296 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Shu king, 260 :—Be to me as the salt in the prunes mi) 
in making agreeable soup. ; 
Ch‘un ts‘iu [referring to B.C. 626] :—In the 12th month 
there fell hoar frost without killing the grass. Plum-trees 
(me?) bore their fruit. 
V. supra, 227, 244. Fap., 1779. 
474.—%# Yau. This character in the Shi king £200] has 
the meaning “ thickly wooded,” but in the ode “ Life in Pin” 
[231] it denotes a fruit which Lecee calls the sparrow-plum. 
In the sixth month they eat the sparrow-plum (yd) and 
[wild] grapes. :o 
Mao says it is a kind of 4 ti [see 476]. K‘una Yue-ta:— 
A kind of B& # t‘ang ti [see 475]. : 
Lu x1:—The yi is a tree from 5 to 6 feet high. Its fruit 
is of the size of a plum (//), of a red colour and sweet taste. 
P., XXXVI, 33, 4h B ya li or FH F tsio li, ancient | 
names found in the Pen ts‘ao ting. In the Pie lu it is called 
@ 2 yi li. According to others, it is the € FE tsio lior 
sparrow-plum. Li Swi-cnen says that the flowers of the 
yi li are of a rose colour, the fruit is like a small plum. 
He considers the yi li to be the same as 3 # or #E [Rh yas 
306], but writes the first name 3 hE tang 1.” It is said : 
to be the same as the #f Fe y yi mu in the Shan hai king. 
Under the name of ya li they cultivate at Peking Prunus 
japonica, Thbg. It flowers in January. Small, white 
buttons of Soe flowers, appearing before the leaves. Iti 
figured under yw iin Ch, [XXXIII, 51]. A rude drawing 
of it is also found in the Kin huang [LVILI, 9]. The bitter 
kernels of the fruit are sold in the epothensria Pen | 
22 This is not to be confounded with #4 2% ti tang, which in China: 
_ Well as in Japan is the name for Kerria japonica, DC. Ch, XXvI, | 
Aman, exot., 844, teito, SieB, & Luce,, Flora japon., J, _ tab, 98. 
