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strobilacea, 4% #& 48}. For this tree I received the name f¥ fo. 
infra, 519} from Ningpo, which isa synonym of £., 253, family 
ES [v. infra, 518]. It is alsoa synonym of £., 253, family 
[v. infra, 520]. The figures to both families are exactly the same. 
The names seem to be used for various tail trees with pinnate 
leaves, (Comp., supra, 224.] 
— 289.—SE Be A Show kung huai (huai warden of the alae}: 
6 ee it $F M- As Kuo P*o explains, this means that 
the leaves of the tree fold together in the day-time and 
expand at night. 
. It is not clear whether Sophora japonica is meant or another 
_ tree. I am not aware of a tree whose leaves fold together in 
the day and expand at night. Comp. énfra, 546, regarding 
the huai tree in the andience court of the Chou dynasty, 
290.—HiLiy SEA AE Kia. 
— Kuo P'o explains :—p§ Auai is the same as #fK ts‘tu. A 
tsu tree with small leaves is called HB kia [see above, 223). 
&., 240, family HR, figure may mean Rotilera (Mallotus) ; about 
10 species occur in China. Other names are (% [Si 4ing], 
#8 [supra, 223], 3 [infra, 292}, Fap., 1926, Rottlera japonica, 
S.& Z.; Fap., 16, Acanthopanax ricinifolinm, S. & Z., He Hh. 
a 291 KW ak HK ts‘iu. 
Kuo P‘o :—The old tree with a coarse bark is called ts‘iu. 
292 —)y iy Tk ta Kia. 
Kvo P‘o :—The small tree with a coarse bark i is hia. The 
AG is mentioned in the Tso ch‘wan. (In Lucer’s edition of 
: the Tso ch‘wan the character is written 4 Aa). 
I must avow that the above definitions of the Rh ya 
_ [290-292] with respect to the names /Auai, ts’u and kia, as 
_ Wellas Kuo P‘o’s explanations, are unintelligible to me. ‘It 
Would seem that the fs‘’u and the dia are considered to be 
_ Varieties of the huai. [Comp. also infra, 508.] In the © 
