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477.—& pk Han t‘ao, an ancient name for the cherry. 
Li ki, 1, 273 [ Yie ling] :—Second month of summer. 
The Son of Heaven eats millet along with pullets and cherries 
~ (han tao). The commentary explains hin tao by HE BK 
ying t’ao, which is now the common Chinese name for 
cherries. [V. supra, Rh ya, 266). 
According to the Index Flore sinensis there are 9 species — 
of Prunus belonging to the section Cerasus or cherry, 
now known in China, including the already mentioned Pr. 
Japonica, : ‘ 
The Pr. pseudocerasus, Lindl., or Bastard Cherry, was 
introduced into England, it seems, from Canton, by Dr. 
Reeves, in 1822. He calls it ying to. [See Transact. Hort. 
Soe, London, VI, 1826, p- 90.] This differs from our common 
cherry, in having its flowers growing in racemes, not fascicles, 
and in their stalks being hairy. The Double Chinese Cherry, 
Pr. serratula, Lindl, introduced likewise by Reeves under 
: the name of yung to (evidently ying tao) proved afterwards 
_ to be identical with Pr. pseudocerasus. 
In 1879, I sent herbarium specimens with flowers and 
fruits of the cherry cultivated at Peking under the name of 
ying tao to the late J. Decatsng, Paris. He declared them 
to be Pp, pseudocerasus. But Mr. Maxtmowtcz, of St. 
P etersburg, to whom I had forwarded specimens from the 
_ Same tree, found that they belonged to a distinet species, the 
Pr. pauciflora, Bge., which, however, seems closely allied to 
the former, This cherry in its appearance, colour and taste: 
resembles much our common sour cherry. Valse 
P., XXX, 41, ying tao. Good description, Ae huang, 
LHL, 1; Ch; XXXIL, 17 gah 
In May another cherry is offered for sale at Peking under 
the name of shan ying tao or mountain cherry. The fruit, 
Produced on a very short stalk, is of a pale red, covered with 
