EXPLANATION OF NAMES OF TREES. 129 
P., XXXVb, 30, Hp yi. All the ancient authors quoted 
by Lit Sui-caen speak of the white, mucilaginous meal 
obtained from the bark and used for food. It is called }§p #5. 
The fruits (#€) are said to resemble Chinese copper coins. 
In ancient times the people used to gather these fruits and 
boil them with rice. ; 
The Ayu huang, LVI, 17, under fp $B Bp ye ts‘ven shu 
(elm coin tree) represents an elm tree in fruit. The flat, 
orbicular, membranaceous fruit of the elm bears indeed some 
resemblance to Chinese copper coins. Ch. ce ae 21, 
figures only the leaves of the tree. : 
The name pai fen for the elm in the Rhy yal may pera 
be derived from gy ¥ pai fen, white meal. 
Phon zo, LXXXV, 1, 2, tgp yt, Ulmus campestris. 
Ulmus parvifolia is figured in the same Japanese work, 
4, add? the Chinese viadnio HS tir. According to 
Heyry, te 217 BD. parvifolia in Hupei is — under the 
same Chinese name, lung yi. 
os LV. supra, 263.] c 
805.— Ff BR Tang ti; FB 1. 
_ Kvo P*o:—It resembles the £63 B pai yang (white poplar). 
In Kiang tung it is called eH fu i. (Ve tra, 475, 
Pranus ee 
£., 302, family iE Af. figure of a tree with large acuminate 
leaves, 
One synonym given by an author in the text is 4E ti- 
Sm., 58, Cerasus communis. E., 205, [v. supra, 227, infra, 512], 
_ Which may refer to Prunus pseudocerasus. 
: 306.— FE fit Shang (ché ang) ti; Bx Ti. . 2 
-Kvo Po :—The ti tree grows in the mountains. ~ Its fruit 
Tesembles the pi BE ying tuo (cherry) ; ; is edible. [V. infra, 
476, Segoe 
© EB. 286; family 4p 4B, with a fen ad like Ouraits Tsioh met 
is Mentioned as a synonym, 
