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Aman. ewvot., 800, 36 #° Rai kin, vulgo Ruko. Pomus 
~ fructu pumilo austero. According to TaunpEre, Flora japon, 
— 207, Kaprer’s Rai kin is Pyrus baceata, L. 
Phon zo, LXIV, 3, $f HB Pyrus malus, a red apple. 
Chinese name with an apple, Pyrus malus, occasionally 
cultivated in Japan. 
E., 231, family Ab, with figure of a pear-branch. 
The two names of 265 are synonyms. Jap., 1833, Dyrus 
ussuriensis, Max. About /in hin, v. supra, 286. 
302.— 8 Ht #7 FE, a mulberry tree H# sang, one half of 
which bears fruit is called #@ chi. | 
Kuo Po explains that Hk stands for 42 half. : 
a Hine Ping :—The Shuo wen says #£ is the mulberry fruit. 
oe BA explains the above phrase of the Ph ya as I translated 
it, He adds that the other half of the tree has no fruit. 
Sang is the common name of the mulberry tree [v. injra, 
499). But chi, according to the ancient Chinese botanists, 
18 not a mulberry. The Shuo wen says that it is the fruit of 
Mentioned in the Pen ts‘ao king. The ancient authors 
fruit has angles, resembles the #7 fF ho tsz‘ (fruit of 
Terminalia Chebula), is used for dyeing a yellow colour. 
Ch., XXXILL, 43, figures under the above name a Gardenia. 
Comp, Hansury, Science Papers, 241, Gardenia florida, 
figure of the fruit. eee 
: and other Species. 
. “the birds come.” Lr SAI-CHEN explains it, following an ancient author, 
by the fact that birds are very fond of the fruit of this tree. 
SIEBOLD, Syn. plant. wcon. jap., 850, identifies the same 
@ tree, used as a dye. P., XXXVI, 21, Pa F chi tse’ 
describe itas a tree from 7 to 8 feet high, with thick leaves. 
White fragrant flowers in the second or third month. The 
_ Phon zo, UXXXVII, 9-12 a F, Gardenia florida, Ly 
_ * This name in P. is given as a synonym for lin kin, It literally means _ 
