PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 305 
. &., 233, family = #i, with figure of a pear tree with small 
mui. S.; VIL, 37. 
Fap., 1822, Pyrus baccata, L., var. mandschurica, Max., oe a. 
[Compare Sm., 107]. 
3 1829, » Malus, L, var. tomentosa, Koch, pk Fa. 
» 1830, ,, sambucifolia, Cham, et Schlecht., té HK ss. 
» 1831, ,, spectabilis, Ait., iE ae 
483.—Finally the Shi king mentions a sort of pear under 
the name of #§% sui. LeacE calls it simply the wild pear tree. 
Shi king, 201 :—In the low, wet grounds are the high, wild 
pear trees. 
See the Rh ya [265], sui or g. Kuo P*‘o says that the 
fruit resembles a pear. The Shuo wen writes R- 7 
Lu x1:—The sui is also called 3p RB cht lo or wy a 
shan li. The people now call it #8 $i yang sui or FE He lu li 
(deer’s pear), also § $2 shu Ui (rat’s pear). The fruit 
looks like a small pear and is sweet. This tree grows in 
#f Ts‘ in the prefecture of J $# (now Lo-an hien in Shan- 
: tung), in # Lu (South-western Shantung), in jy] W Ho nei 
(Southern Shansi) and in the northern mountains ; the people 
cultivate it also. The fruit has a delicate flavour not unlike 
_ that of the pear. . 
P., XXX, 4, $8 lu li. The above names given as 
Synonyms. Li Sur-cuen says that it is a common tree in the 
_ Mountains, yielding a beautiful veined wood. 
— Stezoup, Jeon. ined., 111, pe Hl. A Pyrus with a small 
; red fruit. See also the drawing under the same Chinese name 
Inthe Phon zo [LXIII, 3]. According to GEERTs [Japan 
- Woods] this Chinese name in Japan is applied to Sorbus 
MCuparia, L. But the account given by Lu kt regarding the 
4 or lu li does not permit this identification. 
- Zu li isa synonym of 4% in E., 231, family mu, 
484.— Fe Tsao. This is the classical and common name — 
: for the Chinese jujube, Zizyphus vulgaris, Lam., cultivated 
10 China from time immemorial it seems. It has produced 
