i... BOTANICON SINICUM. 
In P., XXXVb, 20, the above names in the Rh ya are 
identified with the #% ki, a name which first appears in | 
the Pie lu [5th century]. Confused description of the tree, — 
which is also called #2 #J ha liu. Lt Sui-cuen says it 
furnishes a dark red timber, good for making boxes. The 
Tung chi (12th century] states that this tree is a sort of 
‘Fit ya (elm); its seed-vessels resemble those of the elm, 
having the shape of small coins. The country people gather 
the leaves of this tree and use them as tea. 
The ka tree figured in Ch. XXXILI, 62, is, according to. 
: ‘Henry, lc. 247, Pterocarya stenoptera ; it seems to me that 
the figure represents rather a Rhus. 
Stezorp, Syn. plant. ccon. jap., 170, &% Ulmus keaki or 
Zelkowa keaki, Stes., Planera Japonica, Mig. This tree is 
figured under the above Chinese name in Phon zo, LX XXIV, 
7, 10. It is also found in China. Forses gathered it near 
the Tahu Lake (Journ. Bot., 1876, 209.) : 
Comp. also roster, La Chine, I, 356. The ka liu i 
mentioned as a tree of Manchuria in the Emperor K‘tex 
: Lne’s poem in praise of Mukden. 
E., 263, family Bh, with good figure of a Salix. 
: aes [v. infra, 527] is also given as a synonym. ' 
= as Jap, 306, Lelia heahi, S,, Wi. The figure to P., XXa 
_-- 20, agrees with Ze/p. | 
SSF Comp. Sm, 232, Large Willow. 
 239.— Hi; ¥ Chars 
oe Kuo Po Same as the #£ tso tree (Quercus). 
oe infra, 5384, Quercus] 
ae a Ge 236, family , with figure of a Quercus. 
Sere Ne: SB C14 chy, 
Kuo Poo:—Refers to 149, Schisandva. 
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9 Ou; ¥ Tie (chi), | 
2? £0 :—It is now called joj fit ts‘z* ya (thorny elm 
CV, infra, 530, Hemiptelea.] ee 
