302 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
tl HE shan cha or mountain cha is Crategus. [V. supr 
Rh ya, 244. | eR: 
480.—Besides the wood-peach, the Shi king mentions also 
a wood-plum Ze BE mu Li, Leaar translates [108]:—There 
was presented to me a plum. The Chinese text has mu li. 
In P. [XXX, 10] the mu Ui or wood-plum of the Shi i 
identified with the 4% #§ ming cha, also called AC A mu li, 
wood-pear. L1 Sut-cHEn states that this fruit is a kind ¢ 
mu kua or quince, but larger than the common mu hua ; it 
of a yellow colour. The on ig cha is not figured in Ch. — 
Phon zo, UUXI, 11, 12, #4 #E. The drawing seems ¢ 
represent Cydonia vulgaris, ‘with a large fruit. J bidem [ 
14] a figure of Cydonia vulgaris is given with the Chinese 
name #4 #%, in accordance with K amprer.4 ; ; 
Fap., 1823, Pyrus chinensis, Poir., fe is. 
» 1828, ,, japonica, Thbg., var. pygmea, Max., WE F 
mw niles, 2 ai. Cydonia, 1.., $F ; 
» 1822, Pyrus baccata, 1. , var. mandshurica, Max., 4S 
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a [Comp. Sm., 107. ] 
481 —R Li is the common name for the Pear. The pea 
cultivated in Northern China for their fruits are varieties 
our Pyrus communis, P. sinensis, Lindl. (P. ussurienst 
and probably some other species. The best is the A 
pu li ov white pear. The fruit is small, globular-s 
3 Amen, exot., 800, Hat FF umbatz, vulgo marmeer. Malus 
fructu oblongo, magno, utcunque pyriformi. A Tausitanis cum ! 
regioni illata est. This is, according to MAXIMow1cz, Cydonia vulgaris 
Ch. [XXX, 2] under the above Chinese name (wen p‘0) 
Cydonia with a small fruit. At Peking the name wen p*‘o is applied to 
_ Small fruit of the wild-growing Crategus pinnatifida, Bge., (the cult 
form with large fruit is shan li hung, v. supra, 244), The account ) 
in P. [XXX, oh of the wen po seems to refer to wee ate 
to a quince, ff 
