106 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
228.—#k Pi; HH Shan (sha). 
Kvo P‘o:—The second character to be pronounced 4 
shan (sha). It denotes a tree which resembles the # sung — | 
(Pinus) and grows in Kiangnan. Its wood is fit for ship-— 
building, coffins, pillars ; it is veined, does not decay. i 
P., XXXIV, 12, # shan (sha). This character, another 
form of the shan in the Rh ya, is first met with in the 
Pie lu [5th century]. The name is also written #7 
sha mu. The ancient authors say that this is a large tree 
yielding excellent timber and resin; leaves like needles, 
sharp pointed, but flattened, evergreen. It is common in 
- Middle China. Li Sut-cuen states that there are several 
kinds of the shan tree, one of them introduced from Japan. 
One kind has a red wood and is very tough and resinous; 
the white shan is of a looser structure, and when dry becomes 
_ beautifully veined. 
The shan tree of the ancient Chinese authors is without 
doubt the Cunninghamia sinensis, R. Brown, a common and 
very valuable coniferous tree of Middle and Southern China. 
Momp. Mr. Tu. Sampson’s interesting note regarding this 
tree in Notes and Queries on China and Japan, 186 
ty 52. But it seems that nowadays the name shan in Chit 
ee: applied also to Cryptomeria Japonica, Don., and perhaps 
other coniferous trees. Dr, Henry informs me that Cry, 
_ tomeria japonica in Hupei, where it occurs wild, is one 
__ the numerous 42 sha trees of the Chinese. 
_ An Japan, where Cunninghamia sinensis occurs only © 
os “vated, the Chinese character #2 denotes Cryptome 
___- daponiea. See Phon zo, LXXIX, 19, 20; Sres. & Zuee 
: a “heity Japon. I, 43, tab, 124; Stezoxp, Syn. plant. “econ. 
iO | o 
: In Ch, XXXUL, 58, the coniferous tree represented unde 
: ccorrueg — nor Cunninghamia. A good dra 
“1k eens ound there, fol. 60, s.n., 2 7 sha mu. 
