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comments upon this panegyric of the Wu capital, says :—the 
ytian is a great tree ; its bark is thick, bitter and harsh ; they 
strip it off and dry it; it is of a red colour; a decoction of it 
1s good for preserving fruit from spoiling. . This tree grows in 
R & Yii chang (Kiangsi). Comp. A.D. anl W.D., 1135. 
In the Shuo wen, the name yu tu (fish poison) is applied 
to the 58 ytian, a Daphne [v. infra, 465]. But that is not 
a large tree, 
259.9% Hui; Je HQ Ta tsiao. 
Kuo P‘o :—This is the §§ tsiao tree. That kind with large 
= is called hu’. aside 
V. infra, 497, Zanthorylon, Chinese pepyer. This is repre- 
sented in the mgure of the RA ya. 
 260.— 49 Ya; ; B HE Shu tse‘ (rat?s C aa 
Kvo P‘o :—It is a kind of fk ts‘iu (Catalpa). In Kiang 
ing there is a tree called BE RE hu tz. y 
LV . infra, 510.) 
261, — fil Feng ; #3 Hk Che che. ; 
Kvo P‘o:—The feng tree resembles the fy fy pat yang 
fragrant resin 4 # feng hiang. - 
_ Hing Pine :—The Shuo wen says :—The beng tree has thick 
leaves and pliable branches, which make it wave elegantly. 
The T'ang Pen ts‘ao says :—The feng is a tall tree ; large 
and Lo (Southern Shensi). a 
P., XXXIV, 43; Ch, XXXV, L ‘The. pe is ‘the 
uidambar formosana, Hee., a common tree in Middle and — 
Southern China. See Mr. Tu. Sampson’s interesting account 
th fra tree in Notes and Queries on China and Japan, : 
" Henry, /. ¢., 102, states that at Faken Lg ; 
are ee from the wood of it, : 
ian 
white poplar). Leaves round and pronged. It contains oo oe s 
ce-furcated leaves, It grows ipcnane a in 8 bd ie : S 
