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235.—#8 Huo; ¥ Lo. 
Kuo P*‘o :-—Cups can be made of the wood, which is white 
and hard grained. 
Hing Pina :—3£ [& says it is fit for making cups. The 
bark is soft and tough ; it is good for wrapping up things. 
LV. infra, 553, Betula.) , 
#252, family KE, without figure. 
— 236.—AY Vu; f% Tsiao. See also 229, 
- Kuo Po :—It resembles the K§ ch‘eng (coolie orange). 
It has a sour taste; is produced in Kiangnan. [The Shuo 
wen also says that it resembles the ch‘eng.] 
Hine Pine :—It is mentioned “in the Ya kung of the Shu 
King, also in the Li shi ch‘un ts‘iu [3rd century B.C.] The 
-‘T*ang Pen ts‘ao says the yu fruit has a thick peel of a sweet 
taste, whilst the peel of the a or common orange is bitter. 
Its flesh resembles that of the orange. There are sweet and 
acid varieties of the yu. The acid yw is called otf hu kan 
_ The ch‘eng is not, as some people say, the same as the yu. 
LV. infra, 487, Pumelo, Citrus decumana.] 
237.— HR Shi ; Me Hg Ying mei. eae bos 
Kvo P‘o:—Same as the 46. Hg {s/o mei (sparrow plum). 
~ Hina Pine :—It is smaller than the mei (Prunus mume). 
_ According to P., XXXVI, 33, this is the same as the Ais 
fe PO 0t Prous japonica. [V. infray 474.] 
—-238.—#8 Vaan (hitan) ; F2 HR Ka Kinng. Se 
__ Kvo P'o.—The character ktiung is unknown, but it 13 
believed that it stands for J liu (willow). The ha Rung 
_ Tesembles the willow. Of the bark, by boiling it, a beverage 
_ is made, you A ee 
~The. Shuo’ wen explains the character #B by #B He 78 
known to me ; the first character is a palm, chamerops. 
