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—250.— FB Cheng ; Ff HY Ho liu (river willow). 
~ Kuo P‘o:—A small #8 yang (poplar or willow) tree with 
ared stem. It grows on the borders of rivers. 
LV. infra, 527, Tamar.) 
Kune Yinc-ra attributes the explanation given by Kuo 
Po to 3£ JE. Tumaric does not resemble a poplar or a 
willow, but it is true that the bark of its branches is of a 
brown red colour. [See the drawing in Sins. & Zuec., 
i Hirer I., tab. 71,] 
oo V. supra, 238; and 251% 
2 251.—fe Mao; HEM Tse liv (alles willow). [Comp. 
infra, 267.] 
Kuo P‘o :—It grows in marshe~. 
252. —E: Yang ; Hf RP Psu liu (reed-mace willow). 
Kuo P*o :—It is good for making arrows. The Tso chSuan 
calls it He ES if. [V. infra, 525, willow.] 
E., 268, family iB, w ith three figures, the first =] a of a 
Mm, 
— populus, yap., 1737, P ojulus: suaveolens, Fisch. Ht, 54c. Sm, 
231, 232, i 
“a Be BE ih fy ye. Unknown to the Chinese com- : 
mentators, 
: 254, PE: Tu : Tp 3H Chi thang (ved tang). 
& #. The white kind is (simply) called Hang. 
(Comp. 242.) 
LV. infra, 482 » Pyrus. | 
a as Bi, 233, family 3% BY, with figure of a pyrus. 
is IR Chu la; WY Se Shan lei. me 
Kuo P*o;—Now ; in Kiang tung /ei has the same | meaning e 
as je feng (a gener: al name for woody climbing plants, 
fanas)< It rose: nble: the 3 ko ( Pachyrhisus) bat is — 
and Targer a Qo Ak ok PY 
