nan. It is mentioned in the Shi king. 
a a infra, 473, Prunus Mume.] : re 
The above character nan is often confounded with #§ nudin, 
Lawrus nan mu. [V. infra, 512.) 
ae 205, family fg, with two figures, one a Prunus, the other 
~ Chimonantes fragrans. 18 names are given, among ee 
 tnfra, 237 and 244. 4 
S., XI, 7. Sm., 174. C., 835. P., XXIX, 11. = 
: ‘A., XV, 149, Prunus domestica, L., commonly termed - 
“Bs 259, family #4, with figure, probably of Persea, has “also 
the names mei [Shi] and nan [Rh ya}. ee He 
