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EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF TREES. ~ 119 
18.—PE Sien; Fe FE Ta tsao (great jujube). 
Kuo P‘o :—There is now in Ho tung, in 4 FE WB 1 shi 
chien (South-Western Shansi) a kind of tsao of the size of a 
hen’s egg. 
| F., &XIX, 32, * HA mentioned in the Pie lu. This is 
probably the large jujube, now produced chiefly in Shantung, 
which the Chinese preserve with honey or sugar, and which 
is sold at Peking under the name of 3 ¥ mi tsao (honey 
jujube). It much resembles in appearance the date. [See 
also infra, 484. ] 
279. tit #¥.. Unknown to the Chinese commentators. 
280 = (i Kue sie; 33 YE K‘w tsao (bitter jujube). 
Kuo P‘o :—Fruit of a bitter taste. 
P., XXIX, 86, # BE Cu‘en Sar-niaye [10th conhtry 
says that this is a small green jujube of a bitter taste, very 
common, but not much eaten by the people. 
; ee Citen 98 Wu. 
Yi ung om infra, ay) is one of the synonyms. 
E., 295, family x # [v. —_ 6] eae ote en pas a synonym 
t tbiscus. a ie 
LUO Po :—It is now called i ta wu (ange [Se also : oe 
