PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 301 
See the Rh ya, 231:—Mou or mu hua. P., XXX, 6, 
mukua, Kiu huang, LVUT, 7. Ch., XXXIT, 23, 
Amen, evrot., 844:—7€ JK Arbuscula Acacie germanicz 
facie, flore pentapetalo rubro pomi nostratis, calyce quinque 
labiis rotundis in herbeo rubentibus, staminibusque incarnatis 
plurimis decorato in fructum carnosum excrescente. This is, 
according to Maxrmow1cz, Chenomeles japonica, Lindl. 
(Cydonia japonica, Pers.). Phon zo, LXIL, 7, A ML. 
Chenom, japon, 
Jap., 478, Pyrus japonica, Thbg., var. genuina, Max., A I. 
479.—JR WE Mu tao (wood-peach). This name occurs in 
the Shi king [108]. Lruen translates :—There was presented 
to me a peach (mu t‘ao). But a peach is not meant here. 
In P. [XXX, 10] mu ¢éao is given as a synonym for Hi F 
cha tsz‘, name of a fruit which is mentioned in the Rh ya 
[331] and regarding which the Shuo wen says that it resembles 
a pear, but is of a sour taste. Lt SHI-cHEN compares it 
to the mu kua or quince, but it is smaller, of a yellowish 
colour, sour and harsh. 
The drawing in the Phon zo [LXII, 10] under J F¥ 
refers perhaps to Cydonia japonica. 
In the Li ki [1, 461], where the fruits eaten by the ancient 
Chinese are enumerated [r. infra, 484, note], there appears 
the name #4 cha [haws, according to Lear] together with 
ae li (the pear), and farther on we read [p. 462] cha (FA) 
and pears (41) had the insects drilled out of them. The 
is repeatedly mentioned in the Shan hai king, and Kuo 
P’o explains that it is a fruit resembling the pear, but sour 
and harsh, According to the ancient dictionary Kuang yin 
: [Tang dynasty], the character $f, is identical with #i. and 
Is also the same, | 
It cannot be decided whether the cha was a quince or a 
hawthorn (Crategus), or perhaps another Pomacea, The 
