304 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
mucilaginous, whilst the fruit of the red t‘ung is harsh and- 
acid. There isa proverb saying “harsh as a tu.” But the 
wood of the red t‘ang is tough and fit for making bows. | 
P., XXX, 5, tang Li or kan Ui. Li SuHi-cuen says that 
the “any li is a white pear, found everywhere in the — 
mountains. Ch, XXXI, 40. The drawing represents a 
tree ; evidently a Pyrus is intended, with a small globular” 
fruit. Aiu huang, LVI, 14, rude drawing. 
lt seems that the above-mentioned ancient names were 
applied to various wild-growing and cultivated species of — 
Pyrus with small fruits, pears and crab apples, of which | we 
know a considerable number in China and Japan. 
_ There is in the Peking mountains a wild pear, the Pra : 
sinensis, Lindl, (P. ussuriensis, Maxim.), which bears a— 
globular fruit, about one inch in diameter, of a greenish : 
brown colour, covered with little warts. Late in autumn, after — 
frost, this fruit is offered for sale at Peking. It is known 
by the name 3% # Jl tang tu li; its taste is not unpleasant. 
The name #f 4 tw li at Peking is applied to the Pyris- 
betulwfolia, Bee., a species met with wild in the mountains — 
and much cultivated in gardens for its beautiful flowers, 
which in April appear on the tree in great profusion, and for 
its little brown fruit of the size of a small cherry, which Be 
eaten by the Chinese. Taste not unpleasant. 
The Pyrus baccata, L., with a red edible fruit of the sis 
ofa pea, is common in the Peking mountains. It is called 
there ql $f F shan king tsz*, But this is merely @ local 
name. Its book name is, it seems, $f #¥ lin kin, which, as has 
been stated above, under 301, is not a classical appellation. — 
According to Henry [l.c., 446] in Hupei the name tang 
is applied to Pyrus betulwfolia. ee 
In the Phon zo [LXIII, 5] the op 3E or red tang is Py 
toringo, Sieb., (hitherto not found in China). / idem, 
under 3% Jha Pyrus with a pisiform fruit is figured. 
