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Synonyms to infra, 263. 
242.—#E Tu ; HE 3 Kan t‘ang (sweet t‘ang). 
_ Kuo P‘o :—Now called #f A tu Ui. 
Hine Ping :—4 A Suz gen says the tu of a red colour is 
called Ff BE chi tang or kan “ang, the white one is simply 
tang [see 254]. Shi king quoted. 
LV. infra, 482, Pyrus.] 
243.—9K yeh {4 He. Unknown to the Chinese commen- 
tators. 
244.— Hy Kin ; WE Rg Ki (hi!) mei. 
Kuo P‘o:—The k‘iw tree has the appearance of the mei 
ted colour, resembling a small #4 n2/ fruit [v. 286] ; edible. 
- Lt Surcuen in P., XXX, 12, identifies this with the 
a small, thorny tree with five lobed leaves and red, oceasionally 
yellow, fruit resembling the $f #§ lin kin ie il 
It is edible. 
The above names are ileal in China to several species of 
Crategus or hawthorn. The shan li hung of Peking is the 
red fruit of, Crategus pinnatifida, Bge., collected in’ the 
drawings in the Kiu huang, LV, 8, and Ch, XXXL, 39. 
called aes cha. 
&.Z., and 3% HL F Cr. pinnatifida. 
E,, 284, family [ P&, with good figure of Crate. 
-C,, 1082, Om 77. As INAS. a 
Fap., 693, Cr. cuneata, S. & Z. 
J ‘ap. 1468), and of Hig (Prunus) E., 205, where hi mei i also occurs 
ong the 18 names given. ae 
(plum). Its fruit is of the size of the end of a finger, of a 
In the Phon zw, LXAI, 16, ly He i is Crategus cuneate 
Pie 
I HE shan cha or Wy #8 AL shan li hung. It is deseribed as 
mountains and made into an excellent sweetmeat. See the — 
According to Henry, l. ¢., 411, in Hiupe Cr pees ee 
K iu is also a synonym of #8 Fi Z., a8, (ahyrice’ . pass slez, ve 
