120 — BOTANICON siNicuM, 
284.—# Pu (p'o); i # Fu (pao) che. [Comp. also 
308.] : | 
Kuo P‘o:—} means to grow thickly. [V. infra, 531, 
Celtis?] In the Names of Japanese Timber Trees, Home 3 
Department, ff is Quercus crispula. 
Jap., 1839, Quercus glandulifera, Bl., fel. 
285.—i8 Hl Wei ch'en ; FE Hi Tsai sin; FR HK HK FH. 
Kvo Po explains these terms by #E #f taggots, fuel, 
_to gather fuel. : 2 
* 
236.—HR Ven; BE Suki, 3 
Kuo P'o:—The fruit of the yen resembles that of the 
S nai, is of a ved colour and edible. 2 
_ Kuo P*, in explaining the name yen, applied to a tree 
in the Shan hai king, says :—It is also called #4 Lien [perhaps 
ee a mistake for su, v, supra]; its fruit resembles that of the 
nai, is red and edible, : 
TL cannot say what the yen tree was. As to the nai, it is 
also written #3 [e. 244], this name is still in use and applied — 
| & fruit which seems to he common in Middle China. 
is WILLiams, Diet., 618, calls it 2 kind of bullace or large 
yellow plum, sour yet edible. The character nai. is found 
on in the Shuo wen and explained there: name of a fruit. ; 
S oo ty Se, Ub hos on account of the xa’. It is mentioned — 
<< in the Pie lu. Téao Hon@-king says :—This fruit is foun 
in Kiangnan, but it is more plentiful in the Northern States, 
_ Where the fruit is dried for food. It is, however, not profitable 
_ toman. It resembles the $f # Lin kin [crab apple, v. 80 
but is smaller, Lit Su-ougn also says that the nai resembles 
a the crab apple, but is larger. There are rel, white and gree 
_ Varieties, Tt is grown especially in the Western Province 
Aa Sur-crex states farther that the Sanscrit name for the n 
* Bi HE pin p'o, which latter name has also been adopt 
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