126 BOTANICON SINICUM. . 
In P., XXXVI, 28, the ya or paz ju’ is identified with the 
FER jui ho. It Sut-cmey says the character #¥ of the 
Rh ya has the same pronunciation as #€, and has in later 
times been substituted for the first. Han Pao-suene [10th 
century] deseribes the ju/ ho as a tree with leaves like those 
of the kouw ki (Lycium), but smaller and narrower. White 
flowers. The stem is provided with numerous small spines. 
The fruits are produced on the stem; they are red and 
resemble: the fruits called iu wei tsz‘ (Schizandra). They 
ripen in the fifth or sixth month, are edible ; the people g gather 
and dry them. Another author says it is a small tree, from , 
5 to 7 feet high, with spines on the stem. 
Bee deiings in the Kiu huang, LV, 1, and in Ch, 
XXXVII, 35, 37, sub juz ho, seem to represent a Berberis. : 
[See also Ch., XXXIII, 29.] ? 
The drug sold at Peking under the name of #@ E ju jen g 
(same as jut ho, for ho and j jen both mean kernel) is the, small 
_ Stone of a fruit, probably a Prunus. 
The fi yt of the Shi king [v. 534], however, is an oak. 
_E,, 251, family fa, with figure of a small tree, probably g 
Berberis. ; 
301 —Ali; Yj fj Shan Li (mountain //). 
-Kvo P*o :—The common Ii or pear tree. 
Hive Pine :—fil is the wild pear, Hl the cultivated tree. 
The character Ji for the wild pear is not to be confounded © 
“with the similarly looking #@ kin, which likewise denotes @ 
wild Pyrus. We find it always coupled with the character 
lin forest. P -» XXX, 16, $f $B lin kin. This name appears 
first, it- Seems, in the S/ king tsa ki, compiled about: a 
commencement of our era, and is applied to various wi 
- pears and crab-apples with small, sour fruits. They are sail 
_ by the ancient authors to grow in the Northern Provinees. 
Ok, od, 1b represents under this name a Py ade wi 
~ small fruit, [Comp. also infra, 482, ] 
